The degree in English: Linguistic and Literary Studies offers the training required by professionals in the English language and Anglophone literatures and cultures. It provides a command of the English language and a broad perspective on English literature and the linguistic currents and literary science applied to this language.

The curriculum of the first two courses of this degree is common to the degrees of Spanish and Galician and Portuguese that are taught in the same Faculty of Philology of the A Coruña campus, so that the languages ​​and their corresponding literatures form the core of the programs of those two courses. In the third and fourth, the study of English language and literature is deepened with subjects such as scientific-technical English, North American literature, culture and civilization of English-speaking countries or phonetics of the English language, as well as the choice of subjects such as Italian , Galician, French or Romance languages, among others. It is possible to opt for a double degree with the University of South Wales (United Kingdom) and obtain a second degree (Spanish or Galician-Portuguese) by taking an additional year within a simultaneity program.

Graduates in English are inserted in the labor market in areas such as the teaching of this language or Spanish for foreigners, sociocultural management, publishing and journalistic companies, translation, internet content, libraries or research and literary criticism.

The degree in Galician and Portuguese: Linguistic and Literary Studies offers a solid training in language, literature and culture for the Galician-Portuguese field through the different subjects that comprise it and the 240 credits that its students must take.

In the first two courses of this degree all subjects are compulsory and common to degrees in English and Spanish, so these languages ​​and their literatures are very present, as well as French and Italian and subjects such as classical language and culture. , translation techniques or general linguistics. From this common training, in the third and fourth year, the students of the degree in Galician and Portuguese deepen their study of the Galician and Portuguese languages ​​and the corresponding literatures, also based on complementary and transversal subjects. An additional year of study gives the option to obtain a second degree in Galician and Portuguese or in Spanish.

Among the main profiles of academic-employment opportunities, the following stand out: teaching, translation and interpretation; cultural and editorial linguistic advice and mediation; cultural and linguistic advice in the business world; linguistic dynamization and normalization, the media, cultural management, advertising, etc.

The degree in Spanish: Linguistic and Literary Studies offers the training required by professionals in the Spanish language and Hispanic literature and cultures. It provides a broad perspective of Spanish and Latin American literature and of linguistic trends and literary science. The first two courses are common to the degrees in Galician and in Spanish.

The students who study this degree at the Faculty of Philology of the A Coruña campus receive complete training in the language and literature in Spanish and in subjects such as classical culture, linguistics, morphology, phonetics, phonology, lexicology, semantics or comparative literature. In addition, they acquire advanced knowledge of the Galician and English languages and literatures, as well as practical knowledge of other languages (French, Italian, Portuguese and Latin). Concurrency programs provide the opportunity to earn a second degree (English or Galician and Portuguese) with just one additional year.

Graduates in Spanish will have a very high specialization in the Hispanic linguistic and literary field. They will connect with a professional context also specialized with work itineraries such as teaching in the public and private spheres (academies, colleges, institutes, language schools, foreign university lecturers), cultural management or linguistic and sociocultural advice, translation, preparation or correction of texts, etc., in work environments of the media, publishing houses, institutions and cabinets.

The degree in Digital Information and Documentation Management was implemented at the Faculty of Humanities and Documentation, at the Industrial Campus of Ferrol, in the 2019-2020 academic year. It is a unique degree in the Galician university system. It is aimed at training professionals to manage the digital transformation processes of companies, with humanistic training for decision-making and technical training to execute them.

In the first three courses, subjects and practical workshops are taught in subjects such as informatics for the treatment and management of information, sources of information, digital resources, information behavior, library science, data science, digital information management, electronic document management, information conservation in the digital age ... In the fourth year you can choose between two mentions or specialties: Library and Archives (management and planning of archives and libraries, industrial and cultural publishing ...) or Information for Science and Technology (design and management of sites web, digital content editing, information retrieval ...)

