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2mo ago

Mexico’s Supreme Court Bans Fees for Mandatory Degree Requirements, Orders UNAM to Refund Student

The ruling extends higher-education gratuity to essential steps toward a diploma, treating required language courses as part of the degree itself.

La Corte establece que la educación superior pública debe ser gratuita hasta la conclusión del nivel licenciatura /SCJN/Canva
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Overview

  • In a 7–2 vote on March 3, the Court adopted Minister Hugo Aguilar Ortiz’s project in Amparo en Revisión 527/2025.
  • The case involved a UNAM Law student in open modality who paid about 3,000–3,200 pesos for a Reading Comprehension course required to satisfy the titling language requirement.
  • Justices ordered UNAM to return the payment and to honor the course’s academic effect so the refund does not hinder the student’s degree process.
  • The Court grounded its decision in Article 3’s 2019 reform and the principle of progressivity, ruling that budget constraints cannot be shifted onto students.
  • The precedent signals that public universities may not charge for indispensable components of a bachelor’s degree and that such fees should be reviewed and withdrawn.