University of Santiago de Compostela
With more than five centuries of tradition, the University of Santiago de Compostela is a historic institution that projects itself to the future and beyond its frontiers, always attentive to the different demands of society, where it stands as an important academic frame of reference and where it develops its academic, research work. Centuries of history give the University an special capacity to merge the experience, security and confidence with present and future challenges.
The University of Santiago de Compostela is one of the three public Universities in Galicia and it is ranked among the most prestigious in Spain, not only as regards the learning opportunities it provides, but also for the research it produces, which appears in the leading international scientific journals, and for its capacity to interact with the most diverse industrial and economic sectors. The University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) also promotes its students´ mobility through its participation in the European Union´s Erasmus and Erasmus Mundus programs. It´s ranked among the top 25 European Universities as regards the number of students hosted under Erasmus.
With the experience gained over 500 years, it offers to its students an educational model that meets the demands of the international labour market and sustains the commitment to a knowledge-based economy of a region in continuous development. In USC a first-rate academic experience is always accompanied by a lifestyle experience that is really worthwhile. Our ancient culture and wealth of wildlife and other natural beauties are unique in Europe, and make for the best of all possible starts to any learning circuit on the Old Continent.
The scientific and technological leadership of the USC is reinforced by an international profile that is particularly evident in their postgraduate study programs. The high academic and scientific standards of European university education and research are manifested in the master´s and PhD programs offered in professional and scientific areas, ranging from Biotechnology to Cultural Services, or from Energy Sustainability to Mathematical Engineering.
In Santiago a large part of USC´s human, physical and financial resources are involved in biomedical and pharmaceutical research projects combining expertise in medicine, pharmacy, chemistry, biology and physics; in collaboration with medical and research workers at the University Hospital Complex of Santiago de Compostela, this “bio-pharma-med” constellation is one of the Spain´s leaders in experimental research in the health sciences.
The USC, with the support of the Supercomputation Center (CESGA), carries out reference research in scientific disciplines such as mathematics or computer sciences, particularly in fields such as computational calculus and mathematical modelization. The USC also devotes considerable attention to research into food technology, farm production, the sustainable management of marine resources, and aquaculture. In particular, together with centers belonging to the Spanish Higher Council for Scientific Research and the Spanish Institute of Oceanography, it constitutes a powerful marine research network that places Galicia at the forefront in this area.
The USC concentrates principally on health sciences, law, social sciences, arts, natural sciences and mathematics.
