Vietnam

Undergraduate

Previous university/college study is required in addition to local high school qualifications for our Undergraduate Bachelor degree courses.

We accept a number of international qualifications, including the International Baccalaureate with the majority of our courses requiring a grade between 29 - 32 or the SAT with the majority of our courses requiring a minimum of 1100 out of 1600 with 550 in each test.

Some courses have higher entry requirements as well as other admissions criteria. Please see individual courses for more information or email our admissions team admit@essex.ac.uk. 

We also offer a range of Foundation Programmes which can lead to entry to our undergraduate degrees, please visit University of Essex International College for further information.

Postgraduate Taught

Many of our Postgraduate Taught Masters will consider applicants with 6 or above from Bachelor degree/Bang tot nghiep dai hoc. Some courses and departments have higher entry requirements as well as other admissions criteria. Please see individual courses for more information or email our admissions team pgadmit@essex.ac.uk. 

We also have a range of Foundation Programmes available if you do not meet these grades. Please visit University of Essex International College for further information.

For entry to Research degrees, please refer to the entry requirements for the course that you are interested in. 

An undergraduate degree equivalent to a UK 2:2 (see the information above), and a master’s degree with a good grade is required for most PhD programmes, in addition to a well-developed research proposal in a field in which we can offer supervision. Please have a read through our information for PhD applicants and check the course details for your chosen programme for further information about entry criteria.

Our South East Asia Scholarship scheme offers scholarships worth £3,000 for undergraduate students from South East Asian countries. In order to qualify for this scholarship, applicants must actively make Essex their firm choice by 15 September 2024. Please visit the link for further details about deadlines and eligibility. 

Our undergraduate Essex Global Partner Scholarship scheme offers 20% tuition fee discounts for each year of enrolment for students joining us from our partner universities: British University of Vietnam; Hanoi Pedagogical University; National Economics University; and VNU University of Economics and Business. Please see the terms and conditions for full details.

Our postgraduate (taught) Essex Global Partner Scholarship scheme offers a 20% tuition fee discount for students joining us from our partner university British University of Vietnam.

Our Academic Excellence International Masters Scholarship scheme offers a £3,000 tuition fee discount to postgraduate students from Vietnam achieving CGPA 7/10  or above and a £5,000 tuition fee discount to postgraduate students from Vietnam achieving CGPA 8/10 or above at Bachelor's level.

Please visit our Scholarships pages for information about additional funding opportunities.

We have partnerships with Dinh Tien Hoang Institute of Medicine and VNU University of Economics and Business.