To increase access to affordable higher education at ASU, to interested DREAMers and other bilingual English-Spanish students, through a partnership between ASU and select Mexican universities.
A program that reduces the total tuition cost for an undergraduate degree at ASU.
Acceso ASU allows students to take online courses included in ASU’s Transfer Guide, offered by select Mexican university partners. While enrolled at a Mexican university, students pay that university’s tuition cost which is lower than ASU’s, and then have credits evaluated for transfer to ASU.
Acceso ASU leverages another ASU program offered in English that has a similar effect: the undergraduate Earned Admission.
1. Apply to ASU. There are two options for gaining admission to ASU: a) direct admission to an ASU degree program, and b) the Earned Admission pathway.
Students who are not directly admissible to an ASU bachelor degree program or who would like to take a few courses at a reduced cost prior to application to an ASU degree program may choose the Earned Admission pathway.
Incoming students interested in Acceso ASU are encouraged to start their ASU programs via Earned Admission, which allows them to begin taking ASU courses for a low fee ($25) to verify their identity. Once students complete a course and are satisfied with their grade, they can choose to pay $400 (instead of the applicable resident or nonresident tuition cost) to receive academic credit for the course on an official ASU transcript. Students choosing this route will need to submit an application for an ASU degree program and be admitted for credits from Earned Admission or any prior university work to be applied. Learn more about Earned Admission available courses here.
Once admitted to ASU, students have access to their school’s academic advisor.
2. Students enrolled at ASU are encouraged to consult with their academic advisors to identify which courses included in ASU’s Transfer Guide, offered by Acceso ASU’s Mexican partners, are suitable for transfer to their specific program. A list of advisors is available here.
Yes. ASU assists all students from domestic and international institutions transfer to ASU. However, the process of applying for admission to ASU as a transfer student is independent from Acceso ASU. Upon admission to ASU, previously earned credit from post-secondary institutions will be evaluated as part of the admissions process. Prior to transfer, students can use the Transfer Guide to review how courses transfer to ASU.
Students can lower their total tuition cost for an ASU undergraduate degree when they:
1) Start their programs via Earned Admission and transfer completed credits upon admission to an ASU degree program, paying $400 per 3-credit course instead of the applicable resident or nonresident tuition rate (approximately $1,590- $3,900 per 3-credit course).
2) Take courses at Acceso ASU’s Mexican university partners, pay the respective partner’s tuition, and transfer the credits to their ASU program. Mexican partners’ tuition costs start from $138 USD per course. See the tables below for a comparison between ASU and the Mexican partners’ tuition costs.
3) Transfer to ASU from Mexican institutions, having already paid the former institution’s tuition, which is generally lower than ASU’s, for the transferable credits.
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.
To search for course equivalencies, access ASU’s Transfer Guide and select “International” for the institution type, then enter “Mexico” for the country, and enter the name of the university partner:
The courses evaluated for the Acceso program include undergraduate online courses that transfer to ASU elective, department elective, general studies, and/or direct equivalency:
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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's 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.
How to apply: https://youtu.be/t9GtjSt4tlc
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.
How to apply: https://youtu.be/FQwMLlo_TTw
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.