Graduates can work as data analysts, content managers and digital communities, competitive and business intelligence technicians, heads of documentation, archive and library centers. They carry out their work in data analysis and management companies, creating editorial content, digital marketing, documentation centers (media, publishing houses, hospitals, consultancies ...) and any company that performs digital content management.

The three degrees offered by the Faculty of Philology on the A Coruña campus can be combined with each other to obtain a double degree with one more year of study. One of the possible combinations is to study the degree in Spanish: Linguistic and Literary Studies with the degree in Galician and Portuguese: Linguistic and Literary Studies.

This simultaneity program, unique in the Galician university system, consists of 324 credits. As the first two courses are already common to the three degrees that are studied in this faculty (Galician-Portuguese, English and Spanish), it is in the remaining three years when the compulsory subjects of each of the degrees involved in the program are concentrated simultaneously. In addition, the selection between 40 optional subjects in 4th and 5th year allows customizing the final itinerary of each student.

The double degree expands and reinforces the work options of the students who complete this simultaneity program: teaching in the public and private spheres (academies, colleges, institutes, language schools, foreign university lecturers), linguistic and sociocultural advice, dynamization and standardization linguistics, translation, preparation or correction of texts, etc., in work environments of the media, publishing houses, institutions and offices and cultural management.

The simultaneity program of the degrees in English and Spanish, which are taken at the Faculty of Philology of the A Coruña campus, offers the possibility of obtaining both degrees adding one more year to complete the 324 credits of the program .

The three degrees taught at this center (in Spanish, English and Galician-Portuguese) have the first two courses in common. In the simultaneity program (to which third-grade students can join), the compulsory subjects for the 3rd and 4th grade in English and the degree in Spanish are divided into the three remaining courses to complete the double grade.

The professional knowledge of the Spanish and English languages ​​and literatures with the double title notably reinforces the curriculum for the labor insertion of each degree separately, also enhanced by the practical knowledge of other languages ​​(French, Italian, Portuguese). Graduates in English are inserted in areas such as the teaching of this language or Spanish for foreigners, sociocultural management, publishing and journalistic companies, translation, internet content, libraries or research or literary criticism. Likewise, the degree in Spanish allows access to employment such as teaching in the public and private spheres (academies, colleges, institutes, language schools, foreign university lecturers) or cultural management, linguistic and sociocultural advice, translation, elaboration or correction of text, etc., in the media, editorials, institutions and offices.

The simultaneity degree program in English and in Galician and Portuguese offers a solid background in the language, literature and culture of the Anglophone and Galician-Portuguese fields. In addition, it facilitates the acquisition of advanced knowledge of the Spanish language and literature and practical knowledge of other languages ​​chosen by the students themselves (French, Italian). It consists of 324 credits distributed over five years and is taught at the Philology Faculty of the A Coruña campus.

In the first two courses, which are common to the three degrees taught at the Faculty of Philology, the Galician, English and Spanish languages ​​and their corresponding literatures are studied, as well as subjects of classical culture, history or information technology. In the three remaining courses, students acquire the knowledge of the compulsory subjects of 3rd and 4th of each of the two degrees, deepening the knowledge of both linguistic and literary systems, as well as Portuguese.

The double degree reinforces the options for integrating graduates into the labor market, by adding the competences of both degrees to work in teaching, translation, sociocultural management, publishing companies, the media, linguistic normalization or cultural advice, among other areas.

The degree in Industrial Electronic and Automatic Engineering, which enables the regulated profession of industrial technical engineer, is taken at the Engineering Polytechnic School of the Industrial Campus of Ferrol. The degree gives direct access, among others, to the Master of Industrial Engineering, an academic qualification that enables the regulated profession of industrial engineer.

Along with basic training in fundamental subjects (physics, chemistry, algebra ...), students in this degree receive training in subjects such as fluid mechanics, machine theory, manufacturing technologies, electronics, automation, control engineering, industrial computing or digital systems .

As it is a practical degree, with a presence in all strategic industrial sectors, graduates in this degree can manage and direct engineering projects in the fields of electronics, automation and robotics and apply their knowledge in the enabling technologies of the industry 4.0.

