University of A Coruña

University of A Coruña (Universidade da Coruña, UDC) is a public university in Galicia, north-western Spain, established by the Galician parliament in 1989 when the A Coruña campus separated from the University of Santiago de Compostela.拉科鲁尼亚大学（Universidade da Coruña，简称 UDC）是西班牙西北部加利西亚的一所公立大学，1989 年由加利西亚议会设立，其时拉科鲁尼亚校区从圣地亚哥-德孔波斯特拉大学析出。

UDC teaches about 15,460 students on two campuses, one spread across the Coruña suburbs of Elviña, Zapateira and Oza and the other in the naval city of Ferrol.该校在两个校区培养约 15460 名学生，一处分布于拉科鲁尼亚郊区的埃尔维尼亚、萨帕泰拉与奥萨，另一处位于海军城市费罗尔。

It is ranked in the 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, in the 1201-1400 band of the Times Higher Education 2027 and 1,393rd in the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027, with engineering and health sciences as its strongest fields.该校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列 1201-1400 区间，在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育排名中同处 1201-1400 区间，并在 2026-2027 年度 U.S. News 全球最佳大学排名中居第 1393 位，工程与健康科学为其最强领域。

History

• Higher education in Galicia began with the University of Santiago de Compostela in 1495, which remained the only university in the region until the creation of the A Coruña and Vigo campuses in the early 1980s.加利西亚的高等教育始于 1495 年创办的圣地亚哥-德孔波斯特拉大学，该校直至 1980 年代初拉科鲁尼亚与维戈校区设立前一直是该地区唯一的大学。
• In 1966 a ministerial order created the School of Naval and Industrial Engineers of Ferrol, a degree-granting institution that depended directly on the Ministry of Education in Madrid until 1990.1966 年一项部长令创办了费罗尔海军与工业工程师学院，这所可授予学位的机构直至 1990 年都直接隶属于马德里的教育部。
• The Ferrol school was attached to the University of Santiago de Compostela in 1972, and in 1988 it became an independent polytechnic before joining the new university two years later.费罗尔学院于 1972 年并入圣地亚哥-德孔波斯特拉大学，1988 年成为独立理工学院，两年后加入新成立的拉科鲁尼亚大学。
• In the early 1980s the University of Santiago de Compostela established university campuses in A Coruña and Vigo, which initially remained dependent on Santiago for degrees and academic staff.1980 年代初圣地亚哥-德孔波斯特拉大学在拉科鲁尼亚与维戈设立大学校区，这些校区起初在学位授予与师资上仍依附于圣地亚哥。
• The Galician Universities Act, Law 11/1989 of 20 July, split the A Coruña campus from Santiago and created the University of A Coruña as a fully independent institution.1989 年 7 月 20 日的加利西亚大学法（第 11/1989 号法律）使拉科鲁尼亚校区脱离圣地亚哥，正式成立完全独立的拉科鲁尼亚大学。
• The law was promoted by the Xunta de Galicia under president Manuel Fraga, who argued that a region of 2.7 million people needed three universities rather than a single institution in Santiago.该法由曼努埃尔·弗拉加领导的加利西亚自治区政府推动，他认为拥有 270 万人口的加利西亚需要三所大学，而非仅靠圣地亚哥一所。
• UDC opened in the 1989-1990 academic year with faculties inherited from the Santiago campus, including law, economics, humanities and experimental sciences.该校于 1989-1990 学年开学，接收了自圣地亚哥校区继承而来的法学、经济学、人文与实验科学等院系。
