🇧🇴 How to apply to university in Bolivia

There is no central application system: you apply to each institution directly. Programmes usually start: Around February–March; some universities also admit mid-year.

Checked on 20 October 2026 against the official sources listed below.

The essentials

Application system: None — apply to each institution on its own website.
When programmes start: Around February–March; some universities also admit mid-year.
International applicants: International students apply to each university directly; a foreign school-leaving diploma must first be convalidated or homologated by the education authorities.
Language: Spanish.

Key dates

Each university sets its own admission calendar (pre-university course or entrance test).

The dates for the next intake haven't been published yet. We add them once the official source does.

Your checklist

The usual steps for an international student applying to a bachelor's in Bolivia, in order. Tick them off as you go — your ticks stay in this browser, with no account.

1.Choose a university — public universities usually admit through a pre-university course or an entrance test.
2.Have your foreign bachillerato convalidated or homologated by the Departmental Education Directorate (Dirección Departamental de Educación).
3.Legalise your school documents through the issuing country's education and foreign ministries and the Bolivian consulate (or apostille).
4.Register for the university's admission process and pass it.
5.Enrol with the homologation resolution and your documents.
6.Apply for the student visa at a Bolivian consulate.

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Next steps

Sources

Written by CollegeMatcher in our own words from these official pages, checked on 20 October 2026. Dates change every year.

gob.bo — Emisión de diploma a través de la convalidación u homologación de estudios en el extranjero