The Higher Technical School of Architecture, on the A Coruña campus, is the only centre in the Galician university system that trains future architects. They must take the degree in Architecture Studies, of 300 credits, as an essential requirement to access the Master's Degree in Architecture, which is the title that legally enables the exercise of the profession with full powers.

Throughout the five years of the degree, students receive intensive training in subjects such as construction, structures, projects, facilities and urban planning, as well as in basic subjects such as mathematics and physics for architecture, theory and history of architecture, geometry or drawing.

In addition to giving exclusive access to the master's degree in Architecture, an enabling professional title, the degree in Architecture Studies allows collaborating in processes of architectural design, urban and territorial planning and intervention in architectural heritage, as well as in the design of facilities, in industry of construction materials and techniques.

The degree in Civil Engineering Technology, which is taught in the ETS of Civil, Canal and Port Engineers, qualifies for the exercise of the regulated profession of technical engineer of public works, specialty of civil construction, and gives access to the master's degree in two years that enables the exercise of the profession of Civil Engineer, Channels and Ports.

Throughout the four grade courses, students acquire a solid and specialized physical-mathematical training, studying subjects such as algebra, applied physics, infinitesimal calculus, construction materials, structures, hydraulics, geotechnics, computational mechanics, resistance of materials, drawing or structural concrete or building and prefabrication, to name a few examples.

Graduates in Civil Engineering Technology work in administrations, in construction companies, engineering companies, project offices, technical consulting offices, universities, R & D & I centers or in the free exercise of the profession.

In the Faculty of Computer Science, at the Innova Campus in Coruña, the degree in Computer Engineering is studied. It is the only centre in Galicia in which the course ensures coverage of all the skills that can be acquired today in the field of computer engineering, since students can choose, from the third year on, among any of the five specialties or mentions existing in the Spanish university system or to combine two of them: Computing, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology and Software Engineering.

In the first two years and the first semester of the third, basic and compulsory subjects such as programming, intelligent systems, algorithms, calculation, algebra, electronic technology, networks, software design or project management are studied. The rest of the subjects are specific to each of the mentioned specialties. It is a multilingual degree, so you can choose to take part of the degree in English.

The profession of computer engineer is transversal and can be developed in public administrations or in the private sector, whether it is in the information and communication technology sector or if the IT department is any type of company or consultancy. Professionals manage computer systems and communication networks, develop software, control security or assume the direction or execution of technological innovation plans.

The degree in Data Science and Engineering, taught at the Faculty of Informatics, is one of the most recent additions to the academic offer of the University of A Coruña (academic year 2019-2020). It responds to the high demand for professionals in data processing to help make decisions at a scientific, business, political or administrative level. It is one of the few existing in the Spanish sphere and the only one in the Galician university system.

The advancement of new technologies and the development of massive data processing require highly qualified professionals with multidisciplinary skills and training in the fields of computing, mathematics, statistics and business. The curriculum combines training in subjects such as mathematics and computer science with advanced management of new digital information and communication technologies (statistics, artificial intelligence, autonomous learning….)

The most relevant professional profiles in this field are the data scientist, focused on data analysis to extract values from them, and the data engineer, more focused on infrastructure management to make the analysis process possible.

Degree in Electrical Engineering

The degree in Electrical Engineering is studied at the Polytechnic University School, on the Industrial campus of Ferrol. It is the first degree in the Galician university system that allows dual training, in such a way that the fourth and last year of the degree can be taken with an academic training module or with one of paid training in a company.

In the dual training itinerary, the company is jointly responsible for the student's training in coordination with UDC and under the supervision of two tutors from the university and the company. In the degree, in addition to the basic subjects (physics, calculus, chemistry, etc.), subjects such as materials science, thermodynamics, resistance of materials, facilities, circuits, plants, automation, transport of electrical energy, automation, graphic engineering or technical office are studied.

