Ministry lowers quota for students of health science
The University of Health Sciences, health science colleges and public health schools around the country will be accepting 1,178 students into their programmes this year in line with the quota approved by the Ministry of Health. This year the quota set has decreased compared to the 1,479 student intake last year, according to a senior UHS official. Around 11,500 students will sit the entrance exams this year, which will take place on July 30. The exams involve tests in mathematics, chemistry and biology. Head of UHS’s Academic Affairs Division, DrKhampasongSetthavanxay, told Vientiane Times on 28 June that the exam results would be announced by the end of August and successful students would begin their courses in the middle of September.
