Tran Huu Nghi, president of Hai Phong University, on August 24 confirmed that the school would continue looking for more students in the third enrollment campaign.

“Students have the right to apply at many different schools, which makes it difficult for schools to enroll students,” he said. “We will enroll students all year round and I hope we would find enough students.”

Dinh Dieu Hang, president of the Hai Duong Medical Technical University, said the school received high number of applications but she still was not sure if her school could find enough students, because many applicants may not intend to study at the school. 

Other local schools including Tay Nguyen, Tay Bac and Hung Vuong universities are also in need of students, having announced that they will accept students with a 15.5 marks, equal to the floor mark set up by MOET.

Luong Cong Nho, president of Maritime University, said the school has announced the additional enrollment of 200 students with hopes to find half of the amount. Nho is pessimistic and thinks there are no more students available.

Many universities are still short of students for the upcoming academic year, with some training majors in danger of closing.

Not only local and privately run schools, but state-owned schools are also finding it difficult to enroll students this year. 

The University of Mining and Geology has announced additional enrollment of 1,000 students. Its head of training division Nguyen Duc Khoat said the school has received 700 applications, but the number of students who registered but don’t end up studying at the school, may be up to 100 percent.

The Vietnam Agriculture Academy has announced the additional enrollment of 1,500 students for the first campaign. It has also decided to adjust its enrollment plan, accepting students based on their records at high schools, not just on the basis of exam scores on the high school final exam. 

Nguyen Anh Tuan, head of the training division of the Hanoi University of Water Resources, said only 78 percent of applicants have turned up to start school. The University of Civil Engineering still lacks 300 students.

Nguyen Dinh Thi, head of the school’s training division, said the school called every student to ask why they did not come to start school and the majority of them said they were going to study at other schools.

The president of a private school complained that he may have to close some training majors because of the lack of students.

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