Register and complete your online admission application

Use your personal email account to create an account and generate a password, which will allow you to enter our admission process site to review the status of your application. Afterwards, fill out your admission application and send it by clicking the “Enviar solicitud” button. Afterwards, you will receive an email informing you you may continue with the process.

As of Friday, July 15, 2022, the admission application site will remain closed for new admissions to the August-December 2022 semester. Contact your admissions advisor if you have any questions.

Pay the admission process fee

Check the amount you must pay in the admission process page and choose your payment method:

• Credit card
• Bank deposit using the referenced deposit slip
• PayPal
• The admission process fee is non-refundable.

Put together your file with everything that makes you unique

The resumé contains questions on the achievements, skills and aptitudes you have acquired and developed throughout your middle school studies. Include your participations in every area, since any achievements in each face-to-face or online discipline you have accomplished since 2017 to date will help you put together an extraordinary resumé. It is important to have evidence of the activities described, since we may ask you to share it with us from time to time.

Hand in your admission documents

Complete your admission file in digital form by sending your documents in the Documentos digitales section inside the admission process page.

Notice: To give continuity to your admission process and prioritizing the welfare of our community, due to the spread of COVID-19, we will be temporarily receiving the documents to complete your admission file in digital format. You will receive information from your admissions advisor:

• The last 2 pages of the application you filled out in the admission process page, signed by you, one of your parents/legal guardian and the person responsible for payment of tuition.
• Copy of official photo ID with signature of the person responsible for payment of tuition.
• If you are underage, official photo ID with signature of one of your parents/legal guardian.
• If you are of legal age, copy of your official photo ID with signature.

*Official IDs include: IFE/INE card (Mexican voter’s card), passport, professional license, military service card, immigration form or official ID from your country of origin.

The following table shows the valid documents in accordance with the stage of your studies and the month in which you completed the admission process.

Note:Transcripts must have the stamp and signature of the issuing institution.

Additional elements:

The Admission Committee might request letters of recommendation (no more than three), which can be written by teachers, school officials, a businessman/woman or a recognized leader from your community. The Committee might also request you to take complementary evaluations, which will be administered at the campus, and an interview with one of the campus directors.

The programs from the Health area have additional requirements, contact your advisor for more information.

Schedule and take your tests

Academic Aptitude Test (PAA)
If the Admissions Committee determines that you need to take the PAA, you will be notified by email. This test evaluates your math and verbal skills. As an element that forms part of the admission file, the score obtained is for the internal and exclusive use of the Admissions Committee.

You can take the test in person at our campuses and/or sites, considering the health protocols in effect.

On the admission process page you can:

• Select the date and time for taking the Academic Aptitude Test. You will receive an email with clear, detailed instructions for taking the test.

We have different tools for you in order to prepare for the PAA

PruebaT: it is a diagnostic test that will help you become familiar with the structure and type of questions of the PAA (you have 3 opportunities to use the simulator).

PrepáraTec: is an online workshop that you can take at your own pace. Go to: admision.tec.mx/PreparaTec

On-campus workshops: these are workshops offered on the campus of your choice. Ask your admissions advisor for details.

College Board PAA Study Guide: https://latam.collegeboard.org/publicaciones/guia-de-estudio-paa/

If your first language is English, you can take the SAT which is equivalent to the PAA. Sign up at: https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat/registration/international-testing

English placement test

For programs with special requirements, you take this test during your admission process. For all other programs, you will take it during the Initial Evaluations stage, once you have received your admission result.

On the admission process page you can:

• Select the date and time when you would like to take the English placement test online. Remember to have a photo ID on hand to show on the day of the test.

Have in mind that for obtaining your degree you will need to demonstrate a B2 level in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).

If your result in the placement exam during the admission process is equivalent to A1 or A2, you will need to take English leveling courses as part of your academic load in accordance with the following:

• Level A1 - during the first and second semester
• Level A2 - during the first semester

The total academic load may not exceed 18 credits, including English leveling in the first and/or second semester.

Find out your admission result

Once you have completed the process, the Admissions Committee of Tecnológico de Monterrey will issue the result of your application, which may be:

• Accepted
• Not accepted
• Wait list
• Pending decision (it means that we require additional elements; the Admissions manager of the campus of your choice will provide more information).

Some additional elements the Committee may need include:

• Personal interview
• Recommendation letters

Note: For your file to be complete, the following requirements must have been validated in your admission application: admission application form, birth certificate, admission process fee, essay, resumé, English placement test, and confirmation of your high school program. In addition, you should have submitted your complete, correct documents through the section “Documentos digitales”; the list of documents can be found in step 2 of this process.

Example of requirement validation for your application:

Admission application

Birth certificate

Digital documents

Admission process fee

Aptitude test

Essay

Resumé

Confirm your degree program

English test

Summary of requirements

The Admission Committee’s decision is unappealable and the selection process is private and confidential. Therefore, Tecnológico de Monterrey does not disclose the reasons for accepting or rejecting a candidate.

Enroll and be a part of the Prepa Tec community

Pay HERE the tuition deposit of 7,000 MXN (which includes the Tuition Payment Insurance fee) and confirm your enrollment. For information about payment methods, please consult with the DEPARTMENT OF ADMISSIONS of the campus you are applying to. You should also check the undergraduate enrollment events, and schedule your placement exams, which will measure your degree of knowledge of the courses that are fundamental for the beginning of your undergraduate studies.