In addition to this, most of the academia affiliates with the "SPAUAZ" (Autonomous University of Zacatecas Academic Personal Union).

UAZ, since its beginnings, has had a history of conflicted and prolonged labor negotiations with each, or both, of these unions, often culminating in strikes "Ciudad Universitaria Campus Siglo XXI" is the university main campus, it's located in the outskirts of the city of Zacatecas UAZ is a small-sized research university, most of whose students are in the undergraduate and professional schools.

UAZ students and professors often engage in political and social activism and its members have a long tradition in doing so.

Being the most important university in Zacatecas, many prominent figures in the economical, political, scientific, and artistic life of the state and Mexico are UAZ alumni or faculty.

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