Overview

• Authorities released ECOEMS results showing 272,793 registrants, with 94.7% registered or assigned and the portal open through August 28 to place roughly 12,000 pending applicants after isolated platform errors were reported.
• Under the new model, 68.4% of students secured their first choice and 97.4% got one of their top three, compared with 26% first-choice placement under the COMIPEMS exam last year.
• Placement emphasized proximity, with 68% of students assigned to a campus located within five kilometers of their residence.
• Most public preparatorias now provide direct access, while UNAM and IPN retain their own entrance examinations.
• The Education Ministry says capacity is expanding through 20 new schools, 35 campus enlargements and 33 secondary-to-prep conversions, creating about 40,000 additional seats.