Angels Cruz Martinez
The newspaper La Jornada
Tuesday, August 6, 2024, p. 6
The rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Leonardo Lomelí, welcomed the new undergraduate students. In a message posted on social media, he highlighted that they are arriving at one of the hundred best universities in the world, where they will be able to fully develop all their capacities, skills and talents, essential elements to materialize their life projects.
The semester plan for the 2025-2021 school year began yesterday with more than 48 thousand undergraduate students, which will end on November 22, 2024. Meanwhile, the 2024-2025 annual plan began yesterday and will end on May 2, 2025.
On the other hand, the results of the entrance exam for higher secondary education will be announced next Friday. 34,000 students will be enrolled in the five campuses of the College of Sciences and Humanities and nine of the National Preparatory School, who will begin their courses on August 19.
Yesterday, the rector stressed that the world faces complex and pressing challenges such as effectively addressing the climate emergency, eradicating gender violence and establishing standards for the ethical use of new technologies, as well as consolidating democratic systems and creating more just and egalitarian societies.
Lomelí said that the new generation of university students has the responsibility to actively contribute to designing a more promising future.
To achieve this, here they will find complete intellectual freedom that will allow them to explore, question and create, always with the support of an exceptional and cutting-edge teaching staff. In addition, university autonomy guarantees them an environment of academic freedom and independence, essential for the development of critical, analytical and innovative thinking.
At the ceremony held in the Javier Barros Sierra auditorium of the Faculty of Engineering, the rector also welcomed 344 mobility students from 21 countries and 24 states of the Mexican Republic via video.
