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Prepa UPAEP Huamantla

Mexico, Huamantla

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The school at a glance
Instructs in Spanish, English
Fees MX$57,500 - 60,500
Ages Not listed
Type Co-educational
Opened 1998
Bus Service No
Academic offering
Curriculum IB (DP), IBCP (International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme)
Taught languages English, French
Typical class size 30
Strengths STEM, Languages, Service and Sustainability
Clubs Academic and Intellectual, Arts and Creative, Community and Service
Stages Secondary School, High School, Senior Secondary School
Introduction

Prepa UPAEP Huamantla is a high school program in the Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla UPAEP system, located in Huamantla, Tlaxcala, Mexico. It offers the IB Diploma Programme and the IB Career-related Programme. Students follow bilingual General and Bilingüe tracks, preparing for international university study. The curriculum emphasizes active, multicultural, and research-based learning, with teachers guiding students as central actors. The school is SEP-accredited for on-site schooling (RVOE DIRE/EMS/05/17, March 5, 2018). A leadership development focus is fostered through an entrepreneurial profile, while STEAM approaches integrate science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics through interdisciplinary projects. Students participate in Expociencias, Olympiads, robotics competitions and Maker Challenge. The arts and culture program includes cinema, visual arts and music, with signature experiences such as Festival Alas and semester exhibitions at the UPAEP Museum or CREA. Community service, ALTUM Leadership Academy, and bilingual outlook round out the program. For students' futures globally.

Carretera Federal México-Veracruz Km. 147.5, Col. Santa Clara, C.P. 90500, Huamantla, Tlaxcala, México

The Essentials

Prepa UPAEP Huamantla has typical class sizes of 30, instruction in Spanish, English.

Location
Carretera Federal México-Veracruz, Km 147.5, Colonia Sta. Clara, Huamantla, Tlaxcala, Mexico. It is a Prepa UPAEP Huamantla campus within the UPAEP High School network. The school uses a bilingual model and offers a bilingual education programme, providing an international experience.

Stages
High School (Prepa UPAEP Huamantla)

Type
High School
Diving Deeper

Governance and Ownership
Incorporated by the Secretariat of Public Education (SEP). RVOE under Agreement DIRE/EMS/05/17, dated March 5, 2018; in-person schooling. Tlaxcala State Department of Incorporation, Revalidation and Equivalence.
Fees

Annual tuition at Prepa UPAEP Huamantla ranges from MXN 57,500 to MXN 60,500 for 2026/27.

Application / registration fees
- Cuota de inscripción (registro): MXN 7,700.00.
- Seguro de vida (responsable económico): MXN 2,820.00.
- Seguro de accidentes personales (estudiante): MXN 650.00.
- Cuota de padres de familia: MXN 150.00.
- Cuota SEP (administrativa): MXN 285.00.
- Emisión de certificados y ceremonia de graduación (aplica en el último año): MXN 690.00.
- Conceptos vinculados al Programa del Bachillerato Internacional (cuando aplica): MXN 1,770.00; retroactivo del programa (cuando corresponde por ingreso tardío) MXN 4,770.00.
- Ejemplos de total inicial de inscripción por semestre: 1.º semestre MXN 13,375.00; 3.º semestre MXN 18,145.00; 5.º semestre MXN 12,295.00.

Tuition (colegiatura) — detailed by year/term
- Modalidad de cobro: la colegiatura se cobra en 10 mensualidades por ciclo escolar (10 pagos por año académico).
- Importe mensual base (ejemplo publicado): MXN 5,750.00 por mes.
- Concepto IB mensual (si aplica en el plantel/programa): MXN 300.00 por mes; suma mensual (colegiatura + IB) cuando aplica: MXN 6,050.00.
- Total anual en esquema 10 pagos: MXN 57,500.00 (solo colegiatura base) o MXN 60,500.00 (colegiatura + concepto IB).

