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UAM Expands Access and Accelerates Faculty Hiring Under Rector Pacheco

Expanded admission criteria in the Pase UAM program target social inequities with UAM preparing federal budget talks.

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El rector general de Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Gustavo Pacheco López.

Overview

  • The Pase UAM pathway will incorporate social-context criteria alongside academic performance to broaden university entry and has already admitted over 1,000 Colegio de Bachilleres students.
  • UAM plans to fill roughly 700 existing vacancies at a rate of about 250 new permanent professors per year to renew an aging academic workforce.
  • Rector Gustavo Pacheco is set to defend a budget aligned with enrollment growth and quality standards before the Chamber of Deputies.
  • Serving more than 61,000 students across five campuses, UAM is tackling structural socioeconomic barriers to lift Mexican tertiary-level participation above the current sub-50% rate.
  • The administration has reinforced zero tolerance for gender-based violence, expanded flexible educational offerings and boosted community engagement through public events and industry partnerships.