Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo has invited young people across the country to apply for admission to the Rosario Castellanos National University (UNRC). The application period for undergraduate programs closes on June 1 at 11:59 p.m., and registration can be completed through the official website: https://urc.cdmx.gob.mx/registro_aspirantes_licenciatura/. Classes will begin on September 8 in both in-person and online formats.
During the Las Mañaneras del Pueblo morning conference, Sheinbaum highlighted that over 50,942 individuals have already registered, 71% of them women. New physical campuses of the UNRC will be opened in San Luis Potosí, Tlaxcala, Yucatán, the State of Mexico, Chiapas, and Baja California, in addition to the seven existing locations in Mexico City. Remote learning programs will also be available from anywhere in the country.
Sheinbaum explained that admission to UNRC requires completion of a preparatory course, which can be retaken as many times as needed—greatly expanding access to higher education. She reaffirmed her government’s goal of creating 330,000 new university slots through the expansion of the UNRC, the Universities for Well-being “Benito Juárez García” (UBBJ), the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), the National Technological Institute of Mexico (TecNM), and new nursing schools in underserved regions like the Sierra Tarahumara.
Rosaura Ruiz Gutiérrez, Secretary of Science, Humanities, Technology, and Innovation, reported that the UNRC currently enrolls 55,738 students and offers 36 undergraduate programs, 15 graduate programs, five specializations, seven master’s degrees, and three PhDs. She added that the university’s faculty consists of 1,302 professors, 58% of whom hold postgraduate degrees, and 44 are members of the National System of Researchers (SNII).
Meanwhile, INAH Director General Diego Prieto Hernández announced that in the first eight months of Sheinbaum’s administration, 2,082 cultural artifacts have been recovered abroad. This brings the total number of items repatriated since the start of the Fourth Transformation to 16,244, with notable recoveries from the United States, Spain, Italy, and Canada. President Sheinbaum emphasized that this effort is part of a broader policy to recover Mexico’s historical memory and cultural heritage.