Billing schedule and payment terms
- Periodos y número de pagos: el año escolar se divide en dos periodos (Otoño y Primavera). Las colegiaturas se pagan en 5 pagos mensuales para Otoño (septiembre–enero) y 5 pagos mensuales para Primavera (febrero–junio), total 10 mensualidades por ciclo. Todo periodo que se inicie se paga completo.
- Fecha límite mensual: cada colegiatura debe pagarse dentro de los primeros 17 días naturales de cada mes; todo mes iniciado se cobra en su totalidad.
- Recargos y consecuencias por mora: recargo del 3% mensual sobre saldos insolutos por pagos extemporáneos; la falta de pago de tres colegiaturas puede originar suspensión del servicio; la falta de pago al cierre de periodo puede impedir la reinscripción.
- Descuentos y prepago: existe la opción de descuento por pago anticipado del ciclo escolar completo en las fechas y condiciones que indique la institución; los descuentos no aplican si el estudiante ya tiene otro apoyo financiero que lo excluya.

Boarding / residential fees
- Prepa UPAEP Huamantla opera como plantel presencial (día); no se publican cargos por internado o hospedaje para este plantel, por lo que no aplican tarifas de boarding.

Other costs and recurring charges
- Conceptos incluidos en la inscripción: las cuotas anuales como cuota de padres de familia, cuota SEP, credencial, seguro de vida del tutor y seguro de accidentes personales son de pago anual y están incluidos en el monto de inscripción.
- Conceptos no incluidos en inscripción ni colegiatura: transportación escolar, libros y útiles, campamentos, actividades extracurriculares especiales y otras actividades convenidas por separado pueden generar cargos adicionales.
- Posibles cargos administrativos y por servicios: reposición de credencial, constancias, exámenes adicionales o trámites especiales tienen tarifas según procedimiento; la institución publica conceptos y tarifas por servicio administrativo en sus circulares y normas.

Refund information
- Inscripción: devolución del 100% de la inscripción si la cancelación se solicita al menos 60 días calendario antes del inicio de clases; devolución del 50% si la solicitud se hace al menos 30 días calendario antes del inicio de clases; posterior al inicio de clases no hay devolución de inscripción.
- Colegiaturas prepago y bajas: si existe baja definitiva antes de terminar el periodo académico y se pagaron colegiaturas por anticipado, se devolverá la parte no devengada hasta la fecha de la baja; para tramitar devoluciones es obligatorio presentar las fichas de depósito originales que amparan el pago.
- Procedimiento: la gestión de devoluciones requiere la documentación original del pago y el trámite en el plantel; saldos a favor se pueden aclarar y gestionar dentro del año escolar en curso.

Fee payment options (how you can pay)
- En sucursal bancaria mediante ficha de pago (sistemas bancarios autorizados; ficha con referencia de pago).
- Transferencia electrónica por CLABE bancaria (cuenta CLABE proporcionada por el plantel/tesorería).
- Pago con tarjeta de débito o crédito (Visa, Mastercard); American Express aceptada a través de los canales indicados en el sistema de pagos.
- Cheque nominativo a nombre de la Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla A.C. (anotar número de convenio y referencia al reverso).
- Domiciliación / cargos automáticos a tarjeta de crédito o débitos en fechas pactadas; el padre/tutor debe entregar formato y documentación requerida para domiciliación.
- Sistema institucional (Unisoft / Multipagos BBVA / canales designados) para generar fichas y facturación electrónica automática una vez que el pago quede reflejado en el estado de cuenta.
- Facturación: la emisión de factura (CFDI) es automática al registrarse el pago en el sistema si los datos fiscales están registrados; para primera factura hay un proceso de alta de datos fiscales en el sistema de Tesorería.


