To increase access to affordable higher education at ASU, to interested DREAMers and other Spanish-speaking students, through a partnership between ASU and Mexican universities.
A program that reduces the total tuition cost for an undergraduate degree at ASU. ASU developed a transfer pathway that allows students to take online courses at four Mexican university-partners, at a lower cost, and have credits validated toward a degree at ASU for online or campus immersive programs.
In the future, this program may expand to include more undergraduate courses, graduate courses, and more university-partners.
Acesso ASU also leverages other programs ASU offers in English that have the same purpose. These programs include options for undergraduate and graduate studies, such as undergraduate Earned Admission, Master's in Computer Science via Coursera, and Thunderbird's MicroMasters Program in International Business Management via edX.
ASU has reviewed a limited number of courses from each of the four university-partners and determined course equivalency to ASU courses. These course equivalencies can be viewed at ASU’s Transfer Guide website.
Students are encouraged to visit this Transfer Guide before enrolling at any of the Mexican university-partners to learn what courses can be validated. However, additional courses not included in this Guide may qualify for validation; this would be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Students can enroll at any of the university-partners before studying at ASU or take online courses simultaneously while enrolled at ASU. Upon successful course completion, students can start the credit validation process as follows:
Arizona State University
Admission Services Applicant Processing
1150 East University Drive, Building C, room 226
Tempe, AZ 85281
If admitted, any college or university credit will be evaluated by Academic Transfer Credit Solutions for transfer to an ASU degree. International Undergraduate Admissions Specialists can provide guidance on the application process, contact information is available here.
For information on how the programs offered in English work, please visit their respective websites:
For the academic year 2019-20, ASU’s undergraduate tuition cost is approximately as follows:
Note: DREAMers who are not Arizona high school graduates, pay the out-of-state tuition rate.
The Mexican university-partners’ undergraduate tuition cost is approximately as follows:
Note: The amounts in the tables above indicate all of the participant universities’ tuition costs published online as of January 10, 2020; the figures do not include additional fees, health insurance, etc. All tuition above is listed in US dollars at the exchange rate of $19 MXP per USD.
ASU graduate, low-cost studies:
Students can verify courses that ASU has determined equivalent to those offered by Mexican university-partners by consulting the ASU Transfer Guide website. To search for equivalencies, access the Transfer Guide online and select “International” for the institution type, then enter “Mexico” for the country, and enter the name of the university-partner:
Additional courses not included in the Transfer Guide may qualify for validation; ASU evaluates each student's case.
This program's initial academic offer includes undergraduate online courses contained in:
Students are encouraged to consult their School’s Academic Advisor. A list of Advisors is available here: https://students.asu.edu/advising/directory
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Universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG) is the second-largest public Mexican university. It serves more than 280,200 students. It is a renowned university based in the State of Jalisco. UdeG' Virtual University offers undergraduate and graduate programs.
Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) is a private, not-for-profit, world-renowned university in Mexico. It has 26 campuses throughout Mexico, and more than 90,000 students that attend its high school, undergraduate and graduate programs.
It is a world-pioneer on virtual education, which it launched in 1989.
Among other accreditations, ITESM is affiliated to the Southern Associations of Colleges and Schools (SACS), recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Universidad Tecmilenio is a private university, founded in 2002, as part of the Tecnológico de Monterrey System. It currently has 29 campuses located in 18 states of Mexico and Tecmilenio Online. It offers high school programs, 28 undergraduate programs, 8 executive programs, and 7 master’s programs. Tecmilenio serves over 56,000 students.
A distinctive element of Tecmilenio’s education model is the emphasis on students’ long-term well-being, based on Positive Psychology.
The Universidad Tecnológica de México (UNITEC) is a private university owned by Laureate located in Mexico City, and in the States of Guanajuato, Jalisco, México and Querétaro. UNITEC has more than 50 years of experience delivering high school and higher education. UNITEC serves over 90,000 students.
Our university-partners offer most of their courses in Spanish. Interested students are encouraged to take Spanish language courses and identify tutoring resources to ensure academic success as part of this transfer program. Below are some available resources.
ASU contact:
Paola Garcia Hidalgo, M.PAff.
Director, Mexico and Latin America Initiatives
ASU, Office of University Affairs
pgarciah@asu.edu
Tel. (480) 965-8404
Becas CONACYT para estudios de doctorado en el extranjero
The Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) signed an agreement with Arizona State University in 2015 to accomplish two purposes:
Arizona-Sonora scholarship opportunities
The Governments of the States of Arizona and Sonora, in the framework of the Arizona-Mexico Commission, have established a scholarship program for students of these two states. A limited number of Sonoran students can come to study at Arizona higher education institutions, paying the Arizona resident tuition rate.
Arizona State University participates in this program and maintains up to 20 spaces per year available for Sonoran students to study as this program’s scholars. Interested students must be admitted at ASU and apply at the Comisión Sonora-Arizona for this resident rate tuition program.
