Overview
- A multidisciplinary commission presented findings on Friday that identified statistical anomalies and documented cheating in UNAM’s first fully online licenciatura exam, and the rector accepted a recommendation to run a presencial 'examen de control' to verify results.
- The control exam will summon both applicants already notified of selection and those who scored at or above the lowest historic cutoff for the same program, campus and modality between 2021 and 2026, with final places assigned by the new test results.
- UNAM suspended registrations and cancelled roughly 2–3% of tests after detecting prohibited behaviors such as use of phones, external help and possible identity fraud, and the university has filed a criminal complaint while investigations continue.
- The commission highlighted striking score shifts: candidates with 100+ correct answers rose from a 2021–2025 average of 3.5% to about 16.3% in 2026 and those with 110+ jumped from ~0.9% to ~5.5%, prompting scrutiny of the vendor Territorium Life and AI-based proctoring tools.
- Thousands of aspirants face short‑term disruption because the university must set dates, venues and multiple exam versions quickly to protect the academic calendar, while the case raises broader questions about digital testing, vendor oversight and fairness in university admissions.