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San Marcos Releases 2026-I Admissions Results as Data Show Stark Gaps by Campus and Career

New figures highlight ultra-competitive programs in Lima alongside two San Juan de Lurigancho degrees where every applicant was admitted.

Overview

  • Official results for the October 4–5 and 11–12 exam sessions are posted on the Office of Admissions (OCA) website.
  • More than 26,000 candidates competed for 78 programs; Medicine admitted 55 of 4,709 (1.17%), Systems Engineering 32 of 1,033 (3.10%), and Architecture 20 of 595 (3.36%), according to OCA data.
  • At the San Juan de Lurigancho branch, 2,772 candidates secured places, with 100% admission in Public Sector Auditing (12 of 12) and Public Budget and Finance (18 of 18).
  • In the Lima main campus, those same degrees were far more competitive, with 35 admits from 112 applicants in Auditing and 35 from 124 in Budget and Finance.
  • A local outcome reported by Líbero notes 37 students from Carabayllo’s Juan Pablo Peregrino school earned admission, including a 15-year-old topping Biomedical Engineering with 1,436.375 points.