In addition to the classic sectors of generation and transportation of electrical energy (design of power plants, wind farms, solar energy, transformation centres ...) and design of facilities, graduates in Electrical Engineering (regulated profession) can work in the application of technological advances in the energy system, in new mobility and transport systems with vehicles and electric infrastructures, in the design of an efficient city and, in general, in the development of the concept of intelligent energy in all areas.

The degree in Engineering in Industrial Technologies is one of the degrees that can be taken at the Engineering Polytechnic School of the Industrial Campus of Ferrol, a centre from which many of the engineers who provide technological support and run the companies that constitute the industrial framework from Galicia. This engineering, the most general of those taught, allows training professionals with the capacity to design, build, maintain and manage industrial equipment and facilities.

Future industrial engineers acquire extensive knowledge in the different areas of this engineering: mechanical, electrical, electronic, energy engineering, environmental, automatic, materials, industrial organization, production, design engineering, construction engineering and industrial facilities, engineering automobile and transportation engineering.

It is a degree with a very high level of job placement, due to the multidisciplinary scope of the fields in which they can develop their profession. They are integrated into production, quality, logistics, R&D, production or planning departments. They carry out works such as designs of new materials, projection and exploitation of wind farms, hydroelectric plants, fuel cells, bioclimatic constructions, etc.

The studies of Marine Engineering have technological character and give access to perform the position of Marine Engineer and Chief Engineer (Master of Marine Engineering also required) onboard of ships.

The study plan is focused on training of students facing to activities of operation, maintenance and management of all installations onboard of a ship.

The degree in Mechanical Engineering, which is taken at the Engineering Polytechnic School of the Industrial Campus of Ferrol, leads to the graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering and allows specialization, either in Structures and Construction, or in Machines, from the third and fourth year .

Students acquire extensive knowledge in the different areas of this engineering: graphic engineering, calculation, design and testing of machines, electrical, electronics, thermal engineering, design and calculation of industrial structures and constructions, fluid-mechanical system, materials engineering, metrology , quality control or manufacturing processes, among others.

The main professional opportunities are found in the production and manufacturing in the industry in general and in particular the automotive, equipment and components, machinery, household appliances, robotics, furniture, etc. They are also widely accepted in the industrial maintenance of the energy, mechanical, metallurgical, textile or food sectors, as well as in logistics and quality or R&D departments.

One of the four degrees (two degrees and two master's degrees) that are taught at the Higher Technical School of Nautical and Machinery, on the A Coruña campus, is the degree in Nautical Engineering and Maritime Transport that enables the exercise, on board ships, of the profession of merchant marine pilot, as well as access to the compulsory master's degree for the profession of merchant marine captain.

All students acquire training in fundamental subjects (mathematics, chemistry, English ...) and other basic subjects such as ship theory, maritime law, maneuvering, navigation, energy and auxiliary systems, meteorology, maritime safety or stowage. In the third and fourth years, in addition to the common subjects, the students choose between two itineraries or mentions. One is the nautical operation of the ship, which includes matters such as special transport, radio communication, maneuvers, navigation or nautical simulation. The other is that of maritime management and administration, with specific matters, such as maritime business management, pollution management, inspections, traffic operator, maritime administration or international codes and conventions.

In addition to the professional practice as a pilot (through the mention "nautical operation of the ship") the training of graduates in Nautical and Maritime Transport facilitates their job placement in other areas such as the central and peripheral maritime administrations, port authority, shipping companies, insurance companies, pilots of the ports, shipyards, officers of the Customs Surveillance Service, traffic control, nautical-sports facilities, etc.

The degree in Naval and Oceanic Engineering is one of the degrees that are taught at the Engineering Polytechnic School of the Industrial Campus of Ferrol, the second oldest centre in Spain that teaches this degree, closely linked to the maritime tradition of Galicia and Ferrol in particular. It enables for the exercise of the regulated profession of naval technical engineer with the professional powers of the specialties of Marine Structures and Propulsion and Ship Services.

