IPBS Students

International Affairs at UDLAP aims to attract undergraduate students in business studies. We expect these students to meet the following requirements:

Step 1: Seek Approval

Undergraduate students must be approved by their home university in order to study an online course at UDLAP.

Step 2: Fill out the Application Form

The UDLAP application form must be downloaded and completed using the following instructions:

Step 3: Send all required documents to UDLAP

The following required documents must be sent to UDLAP as part of the application:

• Application for Admission form properly filled out as indicated.
• Copy of Passport (valid throughout the entire stay at UDLAP).
• Copy of the Official academic transcript from the student’s home university with the institution’s signature and stamp (transcript must be translated into Spanish or English).
• One front view passport-size photo, in color and white background, with a minimum resolution of 300X300. This photo is mandatory and must be delivered in JPG format with your full name.
• Course Selection Form with two options of courses in order of priority.

Upload all your documents in a PDF file in our incoming platform before the application deadline. Let us know if you want to stay at oncampus dormitories, the rooms will be subject to availability.

Deadlines for sending all required documents:

Once the International Affairs Office at UDLAP has received all necessary application materials, a letter of acceptance and all complementary information will be sent by email to the student.

The coordinator of incoming students will register the class according to their options on the Course Selection Form. After our Online Orientation Program, the student will receive his/her class schedule, and he/she will not be able to make any changes.

Below you will find the list of courses and descriptions to choose from:

Credit equivalencies are:
1 Unidad UDLAP = 1/2 of USA credits
1 Unidad UDLAP = 1 ECTS

Keys and equivalences for grading scores at UDLAP

This additional information will be found in the UDLAP transcript:

Undergraduate-level students may enroll up to 5 courses per semester (30 credits). Graduate-level (Master) students may enroll up to 2 courses per trimester (12 credits). All courses are 6 UDLAP Academic units (equivalent to 6 ECTS), which include weekly guided instruction and independent study hours for the entire duration of the 16-week semester or 10-week trimester. The total duration of each course is 48 guided hours and 48 independent study hours.

An official academic transcript will be provided as follows:

Only one official transcript in English can be issued for each student at the end of his/her period at UDLAP. The transcript will be sent to his/her home university.

Additional Transcript

If the student needs an extra copy of his/her UDLAP transcript, there will be an additional cost.

In order to request additional transcripts, the student must:

• Send an email from his/her UDLAP account to Register Office (servicios.escolares@udlap.mx) including his/her ID and Full name.
• Make the online payment for the transcript/s.
• Send the payment receipt in to his/her Administrative Coordinator at Register Office.

International Affairs at UDLAP aims to attract recent graduates of an undergraduate program in business studies or suitably qualified graduates from related fields with a secondary focus on business studies. We expect these students to meet the following requirements:

Step 1: Seek Approval

A MGM student must be approved by the MGM Program of IPBS in order to study at UDLAP for the first track.

Step 2: Fill out the Application Form

A MGM student must download and complete this application form using the following instructions:

Step 3: Send all required documents to UDLAP

The following required documents must be sent to UDLAP as part of the application:

• Application for Admission form properly filled out as indicated.
• Copy of Passport (valid throughout the entire stay at UDLAP).
• Copy of Bachelor’s degree from the home University with stamp and program coordinator’s signature or letter from institution.
• UDLAP’s medical form approved and signed by the student’s doctor or healthcare provider.
• One front view passport-size photo, in color and white background, with a minimum resolution of 300X300. This photo is mandatory and must be delivered in JPG format with your full name.
• Copy of the student’s international medical insurance policy including name, date of birth, policy number and coverage details.

Deadlines for sending all required documents:

Once the International Affairs Office at UDLAP has received all necessary application materials, a letter of acceptance and all complementary information will be sent by email to the student.

Medical Insurance is Mandatory to come to UDLAP. Without exception, all International students are required to have health insurance coverage at their own expense that meets all the international coverage requirements, including COVID-19, full repatriation of remains and sanitary or emergency evacuation as a minimum.

The students must upload a copy of their medical insurance policy to the UDLAP incoming platform as a requirement to complete their registration process. This policy has to contain the following information:

• Student’s name and date of birth.
• Insurance company name.
• Insurance policy number.
• Insurance company’s emergency telephone.
• Insurance coverage dates.
• Main coverage details, including repatriation of remain, emergency or sanitary evacuation and COVID-19.

UDLAP provides all international students with free Medical Services (basic care) on campus. Psychological support and counseling are also available under request at the Student Center.

Before coming to Mexico

• If the student’s study program at UDLAP lasts less than 180 days and the student’s nationality is registered on the no-visa list, it is possible to enter in Mexico as a VISITOR.
• If the nationality requires visa, he/she has to obtain a VISITOR VISA in the embassy or consulate of Mexico nearest to his/her place of residence.

Students with VISITOR status cannot change or extend their stay in Mexico and cannot receive any type of remuneration in the country.

Arrival in Mexico

During the trip to Mexico, the migration staff will deliver a Multiple Migratory Form (FMM), which must be filled by the student with his/her personal information. Once in the port-of-entry, the migration staff will ask the student to show the FMM and valid passport.

Stay in Mexico

During the entire stay in Mexico, the student must keep the part of the Multiple Migratory Form (FMM) given by the migration staff at the port-of-entry.

Edit Maupome Huerta
Immigration Services
Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla
Ex Hacienda Sta. Catarina Mártir, 72810
San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, México.
1 Building | Module 102
migratory.services@udlap.mx

During Orientation Day, the student will have a meeting with his/her Academic Coordinator Dr. Luis Alberto Barroso Moreno (luis.barroso@udlap.mx) at UDLAP, in order to get information about the academic program he/she will follow.

At the beginning of each trimester, the Academic Coordinator will register classes according to the student’s Academic Program. During Orientation week, the student will receive his/her class schedule, and he/she will not be able to make any changes.

Academic Calendar

https://www.udlap.mx/internas/calendarioes.aspx?idioma=2

Credit equivalencies are:
1 Unidad UDLAP = 1/2 of USA credits
1 Unidad UDLAP = 1 ECTS

Keys and equivalences for grading scores at UDLAP

This additional information will be found in the UDLAP transcript:

Undergraduate-level students may enroll up to 5 courses per semester (30 credits). Graduate-level (Master) students may enroll up to 2 courses per trimester (12 credits). All courses are 6 UDLAP Academic units (equivalent to 6 ECTS), which include weekly guided instruction and independent study hours for the entire duration of the 16-week semester or 10-week trimester.

An official academic transcript will be provided as follows: only one official transcript can be issued for each student at the end of his/her period at UDLAP. The transcript will be sent to his/her second track university.

Additional Transcript

If the student needs an extra copy of his/her UDLAP transcript, there will be an additional cost.

• Go to the Registrar Office in order to request the cost of the additional transcript/s.
• Make the payment for the transcript/s at Unicaja.
• Hand the Unicaja payment receipt in to his/her Incoming Exchange Coordinator.
• His/Her Administrative Coordinator will ship the additional transcripts to him/her according to the dates mentioned above.