Overview
- Congress enacted Law No. 32551 on January 9 by insistence after the Executive did not sign within the constitutional window, with signatures from Fernando Rospigliosi and Waldemar Cerrón.
- The law makes master’s or doctoral degrees optional for professors who entered under the pre‑2014 university law, allowing them to continue teaching with only a professional title.
- Those same professors are exempted from postgraduate degree requirements for promotion within the university teaching career.
- Faculty hired under the current University Law retain degree obligations, but their compliance deadline is extended to December 2026 after the previous extension lapsed on December 30, 2025.
- The change follows a decade of deadline shifts since the 2014 reform, including a 2015 Constitutional Court ruling on the adaptation period and extensions in 2020, 2021, and 2023, as Sineace urges stronger licensure and corrective measures.