🇲🇽 How to apply to university in Mexico

There is no central application system: you apply to each institution directly. Programmes usually start: Mostly August; some universities also admit for January.

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: Mostly August; some universities also admit for January.
International applicants: International students apply to each university directly, through its own admission call; a foreign bachillerato has to be revalidated by the SEP first.
Language: Spanish — most programmes are taught in Spanish, and universities set any proficiency requirement.

Key dates

There is no national calendar — each university publishes its own admission call (convocatoria) and entrance exam dates. The published call for each university's next intake is the only reliable date.

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 Mexico, in order. Tick them off as you go — your ticks stay in this browser, with no account.

1.Choose universities and programmes, and read each one's admission call (convocatoria).
2.Have your foreign upper-secondary (bachillerato) studies revalidated by the SEP's Dirección General del Bachillerato — no apostille is required, but documents not in Spanish need a translation.
3.Register for the university's admission process and pay its fee by the deadline in the call.
4.Sit the entrance exam, where the university sets one.
5.If admitted, complete enrolment with the documents the university asks for.
6.Apply at a Mexican consulate for the temporary-resident student visa, with your letter of acceptance.
7.After arriving, complete the residence card process with the National Migration Institute (INM) as your visa instructs.

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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.

SEP, Dirección General del Bachillerato — Revalidación de estudios realizados en el extranjero