Industrial Management (Code: QSB 123 – QSB 223)
Minor: Industrial Management; Business Administration; Operation & SCM
Admission to the program is regulated by the university admission plan. The information is publicly available online at the admission website of AAO http://tuyensinh.hcmut.edu.vn/admission/. This website clearly explains the programs, requirements, quota, previous admission scores, admission procedures, scholarship, and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).
The university admission plan is usually prepared in May each year by AAO and approved by the Rector. The plan will specify the modes of admissions and the quota for each admission mode. The quota is based on the guideline of MOET and the university resources like the equivalent number of faculty members, the classroom areas, dormitories, etc.
Each year, VNUHCM also promulgates instructing documents such as Instruction for University Admissions and Instruction for The Admission process. Based on those documents and regulations, HCMUT will establish the admission plan.
The detailed regulation and instruction are available at the admission website at http://tuyensinh.hcmut.edu.vn/admission/ section admission modes. Effectively from 2016, the admissions to the program are based on 5 admission modes following below.
The table below shows that the admissions based on the National High School Exam Score are still the most popular but decreasing while the admissions based on the VNUHCM aptitude test score become increasingly popular.
Year |
2016 (%) |
2017 (%) |
2018 (%) |
2019 (%) |
2020 (%) |
National High School Exam Score |
95 |
80 – 85 |
72 |
50 – 72 |
30 – 60 |
Priority Admission is given to the gifted students |
5 |
15 – 20 |
15 |
15 – 25 |
15 – 20 |
Priority Admission is given to the national/ international student award winners |
2 – 5 |
3 |
0 – 3 |
1 – 5 |
|
A standardized test administered by VNUHCM |
|
|
10 |
10 – 40 |
30 – 70 |
International tests like SAT score |
|
|
|
0 – 1 |
1 – 5 |
(Source: HCMUT Document of Admission Plan from 2016 to 2020
Entrance into the SIM programs is highly competitive. SIM regular program (Vietnamese) requires the highest minimum entrance exam score among the five industrial management programs in Southern Vietnam. For instance, in 2020, the minimum accepted score into SIM’s regular program was 26.5, which was the top 5% of the nation. The SIM high-quality program (English program) requires a lower minimum National Exam score because the students are required to have a higher level of English proficiency and pay a higher tuition fee.
In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the admission modes, we carried out an empirical study about how the admissions affect the student GPA in the following years. Based on the academic records of 962 students enrolled from 2015 to 2020, we find that both National High school Exam scores and Standardized Aptitude Test scores positively and significantly affect the student’s future performance. In addition, students who are enrolled by the priority admission tend to earn higher GPAs than other admission groups. The finding confirms that the gifted High School students and the award winners would become excellent students and the admission modes are appropriate.