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Students Lift Campus Takeover After University Agrees to Create Evaluation Commissions

The commissions will review a proposed Faculty of Finances and campus laboratory needs to decide whether new programs proceed or infrastructure is upgraded.

Overview

  • Students from the Topographic Engineering, Civil Engineering and Administration schools ended an earlier campus takeover after a virtual university council session produced an agreement to form review commissions.
  • The Consejo Universitario approved a commission to evaluate the proposal to create a Faculty of Finances and Foreign Trade, leaving the final decision to that panel's findings.
  • A separate commission was formed to assess and implement laboratory and other infrastructure requirements the students demanded to meet legal standards.
  • Reports differ on campus access after the council meeting: one account says entrances were reopened and staff cleaned the site, while a later report says some students closed the campus again on the night of May 24 and welded gates, disrupting classes for thousands.
  • Commission reports and any follow‑up from university leaders will determine whether the new faculty proposal moves ahead or whether budget and construction plans for labs are accelerated, and observers should watch for timelines and possible renewed protests.