• The Ferrol polytechnic was amalgamated with UDC in 1990, giving the young university a second campus with a long tradition in naval architecture and industrial engineering.费罗尔理工学院于 1990 年并入该校，使这所年轻大学获得第二个校区，并在船舶设计与工业工程方面拥有悠久传统。
• The university's statutes were approved by the Galician parliament on 4 February 1992 and published in the Official Gazette of Galicia on 17 September 1992.该校章程于 1992 年 2 月 4 日经加利西亚议会通过，并于 1992 年 9 月 17 日在《加利西亚官方公报》上公布。
• By 1994 UDC had about 20,000 students and 800 teachers, a scale that reflected the rapid growth of the Coruña metropolitan area in the 1980s and 1990s.到 1994 年，该校约有 20000 名学生与 800 名教师，这一规模反映了 1980 至 1990 年代拉科鲁尼亚都市区的快速增长。
• The Riazor University Centre, dating from 1936, is the oldest building in the university's estate and now houses teaching and cultural activities near the city's seafront.建于 1936 年的里亚索尔大学中心是该校校产中最古老的建筑，如今在靠近城市海滨处承担教学与文化活动。
• In the 2000s UDC consolidated its research profile by creating the CITIC technology centre and the CICA advanced research centre on the Elviña and Zapateira sites.2000 年代该校通过设立 CITIC 技术中心与 CICA 高级研究中心，在埃尔维尼亚与萨帕泰拉校区巩固了科研布局。
• The Tower of Hercules, the Roman lighthouse that stands on the Coruña coast, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2009 and has become a symbol of the city that hosts the university.矗立于拉科鲁尼亚海岸的罗马灯塔海格力斯之塔于 2009 年列入联合国教科文组织世界遗产名录，并成为该校所在城市的象征。
• In 2018 the university reported about 19,000 students and 1,422 teaching staff, a slight decline from the peak years that reflected demographic change in Galicia.2018 年该校报告约有 19000 名学生与 1422 名教师，与高峰期相比略有下降，反映了加利西亚的人口变化。
• UDC adopted the open-source Consul platform for participatory budgeting and online debates, allowing students and staff to propose and vote on university policies.该校采用开源平台 Consul 开展参与式预算与在线辩论，使学生与教职工能够就大学政策提出提案并投票。
• The university celebrated its thirtieth anniversary in 2019 with a programme of lectures, exhibitions and alumni reunions on both campuses.该校于 2019 年迎来建校三十周年，在两个校区举办讲座、展览与校友聚会。
• UDC's Ferrol campus traces its origins to the naval dockyards of the eighteenth century, and its engineering degrees remain tied to the shipbuilding and offshore energy industries of the ría.该校费罗尔校区的渊源可追溯至十八世纪的海军造船厂，其工程学位至今仍与里亚海域的造船及海上能源产业紧密相连。
• The university's name refers to the city of A Coruña, whose harbour, glass-fronted galerías and Atlantic climate have shaped the campus's urban setting.校名取自拉科鲁尼亚市，其港口、玻璃外廊式阳台与大西洋气候塑造了校区的城市环境。
• In 2024 UDC's governing council approved a new strategic plan for 2025-2030 focused on digital transformation, marine research and the internationalisation of its master's degrees.2024 年该校校务委员会批准了 2025-2030 年新战略规划，重点聚焦数字化转型、海洋研究以及硕士项目的国际化。
• Although its two campuses lie about thirty kilometres apart, UDC operates them as a single institution with shared libraries, a common academic calendar and joint research institutes.尽管两个校区相距约三十公里，该校仍把它们作为单一机构运营，共享图书馆、统一学历日程并共建研究所。

