1. The University has various departments and schools, as well as 19 faculties. In addition to business administration, computer science, engineering, economics, psychology, and the humanities and social sciences, it offers Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate programmes in a variety of subjects.
2. The Summer University of USC offers a large selection of courses and has various centres of interest in Compostela, Lugo, and other Galician areas. Typically, registration for Summer University courses begins in May and lasts until 10 days before the commencement of each session.
3. Numerous initiatives and scholarships are supported by USC, the Ministry of Education, the Xunta de Galicia, and other authorities and foundations. These include awards for outstanding research or instructional innovation, travel funds, additional training opportunities, or internships.
4. The University of Santiago de Compostela promotes a number of initiatives to raise private funds to support teaching development, research, and socio-cultural initiatives financially along three main lines of action: patronage agreements, micro-patronage initiatives, and promotion of institutional chairs.
5. Student and faculty exchange programmes from universities in Spain and other countries are managed by the External Relations Service at USC. The university community is also given access to a variety of international and national mobility initiatives.
6. According to its present definition, the university library serves as a hub for teaching, research, study, and learning. It consists of all the audio-visual, documentary, and bibliographic collections amassed by the many centres and services. It provides 20 service locations spread across the Santiago and Lugo campuses.
7. Various programmes and scholarships are supported by USC, the Ministry of Education, the Xunta de Galicia, and other administrations and foundations. These include mobility grants, grants for additional training courses or internships, and awards for outstanding research or educational innovation.
8. The USC has established a broad network of research institutes and centres to assist research activities, and over the past ten years, lone research centres have joined the network. In addition to participating in three inter-university research centres, the institution currently has ten institutes, eleven independent research centres, two mixed centres, and five distinct research centres.
9. The University of Santiago de Compostela’s Sports Area is in charge of organising and overseeing the university’s sporting events and facilities in order to encourage students to participate in sports as a valuable component of their education.
10. The USC promotes an integral, healthy, diverse and sports action for all people, with the maximum respect for our environment and our culture. Likewise, it encourages the participation in physical-sports activities of all members of the university community and of the general public, influencing equality policies for people and groups that practice sports less.