Nota sobre actualización de cifras y documentación: la institución publica reglamentos, circulares de formas de pago y las tablas de conceptos de inscripción y colegiatura en sus canales institucionales. En la documentación institucional consultada se identificaron las cifras detalladas de inscripción y la estructura de colegiatura (ejemplos publicados para ciclos anteriores), y se localizaron circulares vigentes sobre formas de pago y la normativa de devoluciones y sanciones. Para referencias concretas de (a) los importes de inscripción y conceptos asociados, (b) el importe mensual de colegiatura y concepto IB, (c) los plazos, políticas de descuento por prepago, recargos por mora y procedimien­tos de facturación y devolución, se emplearon las circulares y reglamentos públicos de Prepas UPAEP.
Academics

Prepa UPAEP Huamantla teaches IB (DP), IBCP (International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme).

Curriculum
The school offers a comprehensive education in an active, multicultural, and research-based learning environment. It provides a bilingual programme and fosters leadership through an entrepreneurial profile.
Parent Experience

History
Prepa UPAEP Huamantla is part of the Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP) system. It operates in Huamantla, Tlaxcala, Mexico. It is incorporated by the Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP) with RVOE DIRE/EMS/05/17 dated March 5, 2018 for on-site schooling. The UPAEP model centers on the student as the main actor in the learning process, with teachers playing a fundamental role, and it emphasizes that graduates and the Huamantla community are stakeholders in ongoing projects and activities.

Community
The campus offers an active, multicultural, and research-based learning environment. It provides the international experience through a bilingual program and develops student leadership. Student life features programs in sports, arts, and STEAM, including Expociencias, with all projects and activities open to graduates, their families, and the Huamantla community.
Facilities

Academic Facilities
The Prepa UPAEP, in its in-person modality, offers holistic formation fostered by an active learning environment, multicultural and research-oriented. Experience international exposure through our bilingual education program and develop your leadership with our entrepreneurial profile program.

Extra Curricular Facilities
Interinterprepas is the region's premier sports and cultural tournament for preparatories and secondary schools. The Inter-Águilas Tournament features football, volleyball, and basketball for both genders among Prepas UPAEP. Intramuros tournaments are internal competitions in football, basketball, chess, and volleyball. Semana de la Salud includes talks and workshops on sleep habits, first aid, addictions, nutrition, and hygiene, organized with the psychopedagogical orientation area. UPAEP sports workshops provide training in football, basketball, volleyball, and physical conditioning, building character and competitive spirit. Representative teams include basketball, athletics, TKD poomsae, volleyball, and swimming.
Extra-Curricular Activities

Academic & Intellectual
The school offers in-person education with comprehensive formation in an active-learning, multicultural, and research-oriented environment. It features a bilingual education program and a leadership development track through its entrepreneurial profile program. The STEAM methodology integrates science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics to enrich learning and problem-solving through interdisciplinary projects. Expociencias and a range of Olympiads and robotics competitions are part of the school's STEAM culture, including biology, mathematics, physics, robotics, and Maker Challenge events.

Arts & Creative
The arts and culture program has four core components: 1) Academic references, including courses in Cinema, Visual Arts and Music in the first year, a professional-arts training path in later years, a pre-university experience in Creative Sciences in year three, and extracurricular workshops. 2) Significant experiences, such as Mexican-tradition events like Festival Alas, a talent show, a marching-band component, and Christmas and Day of the Dead activities. 3) Artistic transversal themes, including Culture of Peace, Mexican Identity, Human Person, Arts-based Service, Integral Ecology, and Faith and Transcendence through Culture. 4) The art in action, with semestral exhibitions that may be displayed in spaces such as the UPAEP Museum or CREA (Centro de Recreación de las Artes).

Cultural & Language
The plan of studies includes General and Bilingüe tracks, with the bilingual option integrated into the curriculum. This reflects an emphasis on bilingual education as part of the program. The pathway structure shows General and Bilingüe as distinct tracks within the plan of studies.

Social & Hobbies
Student life includes active participation in student groups, the student council, and group leaders. These elements are complemented by significant experiences that enrich personal development and leadership through student activities and events.