Academics

• UDC is organised into more than twenty teaching centres, including faculties of science, health sciences, law, economics, humanities, philology, sociology, education, communication and computer science.该校设有二十多个教学中心，包括科学、健康科学、法学、经济学、人文、语文学、社会学、教育学、传播学与计算机科学等学院。
• Engineering is taught at the Ferrol Polytechnic School and at the Civil Engineering School, the Architecture School and the Industrial Design School on the Coruña campuses.工程学科由费罗尔理工学院以及拉科鲁尼亚校区的土木工程学院、建筑学院与工业设计学院承担。
• The Nautical School in Ferrol trains deck and engine officers, and its simulators and training ships serve both degree students and serving merchant navy officers.费罗尔的航海学院培养甲板与轮机军官，其模拟器与训练船既服务学位生，也服务在职商船军官。
• UDC offers more than forty bachelor's degrees, together with dozens of master's and doctoral programmes in science, engineering, health, social sciences and the humanities.该校开设四十多个学士学位，并在科学、工程、健康、社会科学与人文领域提供数十个硕士与博士项目。
• In the mid-2020s UDC enrolled about 15,460 students, employed roughly 1,400 academic staff and reported a student-to-staff ratio of 12.6 to one.2020 年代中期该校注册学生约 15460 名，聘用约 1400 名学术人员，师生比为 12.6 比 1。
• International students make up about six percent of the student body, and the university runs Erasmus exchanges with partners across Europe and Latin America.国际学生约占学生总数的百分之六，该校与欧洲及拉丁美洲伙伴开展 Erasmus 交流。
• The CITIC research centre specialises in information and communication technologies, artificial intelligence, data science and cybersecurity, and hosts several European research projects.CITIC 研究中心专攻信息与通信技术、人工智能、数据科学与网络安全，并承办多项欧洲研究项目。
• The CICA advanced research centre supports experimental science and engineering groups with laboratories for materials, chemistry, biology and marine technology.CICA 高级研究中心为实验科学与工程团队提供材料、化学、生物学与海洋技术实验室。
• UDC's biomedical research is linked to the INIBIC institute in A Coruña, which brings together university groups and the city's university hospital.该校的生物医学研究与拉科鲁尼亚的 INIBIC 研究所相连，后者汇集大学研究组与市立大学医院。
• The university library network includes the Casa do Patín library in Ferrol, housed in a historic building, and several branch libraries on the Coruña campuses.该校图书馆网络包括费罗尔一座历史建筑内的卡萨多帕廷图书馆，以及拉科鲁尼亚各校区的多所分馆。
• UDC's Consul platform lets students, staff and external citizens debate budgets and regulations online, and it has been cited as an example of open university governance.该校的 Consul 平台让学生、教职工与校外公民在线辩论预算与规章，被视为开放大学治理的范例。
• Galician and Spanish are both used in teaching and administration, and several master's programmes are taught entirely in English for international students.加利西亚语与西班牙语并用于教学与行政，若干硕士项目则为国际学生全程以英语授课。
• In the QS World University Rankings by Subject, UDC appears in 21 subject tables, with particular strength in civil engineering, computer science, law and medicine.在 QS 世界大学学科排名中，该校进入 21 个学科榜单，其中土木工程、计算机科学、法学与医学尤为突出。
• The university runs doctoral programmes jointly with the University of Santiago de Compostela and the University of Vigo through the Galician University System.该校通过加利西亚大学系统与圣地亚哥-德孔波斯特拉大学及维戈大学联合开办博士项目。
• All UDC degrees are organised in ECTS credits and two semesters, following the European Higher Education Area, and its four-year bachelor's degrees replaced the older licenciaturas after 2010.该校所有学位按欧洲高等教育区规则以 ECTS 学分与两学期制组织，2010 年之后四年制学士学位取代了旧制五年制学位。
• The university offers lifelong-learning courses and summer programmes in A Coruña and Ferrol, aimed at professionals who wish to update technical or legal skills.该校在拉科鲁尼亚与费罗尔开设终身学习课程与暑期项目，面向希望更新技术或法律技能的在职人员。
• UDC's Ferrol campus focuses on naval architecture, marine engineering, industrial design and business studies, reflecting the economic profile of the Ferrol estuary.该校费罗尔校区集中于船舶设计、海洋工程、工业设计与商学，呼应费罗尔河口的经济结构。
• Teaching laboratories, workshops and computer rooms are distributed across the Elviña, Zapateira, Oza and Ferrol sites, with shared access for students in all faculties.教学实验室、工坊与计算机房分布于埃尔维尼亚、萨帕泰拉、奥萨与费罗尔各处，向各学院学生开放共享。

