📋 Tender Overview
Given various publications that have been circulating in the media and social networks regarding the supposed closure of universities nationwide, the National Superintendence of Higher University Education (Sunedu) specifies the following to public opinion:
1. The first institutional licensing process has already completed and is not in progress. Since 2015, Sunedu evaluated all public and private universities in the country, which made it possible to identify those that met the Basic Quality Conditions (CBC) and others that failed to accredit them. This first process has concluded definitively.
2. The process of cessation of activities is carried out in an orderly and progressive manner. The termination of a university does not imply an immediate closure or the sudden cessation of its services. Through supervision, it is verified that universities execute a gradual cessation process, in which the supervisable obligations are distributed in milestones, with the aim of protecting the right of students, who can continue their studies until the cessation period, access transfer options and obtain their degrees and titles on a regular basis and that these are registered with Sunedu.
3. Some universities mentioned correspond to licensing requests from new institutions. Recent journalistic articles include names of universities that did not obtain their institutional license, but applied as new universities under a new evaluation model. Several of these applications received a technical evaluation and have currently obtained their licensing, while others continue to be evaluated.
4. Several of the universities that did not achieve licensing continue to provide services to students. In accordance with the regulations, universities with a denied license develop an orderly termination process that allows them to:
Continue providing the educational service until the established cessation period.
Issue degrees and titles for its graduates and high school students until the maximum established period.
Continue providing administrative services.
These measures seek to ensure that students do not see the continuity of their studies affected and that they can continue their training until the termination period or transfer to a receiving (licensed) university.
More official information about these stages will be found on the Sunedu portal: https://www.sunedu.gob.pe/ceso-cese-activityes-universidades-escuelas-posgrado/
5. Sunedu reaffirms its commitment to transparency and the right to quality higher education. Supervision of compliance with current regulations continues to ensure that all actors in the university system--students, families, and citizens in general--have verified and timely information about the licensing, dismissal, and university supervision processes. We call on the media to consult official sources before disseminating information that may cause confusion or alarm in the university community.
