Admits UdeG 20,075 applicants for undergraduate studies for the 2024-B calendar

La Universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG) admitted to 20,075 applicants Bachelor's degrees in metropolitan and regional university centers for the 2024-B semester, representing an increase in admissions compared to the same 2023-B calendar.

At a press conference, the General Coordinator of School controlLaura Puebla Pérez, a teacher, said that This semester, 20,075 students will enter bachelor's and technical degree programs., and 41,738 to Upper Secondary Education System (SEMS)).

During the 2024-B semester, the UdeG admitted 42.35 percent of the applicants, while in the same period of In 2023, only 40.79 percent entered of those who took the entrance exam.

The university centers that admitted the most students were the one of North (CUNorte), with 100 percent of the 431 applicants; the one of Lakes (CULagos), at 88.82 percent; the one of the South Coast (CUCSur) , at 84.47 percent; the one of Guadalajara (CUGDL), at 63.05 percent and the one of Social Sciences and Humanities (CUCSH), to 59.60 percent.

In contrast, the Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud (CUCS) It received 10,123 applicants, but Only 18.71 percent were admitted, which represents a figure of 894 new students.

Puebla Pérez mentioned that this semester sThe trend of the most in-demand careers continuedwith the degree in Medicine, Surgery and Obstetrics as the most requested option, followed by degrees in Psychology, Dental Surgery, Law and Nursing.

As long as the least in-demand careers They were: the Bachelor's degree in Music, with specializations in Singing, Musical Pedagogy, and Choral Conducting; and the Higher University Technician degree in Manufacturing Processes.

He stressed that el CUGDLThe youngest university center in the Network admitted 600 new students, who aspired to unique degrees, such as the degree in Digital Creativity, or in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science.

There are still places available

As a measure to facilitate education, the UdeG There are still available slots for different careers in the Network in the 2024-B semester and for SEMS campuses in the 2025-A calendar, reported Diana Gómez Guerrero, head of the SEMS's School Processing and Control Department.

For example, he pointed out, the Centro Universitario de Tlajomulco (CUTlajo) It still has around 30 places available for the Bachelor of Science in Dental SurgeryIn addition, the Tonalá Sur Preparatory School will be created next semester, which has 600 spaces for the 2025-A calendar.

Other options include degrees in Biology, from Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias (CUCBA); the engineering in Communications and Electronics in the Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierías (CUCEI), and the degree in Political and Government Studies from CUCSH.

In addition, Gómez Guerrero added that there is an option for applicants to study in one of the available slots in virtual mode, where alternatives such as the Bachelor's degree in Web Systems Development, in Cultural Management or in Information Technologies are offered.

All available places can be found on the School Control website; those wishing to apply for one of the places must complete the corresponding procedure at www.sems.udg.mx/cupos-disponiblesThe hearings will take place on August 7th and 8th, and the final decision will be announced on the 9th.

He added that in the case of undergraduate applicants, it was observed that more women were admitted (53.61 percent, and 45.88 percent of men); in addition, it was recorded that 0.19 percent of new applicants identify as non-binary people.

In the case of SEMS high schools, 49.20 percent are men, 50.28 percent are women, and 0.11 percent are non-binary people.

The application period for the 2025-A semester is now open on the Registrar's Office website. Registration is open from September 1st to 30th, and the entrance exam will be held on November 16th. 

The start of classes for the next semester is scheduled for January 16, 2025.

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Text: Pablo Miranda Ramírez
Photography: Adriana González