Community & Service
Disruption e Innovación Social (DIS), Projects of Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS), and Learning-Service (AS) projects encourage student-led community impact. Students participate in volunteering and campaigns that benefit the community, including Teleton, the Banco de Alimentos, and the Cruz Roja. The ALTUM Leadership Academy provides ongoing opportunities for leadership-based social transformation.

Leadership & Professional
Leadership development is woven through the program with academic leadership references and a strong student-life component, including student groups, the student council, and group leaders. Students engage in meaningful experiences and service-oriented projects such as DIS, CAS, and AS to cultivate leadership and social entrepreneurship. The ALTUM Leadership Academy offers projects that translate leadership theory into social transformation.

Lifestyle & Wellbeing
The program emphasizes socio-emotional education and character formation, outlining skills such as emotional intelligence, social skills, resilience, healthy relationships, self-regulation, and overall well-being. dialogues with families involve parents in the student's academic-formative process. Academic accompaniment includes tutoring, emotional support, psychopedagogy, and vocational guidance to help students plan their life projects and vocational paths.
Languages

Language Provision
The school teaches English through a high-performance program available in all Prepa UPAEP campuses. English-taught courses are offered in bilingual Prepa tracks. French is offered as a second/third language, starting in the second year, with an optional French as a second language. International certification is available through English B (IB) and TOEFL.

Bilingual Teaching
The school has a bilingual model with a high-performance English program offered in all Prepa UPAEP campuses; courses are taught in English in bilingual Prepa tracks; French is offered as a third language starting in the second year. English language support includes a free Prep Course and two hours of bilingual assistance per week during the first year. The program also provides international certification through English B (IB) and TOEFL as options.
Admissions

Admissions
1. Request information and an advisor will contact the applicant. The applicant fills in the form with contact details. An advisor will reach out to support the applicant during the admission process.

2. Know the documents you need to submit. For entry to 1st Semester, submit the report card for 1st, 2nd and partial 3rd year of secondary school with a minimum average of 8.5 and no failed subjects. For entry to 3rd or 5th semester, provide the secondary certificate and the grades from the previously studied semester(s), with a minimum average of 8.5 and no failed subjects. Also provide a copy of the applicant's birth certificate, a copy of CURP, and the INE or passport of the person financially responsible for the registration and tuition.

3. Schedule your admission tests online or in person. The tests include a skills test, a diagnostic test for English level, and a psychometric test.

4. Receive your results (face-to-face or online). Feedback on the test results is provided to the applicant.

5. Pay your registration. Payment completes the admission process. A confirmation of payment is issued after the payment, and the campus will communicate the subsequent enrollment steps.

Scholarships
Becas y descuentos disponibles at Prepa UPAEP include a range of options and discounts. Ordinary Scholarship recognizes high academic achievement and is available to new applicants and returning students, with a minimum average of 8.5 and enrollment required. A Sports Scholarship is available to students who demonstrate athletic talent and have been admitted, with a minimum average of 8.0. Scholarship regulations describe the rules for awarding scholarships to students with good academic performance.

Discounts and agreements include the Audi, Volkswagen and SSA arrangement, which provides a discount on enrollment and tuition for children of employees of those companies; a Graduate Discount for children of UPAEP alumni; the Family UPAEP Discount for applicants with direct relatives enrolled at UPAEP; and PROEDUCA, a discount on enrollment, re-enrollment and tuition for children of employees who study at any Prepa UPAEP. Details and conditions are provided in the corresponding sections.

New applicants should contact via WhatsApp to receive information about scholarships or discounts, and an advisor will assist. Returning students should approach the administrative area of their campus on the indicated date to begin the process, and questions can be directed to becasprepa@upaep.mx. Check the scholarship convocations and results for Prepas; the results section shows whether a scholarship was awarded and the percentage assigned.

Contáctate with Prepas UPAEP via WhatsApp for information about scholarships or discounts; hours are Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 14:00 and 15:00 to 18:00, and you can also email becasprepa@upaep.mx. Further details are available in the scholarships sections and related documents.
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