The teaching model of the degrees taught on campus is basically practical and fully coordinated with their respective sectors of application. Therefore, it privileges the acquisition of knowledge and skills that promote employability. In this sense, great importance is given to formal and informal activities that the Campus intends to provide knowledge and values. Myriads of agreements promote external internships. The official degree offer is complemented by the offer of master's degrees, some of which are taught in conjunction with other universities, such as a Landscape degree (taught jointly with the University of Coruña) or the master's degrees in Genomics and Genetics, as well as the Unmanned Aerial Systems Engineering (both taught jointly with the University of Vigo). Moreover, the teaching offer is complemented by specialization and continuous training courses.

The research in the agri-food field that takes place in Campus Terra Lugo has its administrative headquarters in the Cactus building and is carried out by a group of researchers and scholars who make up various research groups belonging to the different faculties and schools. A large part of these researchers make up the Strategic Group BioReDes Campus Terra, which aspires to become the backbone of the R&D strategy for the primary sector of Galicia. Campus Terra Lugo has four technological platforms: Dairy Products and Food Technologies Classroom, Structural Wood Engineering, Functional Genomics and Sequencing, and Territorial Information System. Furthermore, in December 2020, with the support of the Province Government, a new Dairy Farm was inaugurated, encompassing teaching, research and development activities.

The transfer of knowledge and technology, the promotion of innovation (business and social) and activities related to university social responsibility are also fundamental axes of Campus Terra Lugo. Along these lines, the campus promotes different entrepreneurship programs each year. At the same time, one of the priorities of Campus Terra Lugo is related to the cultural and social aspects of land use, as can be seen in the activities of the Chair on Bread and Cereal, whose general objectives are the improvement of cereals, as well as the baking processes with innovative and alternative methodologies to achieve added value.

Campus Terra Lugo, promoted by the University of Santiago de Compostela, was born as a result of the agreement between the USC and the Department for Universities of the Regional Goverment (Xunta de Galicia), with the intention to transform the Lugo Campus into a scientific and social focal point in the fields related to the economic, social and environmental sustainability of the use of LAND, adding value to existing capacities and generating new ones to contribute to the construction of a new model of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.

Campus Terra Lugo forms a university environment specialized in the agri-food field from a multidisciplinary perspective that covers the environmental, economic, social and cultural fields, both in its teaching aspect - with bachelor's degrees, master's degrees and doctoral programs - its research dimension, with transfer and dissemination activities to the productive sector and to society in general. The University of Santiago de Compostela thinks of this campus as a suitable environment for coordination with other vectors dedicated to this field of specialization in a broad sense, establishing the appropriate strategic alliances, aimed at supporting Galician potential in this field.

O campus de especialización considérase un núcleo de actividade académica e de relación coa sociedade no uso sustentable da terra. O modelo docente das titulacións que se imparten no campus é intensivamente práctico e completamente coordinado cos seus respectivos sectores de aplicación e coas actividades propias do conxunto das facultades e escolas que o integran: Escola Politécnica Superior de Enxeñaría, Facultade de Veterinaria, Facultade de Ciencias, Facultade de Humanidades, Facultade de Formación do Profesorado e Facultade de Administración e Dirección de Empresas. 

Afonda, pois, na obtención de coñecementos e competencias que favorezan a empregabilidade. Neste sentido, dáselle moita importancia ao conxunto de actividades formais e informais que se promoven desde o campus, as cales proporcionan saber e valores. Esta formación enriquécese cos centos de convenios que promoven a realización de prácticas externas. A oferta oficial de graos compleméntase coa oferta de másteres, algúns dos cales son de natureza interuniversitaria. Ademais, a oferta docente nútrese de cursos de especialización e cursos de formación continua.

A investigación que se desenvolve no Campus Terra de Lugo ten o seu epicentro administrativo no edificio Cactus e lévana a cabo un conxunto de investigadores e PDI que integran aos 27 grupos de investigación pertencentes ás distintas facultades e escolas o así como ao IBADER e ao CEBIOVET. Ademais, o Campus Terra de Lugo posúe catro plataformas tecnolóxicas: Aula de Produtos Lácteos e Tecnoloxías Alimentarias, Enxeñaría da Madeira Estrutural, Secuenciación e Xenómica Funcionale Sistema de Información Territorial.

É necesario poñer énfase en situar a investigación do Campus Terra a un nivel de excelencia e competitividade internacional. Para elo trabállase na reorganización das estruturas de investigación xa existentes no campus, co fin de agregar capacidades e incluso consolidar unha nova figura de Centro de Referencia. 

A transferencia de coñecemento e tecnoloxía, a promoción da innovación (empresarial e social) e as actividades ligadas á responsabilidade social universitaria tamén son eixos fundamentais do Campus Terra de Lugo. Nesta liña, o campus impulsa cada ano distintos programas de emprendemento. Paralelamente, unha das prioridades do Campus Terra de Lugo está relacionada cos aspectos culturais e sociais do uso da terra. Neste senso, resulta capital mencionar a creación en xullo de 2016 da Cátedra do Pan e do Cereal, que alberga como obxectivos xerais a investigación, o fomento da docencia e a difusión dos coñecementos no ámbito do pan e dos cereais, tanto dende a perspectiva da historia da súa elaboración, como da mellora dos cereais que permiten a produción do pan galego, así como os procesos de panificación con metodoloxías innovadoras e alternativas para conseguir un valor engadido.