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UNAM opens more than 2,000 places after controversy over AI use in entrance exam
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UNAM opens more than 2,000 places after controversy over AI use in entrance exam

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire Official statement Under investigation
  • UNAM is offering 2,024 vacant places across 66 undergraduate programs to 16,543 applicants who failed to gain admission after a repeat entrance examination.
  • The repeat in-person test followed irregularities in the university’s first fully online exam, including atypical results and alleged unauthorized use of artificial intelligence and outside assistance.
  • UNAM admitted 49,074 first-year students for the 2026-2027 academic cycle and canceled its contract with the online testing platform provider while launching three audits.

Mexico’s National Autonomous University is opening 2,024 additional undergraduate places after an entrance examination process was disrupted by irregular results and alleged unauthorized use of artificial intelligence.

The places cover 66 degree programs and are available to 16,543 applicants who took the extraordinary in-person control exam but did not win a place in their preferred course. Starting Monday, applicants can log in with their registration number and password and select up to three programs in order of preference.

UNAM said it will assign the places according to the number of correct answers candidates received in the control exam, continuing until the vacancies are filled. Registration runs from Monday morning until Friday noon, and results will be published on Friday evening. Successful applicants can download enrollment documents from Sept. 5.

The university organized the repeat exam after detecting irregularities in the original test, which had been conducted entirely online. Authorities also investigated allegations that people had found ways around the exam’s controls. Mexico City prosecutors detained two people this week over accusations that they took the test in place of applicants.

About 37,000 people ultimately sat the control exam between Aug. 12 and 19 in Mexico City, León, Oaxaca and Tijuana, compared with nearly 59,000 invited. The university admitted 20,923 students through the selection contest, in addition to 28,151 students entering through UNAM’s regulated pathway. It expects 49,074 first-year students in 2026-2027.

UNAM also terminated its contract with Territorium Life, the company responsible for the online platform, and announced three audits, including a technology audit, to examine failures and possible responsibility.

These will be assigned based on the number of correct answers obtained by the applicants in the control exam until the vacant places are exhausted.

— UNAMThe university explained how it will allocate the newly opened places.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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