The campus in Compostela is home to some 17,000 students and 20 faculties and schools, one of which is affiliated to it. The academic offer of the Campus of Santiago is made up of 44 degrees, 51 master's degrees and 51 PhD programmes. The campus of Compostela has historically been articulated around three poles: the historic centre of the city, the Life Campus and the North Campus.
Faculties and schools
Campus of Santiago de Compostela
From its foundation until the end of the 18th century, the life of the university revolved around the pazos of Fonseca, San Xerome and the buildings of the Colegio de Gramáticos (now the Faculty of Philosophy) and that which was its headquarters in the current Faculty of Geography and History, all within the old walled area of Compostela, and the pazo of San Clemente, in the transit from Porta Faxeira to the Paseo da Ferradura. After hosting several courses, the San Xerome pazo became the Chancellor’s Office of the USC, and the Colegio de Fonseca houses the University Library and exhibition halls. The Management and other management services occupy the Casa da Balconada. In the historic centre there is also room for the Social Council of the University, in the Casa da Concha, and the University Historical Archive.
The construction of the Faculty of Medicine, completed in 1928, marks the beginning of the expansion towards the north of the historic centre, and shortly after, in 1930, the architect Jenaro de la Fuente Álvarez completed the project of the Students Residence in the centre of what is today the Life Campus, in the south-west of the city. The construction of the Faculty of Economics in 1970, the use of the Burgo das Nacións as a university residence and the facilities of what was the University School for Teacher Training –currently Faculty of Education–In 1975, the North Campus was initially formed and completed with the construction of the new Burgo das Nacións Residence Hall and the Faculties of Philology, in 1992, and Communication Science, in 1999.
The construction of the buildings of the science faculties, to house studies in Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, and that of Law on land adjacent to the University Residence of the South Campus in the 1970s, marked the beginning of the construction of the currently called Life Campus, historically called the South Campus. This is the main area of USC’s facilities, hosting most of its teaching centres and research institutes, three colleges and the Monte da Condesa university residence, as well as sports facilities and the headquarters of numerous administrative and support services for teaching and research.