In support of Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5) – Gender Equality, the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH) maintains an online admissions and enrolment management system linking application submission, admission assessment, announcement of results and enrolment confirmation. The system includes gender information in applicants’ records, providing a basis for measuring and tracking women’s participation throughout the admissions process. In 2025, UEH continued operating the admissions system for Cohort 51 at its Ho Chi Minh City campus (institutional code KSA) and UEH Mekong (institutional code KSV), while further digitising enrolment records to strengthen gender-equality monitoring in access to higher education.
1. System for Measuring and Tracking Female Participation in UEH Admissions
UEH applies the principle of gender equality in education and training in accordance with Law on Gender Equality No. 73/2006/QH11, Article 14, which provides for equality between women and men in choosing fields of study and accessing and benefiting from education policies.
Admissions for Cohort 51 in 2025 were conducted under the Regulations on Undergraduate Admissions promulgated by Circular No. 08/2022/TT-BGDDT, as amended and supplemented by Circular No. 06/2025/TT-BGDDT dated 19 March 2025.
The tracking mechanism covers three consecutive stages:
- Application: Recording the number and proportion of female applicants among all applicants.
- Admission: Tracking the number and proportion of female applicants admitted, and comparing these figures with application data.
- Enrolment: Compiling the number and proportion of female students who complete enrolment, providing a basis for assessing the transition from admission to enrolment.
Visual dashboards and periodic reports prepared by the Department of Training enable UEH to monitor changes in gender composition, analyse women’s participation by field of study, and provide data to inform admissions policy.
Supporting evidence:
- UEH Future – 5.3.1. Tracking access measures (5 November 2025) – section “Implementing a system to measure the application, admission, and enrollment rates of female students”.
- UEH Future – 10.6.2. Tracking applications from underrepresented groups (2 November 2025), Vietnamese original – “Women” section, describing the gender field, dashboard and discipline-level reporting.
- UEH Admissions Portal – Guidelines for submitting supporting documents for Cohort 51 regular undergraduate admissions in 2025 (KSA and KSV), 2 June 2025 – Section 4, Steps 2 and 3, on application IDs and application status.
2. Implementation of Cohort 51 Admissions Data Management and Tracking in 2025
In 2025, UEH continued operating its electronic admissions and enrolment platforms for Cohort 51 under both institutional codes, KSA and KSV. Notably, UEH fully digitised the enrolment process in 2025, linking applicant declarations, enrolment confirmation and online processing-status tracking.
| Tracking stage | Implementation in 2025 | Results and relevance to tracking female participation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Application submission | UEH operated its Cohort 51 supporting-document submission system, allowing applicants to register accounts, enter personal information, upload documents and track processing status. | Generated application-stage records linked to application IDs, providing a basis for calculating the number and proportion of female applicants. Source: UEH Admissions Portal – Guidelines for submitting supporting documents for Cohort 51 regular undergraduate admissions in 2025, Section 4, Steps 2–3. |
| 2. Admission | UEH assessed applications using its published admission methods, managed admission outcomes by applicant record and academic programme, and announced results in August 2025. | Created data enabling comparison of application and admission totals and calculation of the female proportion among admitted applicants. Source: UEH Admissions Portal – Notice of key information for Cohort 51 regular undergraduate admissions in 2025. |
| 3. Enrolment | From 25 August 2025, UEH introduced online enrolment documentation at nhaphock51.ueh.edu.vn, enabling applicants to select the KSA or KSV portal, update their records and check review status. | Generated records of students who completed enrolment procedures, supporting calculation of the actual number and proportion of female enrollees. Sources: UEH Admissions Portal – Online enrolment documentation: Important information for incoming Cohort 51 students (27 August 2025); UEH – Guidelines for Cohort 51 enrolment procedures (22 August 2025), Sections 3.3–3.4. |
At UEH Mekong, the supplementary Cohort 51 admission round was also managed through online registration or in-person submissions. Applicants received application IDs, could update processing information, and received notices by email, maintaining admissions data management under institutional code KSV.
Source: UEH Portal – Guidelines for online or in-person supplementary applications for Cohort 51 at UEH Mekong, 28 August 2025, Section 2, Steps 2–3.
3. Tracking Female Participation Across Application, Admission and Enrolment
UEH measures female participation using gender-disaggregated data at the application, admission and enrolment stages, alongside analysis by discipline and academic programme.
The following results have been published by UEH for previous admission cycles and are presented together with the 2025 figures supplied for this article:
| Year | Female applicants (%) | Female admitted (%) | Female enrolled (%) | Female in STEM (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 68.21 | 67.90 | 67.65 | 59.00 |
| 2024 | 67.98 | 67.39 | 67.11 | 54.81 |
| 2025 | 67.81 | 67.23 | 67.59 | 57.21 |
Source: Report from the UEH Department of Training
To ensure consistency, UEH tracks distinct indicators using the following definitions:
- Female applicant share: Number of female applicants / Total number of applicants × 100%.
- Female admitted share: Number of female applicants admitted / Total number of applicants admitted × 100%.
- Female enrolment share: Number of female students enrolled / Total number of students enrolled × 100%.
- Admission rate among female applicants: Number of female applicants admitted / Number of female applicants × 100%.
Monitoring both gender composition and the admission rate among female applicants allows UEH to identify changes in access to higher education and assess the effectiveness of its admissions process and opportunities for further improvements for women.
4. Results and Areas for Improvement
Compared with 2024, UEH maintained its gender-disaggregated admissions monitoring system and further improved online enrolment procedures for Cohort 51 in 2025. Managing applicant data from application through admission and enrolment under both KSA and KSV supports continuity, consistency and comparison across admissions stages.
Through dashboards and periodic reports, UEH can monitor female participation by major, programme group and admission year, identify gender disparities, and inform appropriate support policies, particularly in STEM disciplines.
5. Conclusion
Through its online admissions and enrolment systems, the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City continued to collect, manage and analyse gender-disaggregated admissions data in 2025. Tracking women’s participation from application and admission to enrolment strengthens evidence-based admissions management and supports equal opportunities for women to access higher education, contributing to SDG 5 – Gender Equality.