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{{Infobox university | name = Autonomous University of Aguascalientes | native_name = Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes | image_name = File:Vista del edificio académico administrativo de la UAA 02.jpg | image_size = 200 px | caption = | motto = {{langx|la|Se lumen proferre (To project oneself into light)}} <ref name="anuies_uaa">{{cite web|url=http://www.anuies.mx/servicios/d_estrategicos/afiliadas/10.html|title=Nuestras universidades afiliadas: Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes|year=2000|publisher=ANUIES|language=Spanish|accessdate=2008-09-16|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919161144/http://www.anuies.mx/servicios/d_estrategicos/afiliadas/10.html|archivedate=19 September 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> | mottoeng = | established = 19 June 1973 <ref name="anuies_uaa" /> | founder = C.P. Humberto Martínez de León | type = Public university | rector = Sandra Yesenia Pinzón Castro | faculty = | staff = | students = | undergrad = | postgrad = | doctoral = | other = | city = Aguascalientes | state = Aguascalientes | country = Mexico | coor = {{coord|21|54|48.17|N|102|18|54.09|W|type:edu_region:MX|display=inline,title}} | campus = Urban | former_names = ''Instituto Autónomo de Ciencias y Tecnología'' (Autonomous Institute of Science and Technology, 1968) <ref name="anuies_uaa" /> | colors = PANTONE 137 C {{Color box|#FFA400}}<br><br>PANTONE 206 C {{Color box|#D50037}}<br><br>PANTONE 2757 C {{Color box|#001F60}}<br><br>PANTONE 537 C {{Color box|#B9C6D7}} | nickname = | mascot = ''Gallos'' (Roosters) | athletics = | affiliations = APRU, IFPU, ANUIES, FIMPES, CUMEX and CONAPRED. | website = {{URL|https://www.uaa.mx}} | logo = LOGO UAA png.png | footnotes = }}
The '''Autonomous University of Aguascalientes''' (in {{langx|es|'''Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, UAA'''}}) is a Mexican public university based in the city of Aguascalientes, Mexico.
The '''Autonomous University of Aguascalientes''' has several campuses that are located across the state. The university was founded on June 19, 1973, its preceding institution, The School of Agriculture (in {{langx|es|'''Escuela de Agricultura'''}}), was founded on January 15, 1867. The Autonomous University of Aguascalientes currently offers 64 different bachelor's degrees, 15 master's degrees and 9 doctoral degrees.<ref name="degrees">[https://unicarrera.com/universidad/universidad-autonoma-de-aguascalientes-uaa/ Información sobre la Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes]</ref>
Its library is named after poet and university president Desiderio Macías Silva, and holds over 183,063 volumes.<ref name="anuies_uaa" /><ref>{{Cite news |title=Rinde UAA homenaje al Dr. Desiderio Macías |work=El Heraldo de Aguascalientes |accessdate=2014-05-07 |date=2013 |url=http://heraldo.mx/rinde-uaa-homenaje-al-dr-desiderio-macias/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508030632/http://heraldo.mx/rinde-uaa-homenaje-al-dr-desiderio-macias/ |archivedate=2014-05-08 }}</ref>
The UAA also operates a radio station, XHUAA-FM 94.5, and a television station (UAA TV<ref name="web.archive.org">{{cite web |url=http://tv.uaa.mx/ |title=UAA TV |website=tv.uaa.mx |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818091911/http://tv.uaa.mx/ |archive-date=18 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>) available on cable providers in the city.
==Digital television== XHCGA-TDT is authorized to broadcast a television service known as "AGS TV" on digital subchannel 26.2. In actuality, this station is UAA TV,<ref name="web.archive.org"/> the television service of the Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, which began broadcasting over '''XHCGA-TDT''' on August 7, 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lja.mx/2017/08/206565/|date=5 August 2017|title=UAATV, nuevo canal de televisión abierta|accessdate=9 August 2017|work=La Jornada Aguascalientes}}</ref>
==Gallery==
<gallery> File:UAA Consultorios.jpg|The university hospital. File:UAA Jardín Rectoría.jpg| University Rectory. </gallery>
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Category:Autonomous University of Aguascalientes Category:Universities and colleges in Aguascalientes Category:Universities and colleges established in 1973 Category:1973 establishments in Mexico Category:Public universities and colleges in Mexico
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