Universidad Santander

[ss20ts]

In Mexico is the RVOE. You have to get accredited for each study.
They have accreditation for each study they offer as far as I could find in Mexico. No idea in USA, but probably they need to run for some time until they can get accreditation.  My guess is that they will start slow and with time will get the RA status.

What do you mean by "each study"?

[Alpha]

I think they mean "each degree program," so that a degree in Business is accredited separately from a degree in Math, etc.

[Johann]

I think they mean "each degree program," so that a degree in Business is accredited separately from a degree in Math, etc.

Exactamente. Each RVOE (Reconocimiento de Validez Oficial de Estudios) has a number. You can usually find it in with the degree descriptions, in Mexican schools' literature. Caution. Although the school itself may be fully Government approved, many schools teach some programs that they don't seek an RVOE for. They're allowed to do that but the degree without 'reconocido' may have lesser standing than the ones that do - restrictions on use etc. That can cause credential evaluators here to assign a different equivalency - maybe not equivalent to RA as you'd hoped. If you're intending to use a Mexican degree back home, here - make sure there's an RVOE attached. 

Muy importante, amigos!

[Kab]

Study=degree=study program
Johann is right. You should check each degree.

[ss20ts]

I think they mean "each degree program," so that a degree in Business is accredited separately from a degree in Math, etc.

That's what I thought but wanted confirmation from the poster since in the US we don't speak that way. Study doesn't mean degree at all.

[Alpha]

There's another language difference I've noticed.  Most often it occurs with British universities where they refer to a "course."  In the US we typically use that term to mean a 3 credit subject that might take 8-16 weeks to complete.  In England this typically means the entire program of study, the whole degree program.  So if they were to say "I'm taking a course in Business." what is meant is the entire Business degree program.  It think that we'd find more of these little language differences if we spoke more about non-US degree programs.