University of A Coruña

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Universidade da Coruña
Motto	Hac Luce
Established	1990 (From 1989 fully independent from the University of Santiago de Compostela but still only a University College)[1]
Type	Public
Rector	José María Barja
Staff	?
Undergraduates	8.000(B)+17.000(M)
Postgraduates	1200(PhD)
Location	A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Majors	?
Website	www.udc.es

The University of A Coruña (Galician: Universidade da Coruña) is a public university located in the city of A Coruña, Galicia. The campuses of Elviña, Zapateira and Oza are placed in its outskirts, the first two near the site of the Battle of Elviña, the latter near the As Xubias zone. Another campus is in the nearby city of Ferrol.

The university was created in 1989. It is spread across two campuses: the A Coruña and the Ferrol campus. University departments are divided between them.

Contents 1 History of the University in Galicia 2 Political background 3 From one university to many 4 From 1990s to the present 5 External links 6 References 7 See also

[edit] History of the University in Galicia

[edit] Political background

Following the introduction of the new Spanish Constitution of 1978 and the arrival of Democracy, the new elected president of Spain, Felipe Gonzalez Marquez leader of the Spanish Socialist Worker’s Party (PSOE) will introduce legislation from Madrid to transform the, until that date, centralized Spanish State, into an amalgamation of autonomic regions with different degrees of self Administration.

The north-western corner of the Iberian Peninsula will be raised to the “Status” of Autonomic Region, and the Spanish Language with have to co-exist with the new official language: Galician.

A new Parliament and a new government have been created in Galicia for its people. And from the Galician Capital, Santiago de Compostela, the newly created Galician Parliament will bring new legislation for the autonomic community.

And it is in these states of affairs that the University Map in Galicia will be transform.

[edit] From one university to many

To begin with, Galicia never had University till 1495 when the University of Santiago de Compostela was created, and from that date onwards, Galicia will have no other university till the early 1980s when two university campuses dependent on the University of Santiago de Compostela will be created in A Corunna and Vigo.

Before that, the only institution which shared “Official Degree Studies” in Galicia was the “School of Naval and Industrial Engineers” of Ferrol, which was created by a Ministerial Order under the initiative of General Francisco Franco in the early 1960s. This School was directly dependent on the Ministry of Education in Madrid though in 1990 will be amalgamated to the University of A Corunna.

In the late 1980s, the two university campuses of A Corunna and Vigo, which were created as dependent on the University of Santiago de Compostela will became fully independent Universities being able for the first time to issue their own official university degree titles.

[edit] From 1990s to the present

A few years later, in the early 1990s Galicia has three universities, each of them with campuses of their own.

University of Santiago de Compostela – With two university campuses, one in Santiago de Compostela and the other in Lugo.

University of A Corunna – With two university campuses, one in A Corunna and the other in Ferrol.

University of Vigo – With three university campuses, one in Vigo, and the other two in Ourense and Pontevedra.

[edit] External links

• University of A Coruña
• School of Civil Engineering
• School of Computer Science and Informatics Engineering
• School of Architecture
• The town council of A Coruña

[edit] References

1. ^ Law 11/1989, July 20, of Ordenation of the Galician University System

[edit] See also

• University of Santiago de Compostela
• University of Vigo