University of A Coruña

University of A Coruña
Universidade da Coruña
Motto	Hac Luce
Motto in English	In this light
Type	Public
Established	1989
Budget	123,294,723 € (2018)
Rector	Julio Abalde
Academic staff	1393 (2018)
Administrative staff	799 (2018)
Students	16847 (2018)
Undergraduates	13681 (2018)
Postgraduates	1976 (2018)
Doctoral students	1190 (2018)
Location	A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain; 43°21′02.32″N 8°24′57.41″W / 43.3506444°N 8.4159472°W
Website	udc.es

The University of A Coruña (Galician: Universidade da Coruña) is a Spanish public university located in the city of A Coruña, Galicia. Established in 1989, university departments are divided between two primary campuses in A Coruña and nearby Ferrol. The A Coruña campus is spread over three suburbs on the outskirts of A Coruña: Elviña and Zapateira (near the site of the Battle of Elviña) and Oza (near the As Xubias zone).

History

The first University in Galicia was founded 1495 in University of Santiago de Compostela, and it remained the only university in Galicia until the early 1980s when two university campuses (in A Coruña and Vigo) were formed from the University of Santiago de Compostela.

In the early 1960s, the School of Naval and Industrial Engineers of Ferrol was also established as a degree-granting institution by a Ministerial Order. Until 1990 the school was directly dependent on the Ministry of Education in Madrid. In 1990 the school was amalgamated with the University of A Coruña.

In the late 1980s, the two campuses of A Coruña and Vigo, originally part of University of Santiago de Compostela, became fully independent universities with the authority to issue their own university degrees.

In the early 1990s, the universities established further campuses of their own:

University of Santiago de Compostela based in Santiago de Compostela, with a campus in Lugo
University of A Coruña based in A Coruña, with a campus in Ferrol
University of Vigo based in Vigo, with campuses in Ourense and Pontevedra

Organization

School of Nautical Science and Marine Engineering (La Coruña).

The University of A Coruña uses the open-source software Consul to let its members propose, debate and decide on issues in administration, teaching and budgeting.^[1]^[2]

Notable faculty

Rosa Cobo Bedía (born 1956), feminist, writer, and professor of sociology of gender at the University of A Coruña
Amparo Alonso Betanzos, professor at University of A Coruña, where she leads the Laboratory for the Investigation and Development of Artificial Intelligence (LIDIA)

Notable alumni

Miguel Dongil y Sánchez (born 1987), historian

References

^ "UDC Decide". udcdecide.udc.gal. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
^ "CONSUL". consulproject.nl. Retrieved 2020-08-21.

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[1] "UDC Decide". udcdecide.udc.gal. Retrieved 2020-08-21.

[2] "CONSUL". consulproject.nl. Retrieved 2020-08-21.

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Members	Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior Columbus University ESAN University Grigol Robakidze University Ilia State University Jaume I University Karlstad University Kazimieras Simonavičius University King Juan Carlos University Kore University of Enna Masaryk University Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education Federico Villarreal National University National University of San Marcos Pan-European University Peruvian University of Applied Sciences Philipps University of Marburg Pontifical Catholic University of Peru São Paulo State University Santo Domingo Institute of Technology Technical University of Madrid Universidad Anáhuac Xalapa (Anahuac University Network) Universidad La Salle México Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena Università telematica internazionale Uninettuno University Business Academy in Novi Sad University of A Coruña University of Almería University of Burgos University of Cádiz University of Extremadura University of Fribourg University of Guadalajara University of La Laguna University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria University of León University of Lima University of Lleida University of Łódź University of Málaga University of Malta University of Minho University of Monterrey University of Nantes University of Oviedo University of Pécs University of Piura University of Regensburg University of Salamanca University of Santiago de Compostela University of Seville University of Surabaya University of the Basque Country University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro University of Valencia University of Vigo University of Worcester University of Zaragoza Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno Zhejiang Wanli University
Associates	Metropolitan College (AMC)
Collaborators	Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration EEUA Erasmus Compostela Euro-Mediterranean University of Slovenia FAUBAI HACU Quacquarelli Symonds Scholars at Risk

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