Overview

• SEP reported 272,793 registered aspirants, with 68.4% assigned to their first choice, 97.4% within their top three, and 68% placed within five kilometers of home.
• The registration portal remains open through August 28 for about 12,000 students who did not complete their process or only chose UNAM or IPN options.
• UNAM and IPN retain their own entrance exams, while most other public preparatorias now offer direct access through the “Mi Derecho, Mi Lugar” system.
• The new Sistema Nacional de Bachillerato introduces a common curricular framework and dual certification—general and technical—endorsed by institutions including UNAM, IPN, UAM and TecNM.
• Authorities announced an expansion of roughly 37,500 new seats with investment for 20 new high schools, 33 expansions and 35 secondary-to-preparatory conversions.