Admission steps
1. Create your profile and upload your documents
Create your profile and start your admission process on line in the BE UDEM platform.
Or you can turn in your documentation at the Office for New Students:
- Duly completed and signed application for admission. Download PDF application
- A copy of original birth certificated, issued in the current year.
- A copy of your CURP.
- A photocopy of your official i.d. (INE card, passport).
- A photocopy of official i.d. of party paying tuition (INE voter’s card, passport).
- A copy of proof of address (issued within three months of current date, only water, electricity, and telephone bills will be accepted).
- Four recent black-and-white photographs (3 X 2.5 cm / 1 ¼” X 1”), no snapshots, with
your name on the back. - Original high school certificate or original certificate of recognition of high school
education. - A minimum grade point average of 7.0 or its equivalent in the scale of the high school of origin.
- The document Terms and Conditions for Admission and Permanence in the Universidad de Monterrey, duly signed prior to registration payment.
- If applicable, official certificate of incomplete university studies.
If your course of study is still underway, you must submit your updated transcripts and grades from current period, according to the following table:
| Three-year semester plan | |
|---|---|
| Months | Transcripts |
| September-December | Transcripts up to the 4th semester and grade report of the 5th semester. |
| January-August | Transcripts up to the 5th semester and grade report of the 6th semester. |
| Two-year semester plan | |
|---|---|
| Months | Transcripts |
| August-December | Transcripts up to the 2nd semester and grade report for the 3rd semester. |
| January-August | Transcript up to the 3rd semester and grade report of the 4th semester. |
| Two-year four-month term plan | |
|---|---|
| Months | Transcripts |
| September-December | Transcripts up to the 3rd semester and grade report of the 4th semester. |
| January-April | Transcripts up to the 4th semester and grade report of the 5th semester. |
| May-August | Transcripts up to the 5th semester and grade report of the 6th semester. |
*You must submit the photographs, recent copy of original birth certificate, high school certificate, and certificate of Recognition or Equivalency, as appropriate, within a period of twenty (20) working days after the beginning of classes. These documents should be certified by the Department of Higher Education or bear an apostille from the Department of Certifications from the government of the state where you pursued your studies.
In addition to the above documents, you must submit the following documentation at the Office for New Students:
- The corresponding transcripts (10th for the first and second semester; 11th for third and fourth semesters, and 12th for fifth and sixth semesters).
- If applicable, Certificate of Recognition of High School Education or Equivalency (you should process this certificate with the SEP).
At the time of final registration, you must also submit the following documents:
- A copy of original birth certificated, issued in the current year.
- Authenticated original high school certificate.
Remember that you must submit the photographs, recent copy of original birth certificate, high school certificate, and certificate of Recognition or Equivalency, as appropriate, within a period of twenty (20) working days after the beginning of classes. These documents should be certified by the Department of Higher Education or bear an apostille from the Department of Certifications from the government of the state where you pursued your studies.
Submit the following documentation at the Office for New Students:
- Duly completed and signed application for admission. Download PDF application
- A copy of original birth certificated, issued in the current year.
- A photocopy of your CURP.
- Four recent black-and-white photographs (3 X 2.5 cm / 1 ¼” X 1”), no snapshots, with your name on the back.
Remember that you must submit your photographs and a copy of your original birth certificate, issued in the current year, within a period of twenty (20) working days after the beginning of classes.
If you graduated from the International Baccalaureate (IBO), you can approach your Academic Program Director to check the equivalency options that you can be given. For this process, you must submit the following documents:
- Original program accreditation diploma (including subjects and grades).
- Equivalency project reviewed and signed by the director of academic program.
- Make payment as applicable.
If you want to have your studies validated, follow these steps:
1. Come to an interview with the director of the selected Academic Program. Request the equivalency (courses taken in the country) or validation (courses taken abroad).
2. Submit the following documents to the Director of the Academic Program that you want to pursue:
- Partial certificate of studies.*
- Transcript or official document issued by the educational institution abroad where you took and passed the courses to be validated.
- Program of every course for which an equivalency or validation may be granted, with signature and seal of coordinator of the institution of origin.
3. Once you know the decision of the program director, submit the following documents to the Center for Information Services and Student Services**:
- Equivalency and validation project form authorized by the Director of Academic Program.
- Authenticated partial certificate of undergraduate studies.
- Application form for equivalency and/or accreditation with the Secretariat of Public Education. This form is provided at the Center for Information Services and Student Services (CIAA) when you start the process.
- Simple power of attorney authorizing the University agent to carry out the process. This form is provided at the Center for Information Services (CIAA) when you start the process.
- Upon submission of the documents, you will receive authorization for payment. You can make the payment at the Center for Information Services and Student Services (CIAA) to continue the process.
*The authenticated partial certificate must be submitted in order to proceed with the equivalency process. The transcript or proof of grades will only be considered to prepare the project form for equivalencies and validations authorized by the Director of the Academic Program.
**The equivalency or validation process must be started and completed during your first semester at the Universidad de Monterrey; otherwise, you will have to take those courses.