The university motto is "El saber de mis hijos hará mi grandeza" ("The knowledge of my children will be my greatness").

Dr. Enrique Velázquez Contreras started his tenure as the University Rector in June 2017 for a period of four years (renewable).

Under his leadership the university has prepared its Strategic Initiative putting special emphasis on the Internationalization of its academic and research programs.

It is currently, leader of the National Association of Mexican Higher Education Institutions (ANUIES) in northwestern Mexico[citation needed].

The university provides educational programs in the following colleges: At the postgraduate level, Unison tends to be biased towards scientific subjects, but it also has a number of strong humanities and social science schools.