Towards a future class model in Vietnam, this survey analyses the staff perception of the application of the flipped classroom (FC) model in teaching accounting and finance courses at Ton Duc Thang University (TDTU – public university) and Hoa Sen University (HSU – private university). The outcome shows that regardless of their different levels of teaching experience in both universities, there is limited experience and knowledge in FC, thus a need for more training throughout the course. However, there are disagreements in ranking motivations, challenges, and reasons for any failed FCs between the two respondent groups. This may be attributed to the different teaching philosophies and staff management at public/private universities. Nevertheless, they both agreed on the enhancement of student’s self-study and initiatives, with a few subjects to be implemented on the trial. This survey was conducted before the occurrence of COVID-19 and shed some light on the preparation of the teaching staff as well as raised some alarms on the university management. Citation this article (T. K. Nguyen et al., 2023) Nguyen, T. K., Phan, H. V., & Phung, T. V. (2023). What will a classroom look like in future? A study from private versus public university in Vietnam. Hoa Sen University Journal of Science, 02, 1–9. https://vjol.info.vn/index.php/dhs/article/view/91542