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UNAM Orders In‑Person Control Exam for About 58,000 Applicants

The university says the new exam aims to verify an unusually large rise in top online scores and has delayed new‑student start dates to allow a vetted process.

A view over the lawn grid walkways outside the Central Library at National Autonomous University of Mexico, in Mexico City, on October 27, 2025.
Mothers of university applicants hold protest posters during a demonstration at the UNAM Rectory in Mexico City, on July 28, following the discovery of inconsistencies in the online application process for the university entrance exam.
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Overview

  • UNAM accepted a Comisión Técnica recommendation to hold a large in‑person “examen de control” for roughly 58,000 applicants after analysts flagged a jump in top scores from a five‑year average of about 3.5% to 16.3%.
  • The university has definitively cancelled thousands of individual results, with media reporting 3,174 exams voided, and it has begun an institutional investigation into why the selection went digital and how anomalies occurred.
  • UNAM will publish exact dates and multiple domestic venues for the control exam on Tuesday, Aug. 4, and it moved the start of classes for new entrants to Aug. 31 to allow time for the process and enrollment paperwork.
  • Students split over the decision have mounted protests at Rectoría and blocked streets while some groups plan collective amparos to try to protect published results or halt the new exam, a step that legal experts warn could delay outcomes for applicants.
  • The online contractor Territorium Life has come under scrutiny after reported execution problems and a contract cost more than double last year’s fee, raising questions about procurement and the costs of the failed digital rollout.