Merger of the University of Finance and Accounting into the University of Finance and Marketing

On December 24, 2025, Deputy Prime Minister Lê Thành Long signed Decision No. 2773/QĐ-TTg approving the policy on the establishment of a branch campus of the University of Finance and Marketing (UFM) in Quảng Ngãi Province, based on the University of Finance and Accounting.

According to the Decision, the Deputy Prime Minister assigned the University of Finance and Marketing to take the lead, in coordination with the University of Finance and Accounting, in completing the dossier for the establishment of the UFM branch campus in Quảng Ngãi Province on the basis of the University of Finance and Accounting, and to submit it to the competent authorities for consideration and decision in accordance with current legal regulations.

Under UFM’s proposal, the Quảng Ngãi branch campus will focus on training high-quality human resources in the fields of economics, finance, and marketing, thereby contributing to meeting the demand for education and workforce development in the Central Highlands and South Central regions.

Previously, the Minister of Education and Training, Nguyễn Kim Sơn, signed a decision approving the policy on the establishment of a branch campus of the University of Finance and Marketing in Huế City, based on the branch campus of the University of Finance and Accounting in Huế City. This branch campus currently has approximately 200 staff members working and serving there.

The headquarters of the University of Finance and Marketing is located at 778 Nguyễn Kiệm Street, Đức Nhuận Ward, Ho Chi Minh City. The University of Finance and Marketing and the University of Finance and Accounting are both public higher education institutions under the Ministry of Finance.

The University of Finance and Marketing was established in 1976 on the basis of the Central Price Management Cadre School. In 1994, it was upgraded to college level and integrated into the national system of universities and colleges under the name Marketing Semi-Public College, under the Government Pricing Committee; since 2002, the university has been under the Ministry of Finance.

In 2004, the institution was upgraded to university status and operated under a semi-public mechanism; in 2009, it officially became a public university. Currently, the University of Finance and Marketing has more than 20,000 students and learners, with a staff and faculty of approximately 700 members.

Meanwhile, the University of Finance and Accounting traces its origins to the Finance and Accounting Secondary School III (established in 1976), later becoming Quảng Ngãi College of Finance and Accounting in 1997, and being upgraded to the University of Finance and Accounting in 2011.

Hong Quan