Overview
- The university announced Monday that it will hold an extraordinary admission process for the Winter 2027 trimester and that classes for admitted students are scheduled to begin on January 18, 2027.
- UAM has not published registration dates, available places, admission scores or the list of participating degrees because those items will be set by the consejos divisionales and released later in an official convocatoria.
- The institution says the expansion will preserve academic quality and current student services and that it is seeking an increase in budgetary resources to cover the added enrollment.
- Several outlets report that all five UAM units (Azcapotzalco, Cuajimalpa, Iztapalapa, Xochimilco and Lerma) are likely to take part but the university has not confirmed which campuses or programs will offer places.
- The decision echoes UAM’s founding mission from 1974 to broaden access to higher education and responds to a national shortage of university spots that leaves thousands without options; the key next step to watch is the convocatoria that will set quotas, requirements and the registration calendar.