University of A Coruna

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The University of A Coruña was founded under the Galician Universities Law 11/1989 on July 20th, 1989. The Constituent Assembly passed the University Statutes on the February 4th, 1992and these were published in the Official Bulletin (DOG) on September 17th, 1992.

The University of A Coruña is situated in the Campus of A Coruña and the Campus of Ferrol.

The University of A Coruña is a public institution whose primary objective is the generation, management, and dissemination of culture and scientific, technological and professional knowledge through research and teaching.

The University of A Coruña conceives his essential purpose as a quality public service aimed at achieving greater welfare levels for the group of society by pursuing social, scientific, and technological advances in a framework of ethical values. Part of its mission is to form an open, critical, democracy, and solidarity citizenship, capable of analyzing reality, diagnosing problems, and formulate and implement solutions based on knowledge and oriented to the common good.

The University of A Coruña explicitly expresses its commitment to the study and the integral development of Galicia, its social, cultural, and linguistic identity. It will promote its full integration into the European Higher Education and the projection in Latin America.

The University of A Coruña Foundation, a private charitable and academic foundation, has been created to provide the University with permanent social support.

The role of the University of A Coruña is to aid the cultural, social, and economic progress of society through the encouragement, management, and dissemination of cultural, scientific, technological, and professional creation. Its mission is to deliver high-quality, Galician public service.

Central to that mission is the education of open, knowledgeable, critical, engaged, democratic, and cooperative citizens, with a strong sense of solidarity and the ability to analyze their reality, identify problems, and propose and implement solutions based on knowledge and understanding of the common good.

As part of its duty of service to society, the University is committed to:

• The creation, development, communication, and critical analysis of science, technology, and culture.
• Preparing students for professional life through the teaching of scientific and artistic knowledge and practice.
• The transfer, dissemination, and promotion of knowledge for the advancement of culture, quality of life, and economic development.
• The dissemination of knowledge and culture through University outreach and lifelong learning.

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