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 a special capacity to merge the experience, security and confidence with present and future challenges.

The University is organized into two Campuses, Santiago and Lugo, which include 30 centres, nearly 80 departments and more than 60 degrees, apart from numerous installations such as research institutes, halls of residence, sports and cultural facilities, libraries, etc. Definitively, with the security and confidence of 500 years of experience, the University of Santiago de Compostela looks towards the future without forgetting its past, promoting new initiatives and putting its knowledge and leadership in the service of the demands of our society.

Research

The research policy of the University of Santiago de Compostela aims at the balance between the scientific excellence and the service to the economic and social environment. The basic science of today is the basis of the technological progress and the quality of life in the future. Besides, the university has the duty of taking part in the transformation of the knowledge generated in the past in the creation of wealth and welfare in the present.

The investigation in the university is developed in several laboratories that are structured in departments and institutes of investigation and have the support of centres specialized like a University Library or Network of Support to the Investigation and the Technological Development.

Important goal of research’s groups is approach the solution of the real problems of the society, participating in initiatives of cooperation with companies and representative institutions of the administrations and social organizations.

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