Campus

• UDC has two main campuses, the Coruña campus in the city of A Coruña and the Ferrol campus about thirty kilometres to the north-east.该校有两个主校区，即拉科鲁尼亚市校区与东北方向约三十公里处的费罗尔校区。
• The Coruña campus is spread over the suburbs of Elviña, Zapateira and Oza, on the southern and eastern edges of the city.拉科鲁尼亚校区分布于城市南缘与东缘的埃尔维尼亚、萨帕泰拉与奥萨三个郊区。
• Elviña takes its name from the Battle of Elviña, fought in January 1809 during the Peninsular War, and the campus stands near the battlefield site.埃尔维尼亚之名来自 1809 年 1 月半岛战争中的埃尔维尼亚战役，校区就位于战场遗址附近。
• The Oza site lies near the As Xubias district and the mouth of the ría, and houses health sciences and sports facilities close to the city's beaches.奥萨校区靠近阿苏维亚斯区与河口，设有健康科学与体育设施，距城市海滩不远。
• Elviña is the main site of the Coruña campus and houses the rectorate, the central library and most of the faculties of science, law, economics and humanities.埃尔维尼亚是拉科鲁尼亚校区的主址，设有校长办公室、中央图书馆以及科学、法学、经济学与人文等大部分学院。
• Zapateira accommodates the Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, outdoor pitches and the university sports pavilion, close to the city's ring road.萨帕泰拉容纳体育科学与体育教育学院、室外球场与大学体育馆，靠近城市环路。
• The Ferrol campus is divided between Esteiro and Serantes, with engineering schools, the Casa do Patín library and student residences in the Esteiro area.费罗尔校区分为埃斯泰罗与塞兰特斯两部分，工程学院、卡萨多帕廷图书馆与学生宿舍集中在埃斯泰罗。
• The two campuses are connected by regular bus services and by the AP-9 motorway, a journey of roughly thirty minutes by car.两个校区由常规巴士与 AP-9 高速公路连接，驾车约需三十分钟。
• The Riazor University Centre, built in 1936, is the oldest university building and stands close to the Riazor beach and the city's seafront promenade.建于 1936 年的里亚索尔大学中心是该校最古老的建筑，靠近里亚索尔海滩与城市海滨大道。
• The Casa do Patín in Ferrol occupies a historic building that once served the naval administration and now houses the campus library and study spaces.费罗尔的卡萨多帕廷占用一座曾服务于海军行政的历史建筑，如今设校区图书馆与学习空间。
• The Tower of Hercules, a Roman lighthouse rebuilt in the eighteenth century, stands on the Coruña coast and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2009.海格力斯之塔是一座十八世纪重建的罗马灯塔，位于拉科鲁尼亚海岸，自 2009 年起列入联合国教科文组织世界遗产。
• Student residences, cafeterias and sports halls are available on both campuses, and the Coruña campus includes extensive green areas and Atlantic views.两个校区均设学生宿舍、食堂与体育馆，拉科鲁尼亚校区还有大片绿地与大西洋景观。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027, UDC is placed in the 1201-1400 band, a joint interval shared with several other Spanish and European universities.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位列 1201-1400 并列区间，与多所西班牙及欧洲大学同处一档。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place UDC in the 1201-1400 band, confirming its position among the world's research-intensive universities.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将该校列入 1201-1400 区间，确认其在全球研究型大学中的位置。
• The U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 ranks UDC 1,393rd in the world, its highest position in a major global table.2026-2027 年度 U.S. News 全球最佳大学排名将该校列于世界第 1393 位，这是其在主要全球榜单中的最高位次。
• UDC did not enter the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities main table, although it remains active in subject rankings and European research programmes.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜，但仍活跃于学科排名与欧洲研究项目。
• In the 2025 ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, UDC's civil engineering programme was placed in the 201-300 band.在 2025 年软科世界一流学科排名中，该校土木工程学科位列 201-300 区间。
• The Times Higher Education subject rankings of 2025 placed UDC law in the 301-400 band, reflecting the faculty's research and teaching reputation in Spain.2025 年泰晤士高等教育学科排名将该校法学列入 301-400 区间，反映该学院在西班牙的研究与教学声誉。
• OpenAlex attributes 32,001 works and 1,435,826 citations to UDC, with steady output in engineering, marine sciences, health and social sciences.OpenAlex 为该校收录 32001 项成果与 1435826 次引用，产出稳定分布于工程、海洋科学、健康与社会科学。
• In the 2008-2009 El Mundo ranking of Spanish universities, UDC placed 17th among the 71 institutions assessed, its best domestic result of that period.在 2008-2009 年度《世界报》西班牙大学排名中，该校在 71 所参评院校中位列第 17 名，是其当时最好的国内成绩。
• The university appears in 21 QS subject tables, with civil engineering, computer science and law consistently its most visible international strengths.该校进入 21 个 QS 学科榜单，土木工程、计算机科学与法学始终是其最受关注的国际强项。
• UDC's research income comes largely from Galician and Spanish government contracts, European framework programmes and partnerships with the shipbuilding and energy industries.该校科研经费主要来自加利西亚与西班牙政府合同、欧洲框架计划以及与造船和能源产业的合作。
• UDC is a member of the Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities and of the Galician University System, which coordinates admissions and quality assurance among the region's three public universities.该校是西班牙大学校长会议与加利西亚大学系统成员，后者协调自治区三所公立大学的招生与质量保障。

