VinUniversity opens special admission round to attract international students and internationally-recognised talents

With the aspiration to create a world-class university
and be among the top 50 young universities in the next 30 years, VinUniversity
has announced its goal to attract excellent students from all countries to Viet
Nam. This is a breakthrough in the quality of
education and marks its initial effort to compete with international
universities.

HANOI, VIETNAM – Media OutReach – 11 March 2021 – On March 11, VinUniversity announced the opening of a ‘Special Admission
Round’ for international students and talented Vietnamese students with
international recognition. Accordingly, candidates for this round include (1)
Excellent students from all countries in the world; (2) Vietnamese or
international students who have won medals at national or international science
Olympiads; (3) Vietnamese or international students who have been recognised
and admitted by prestigious universities all over the world.

It is an important and consistent action to affirm the desire of
VinUniversity to make a breakthrough in the quality of education and to
create direct competition with international universities.

This Special Admission Round is opened to better accommodate international
and talented candidates. Specifically, the initial application process is
exempted and candidates can directly move on to the interview round with the
Admissions Council of VinUniversity. There is a commitment that applicants will
be assessed quickly and comprehensively according to the Special Admissions
Process called 5-5-5:

• Within 5 working days of application submission, appropriate candidates will
  receive an invitation to the interview;
• Within 5 working days after the interview,
  appropriate candidates will receive application result letters and
  admission offer letters with
  scholarship conditions (if any);
• Within 5 working days of receiving the offer
  letter, the candidates will make an enrollment decision.

With the intention of attracting excellent international students to
Vietnam, in the 2021-2022 academic year, VinUniversity has implemented an
International Fellowship programme exclusively for international candidates,
with financial aid from 50-80 per cent of tuition costs, depending
on the needs of each candidate.

In addition, with the strong and long-term commitment of Vingroup,
VinUniversity continues the policy of supporting students with 35 per
cent of tuition costs, equivalent to about US$12,000 — 14,000 per year for
the entire duration of their studies at the university. International and
Vietnamese students who demonstrate outstanding talent will be awarded
merit-based scholarships valued at up to 90 per cent and 100 per
cent of tuition costs. Exceptional talents will be granted full
scholarships that cover 100 per cent of tuition costs and living expenses.
In addition to the generous scholarship policy, VinUniversity also continues
the Financial Aid programme covering from 50 to 80 per cent of tuition
fees.

Recently, VinUniversity has taken many strategic moves toward the goal of
becoming a world-class university. The most important move is the strategic
partnership from the beginning of university construction with Cornell
University and the University of Pennsylvania, two of the top 20 universities
in the world. In the first year of operations, VinUniversity received a 5-star
rating from the prestigious university ranking organisation Quacquarelli
Symonds (QS – UK) in three areas: Facilities, Academic Development, and
Inclusiveness. VinUniversity has also reached bilateral co-operation agreements
on academic, faculty and student exchange with well-known universities, namely
the University of Technology Sydney (Australia), Yonsei University (South
Korea) and The University of Western Ontario (Canada). In particular, the
Provost, Vice Provost, Dean of the College of Health Sciences were honoured to
be in the top 2 per cent of the world’s most cited scholars according to
the latest publication of the Journal of PLOS Biology (USA) 2020.
Simultaneously, 100 per cent of professors and faculties of VinUniversity
graduated from and/or have teaching experience at leading universities in the
world.

In terms of enrollment, 230 students of the first intake in 2020-2021 are
excellent individuals with grade point average at the end of high school,
equivalent to the top 2.5 per cent of the country, average IELTS bands at
7.15 and average SAT score at 1.411 which is in the top 5 per cent of
the world. Nearly 20 per cent of the students have won prizes in national and
international Olympiads and other prestigious competitions and 100 per cent of
students actively participate in extracurricular activities as well as
community projects. VinUniversity has also received a great number of
applications from international students. A selective number of excellent
students from Japan, South Korea and Philippines have been admitted by the
university.