Student life

• UDC's motto is Hac Luce, a Latin phrase meaning "with this light", which appears on its seal and is used at official ceremonies.该校校训为拉丁语 Hac Luce，意为「以此光芒」，出现在校徽上并用于正式典礼。
• The Consul platform allows students to propose, debate and vote on university budgets and regulations, an unusual degree of participatory governance in Spain.Consul 平台允许学生就大学预算与规章提出提案、辩论并投票，这种参与式治理在西班牙较为少见。
• Given its Atlantic setting, UDC offers sailing, rowing and surfing alongside football, basketball and athletics on both campuses.凭借大西洋沿岸的地理条件，该校在两个校区提供帆船、赛艇与冲浪，以及足球、篮球和田径等项目。
• Student associations organise cultural weeks, film cycles and language exchanges, and the university supports a network of faculty-based student delegates.学生社团组织文化周、电影放映与语言交换，校方支持以学院为基础的学生代表网络。
• Coruña's student life revolves around the Orzán and Riazor beaches, the María Pita square and the tapas bars of the old town, all within walking distance of the Riazor centre.拉科鲁尼亚的学生生活围绕奥尔桑与里亚索尔海滩、玛丽亚·皮塔广场以及老城的小酒馆展开，距里亚索尔中心均可步行到达。
• In Ferrol, students mix with the naval dockyard and shipbuilding workforce, and the campus retains a strong engineering and maritime culture.在费罗尔，学生与海军船厂及造船业职工共同生活，校区保留浓厚的工程与海事文化。
• Both campuses provide student residences and cafeterias, and the Coruña campus is linked to the city centre by frequent bus services.两个校区均提供学生宿舍与食堂，拉科鲁尼亚校区有频繁巴士连接市中心。
• International students are welcomed through orientation weeks, Spanish and Galician language courses and buddy programmes run by the international office.国际学生通过迎新周、西班牙语与加利西亚语课程以及国际办公室组织的伙伴计划融入校园。

Notable people

• Inés Rey, mayor of A Coruña since 2023, graduated in law from UDC and previously served as a local councillor and party spokesperson.伊内斯·雷伊自 2023 年起任拉科鲁尼亚市长，毕业于该校法学专业，此前担任市议员与政党发言人。
• Isabel Pardo de Vera, a civil engineer trained at UDC, chaired the Spanish railway infrastructure manager ADIF and later served as secretary of state for transport.伊莎贝尔·帕尔多·德维拉在该校接受土木工程训练，曾任西班牙铁路基础设施管理局 ADIF 主席，后出任交通国务秘书。
• Emma Ríos, the comics artist known for Pretty Deadly and Mirror, studied fine arts at UDC before working for Marvel and Image Comics.以《Pretty Deadly》与《Mirror》闻名的漫画家埃玛·里奥斯在进入漫威与 Image 漫画公司之前于该校学习美术。
• Marisol Soengas, a molecular biologist who leads melanoma research at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, took her first degree at UDC.玛丽索尔·索恩加斯是分子生物学家，领导西班牙国家癌症研究中心的黑色素瘤研究，其首个学位在该校取得。
• Yolanda Castaño, a Galician poet and translator awarded the Premio Nacional de Poesía in 2023, studied at UDC and has lived much of her life in A Coruña.加利西亚诗人与翻译家约兰达·卡斯塔尼奥曾获 2023 年西班牙国家诗歌奖，她曾就读于该校并长期居住在拉科鲁尼亚。
• Amparo Alonso Betanzos, a professor of computer science, leads the LIDIA artificial intelligence laboratory at UDC and has advised the Galician government on AI policy.安帕罗·阿隆索·贝坦索斯是计算机科学教授，领导该校 LIDIA 人工智能实验室，并为加利西亚政府提供人工智能政策咨询。
• Rosa Cobo Bedía, a professor of the sociology of gender at UDC, is a leading Spanish feminist theorist and wrote on the political theory of feminism.罗莎·科沃·贝迪亚是该校性别社会学教授与西班牙重要女性主义理论家，著有女性主义政治理论作品。
• Xulio Ferreiro, a professor of law at UDC, served as mayor of A Coruña from 2015 to 2019 and led the city's Atlantic cultural agenda.胡利奥·费雷罗是该校法学教授，2015 至 2019 年任拉科鲁尼亚市长，主导该市的大西洋文化议程。
• Miguel Dongil y Sánchez, a historian trained at UDC, has written on the Spanish monarchy and on local history of Galicia.米格尔·东吉尔·桑切斯在该校接受历史学训练，著述涉及西班牙君主制与加利西亚地方史。