The objective of the training offered in this degree is to provide students with the professional capacity to tackle the entire project of ocean vessels and devices, from pleasure boats to large offshore structures, including the entire design and construction process of the helmet, propulsion system and auxiliary systems.

The career opportunities of graduates in Naval and Oceanic Engineering cover all fields in the sector. They include integration into naval technical offices, shipbuilding and repair yards, shipping companies, engine factories and other auxiliary equipment, consultancies, ports, exploitation of marine resources (oil industry, renewable energy, aquaculture ...), public and private organizations for research, teaching, etc.

The degree in Public Works Engineering, which is taught at the ETS of Engineers of Roads, Canals and Ports, of the A Coruña campus, provides specific training in the field of technical performance of civil engineering and construction and allows access to the regulated profession of technical engineering of public works, as well as the master's degree in Road, Canal and Port Engineering.

The degree consists of three possible specialized itineraries. The first two years are common and their credits are divided into basic subjects such as algebra, calculus, drawing, geology, hydraulics, resistance of materials, environmental and energy engineering, etc. The third and fourth year one of the three specialized itineraries is studied: civil constructions (analysis of structures, works, construction, terrain engineering, supply and sanitation ...), hydrology (analysis of structures, hydraulic works, dams, water quality , terrain engineering ...) or urban transport and services (structure, construction, environment, works, roads, airports, railways, urban systems ...).

Public works engineers are primarily involved in the construction and control of public works execution and related tasks. They work in construction companies, in engineering consultancies, quality control, transportation planning and maintenance services, among other areas, both in public administrations and in the private sector.

The degree in Technical Architecture is the only one in Galicia to habilitate for the exercise of the regulated profession of Technical Architect. The training period is four years.

This degree has numerous professional career possibilities, not only in Spain but also in an international environment.

Part of the reactivation of our economy depends on the refurbishment of the existing architectonical heritage and the creation of efficient new buildings. This is why it is necessary to train highly able professionals who can work as technicians and managers in the building process.

Building construction, in its multiple facets, implies a huge workforce of technicians and workers, both in building companies of every size and in auxiliary industry companies.

Industrial design, as a discipline, tries to integrate within the strategic fields all the attributes that the future user will value in the products, whether emotionally, functionally or socioculturally. It responds to the need to adapt industrially manufactured products (new or existing) to market trends. This degree is taught at the Ferrol University School of Industrial Design with a high degree of interaction with the business world.

Students of this engineering acquire specialized training to develop new products by taking basic interdisciplinary foundations (mathematics, physics, computing, statistics, graphic expression, mechanical systems), design methodology, industrial design projects, aesthetics, information and communication technologies, marketing, legislation, among other matters.

Graduates in Industrial Design can develop their creativity and capacity for innovation in any industrial sector, both as designers and as process development technicians, as well as in public or private technology centres, in private consultancies or as design professors.

The University of A Coruña offers new training alternatives to let students begin a training program at the university without the requirement of deciding the degree to study from the beginning, through the proposal of the Open Degree in Industrial Engineering.

The Open Degree is designed for students that prefers to take time to discover which degree, from those included in the open degree program, will finally study after enrolling in subjects of several of them. The degrees included in the Open Degree in Industrial Engineering in UDC are: Degree in Industrial Technology Engineering, Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Degree in Electrical Engineering and Degree in Automation and Industrial Electronics Engineering. The student may stay in the program during one academic year before the choice of the destination degree.

The Open Degrees are also aimed at those students who wish to enrich the transversality of their academic curriculum to personalize their professional profile. At the end of the stay in the open degree, students can complement the destination degree with a Complementary Training Program, enrolling them in subjects of the different degrees involved in the program to complete their curriculum.

The first degree shared between two Galician universities is the degree in Landscape, introduced in the university system in the 2018-2019 academic year. A part (1st and 2nd) is studied at the Higher Polytechnic School on the campus of the University of Santiago in Lugo and the remaining two years at the Higher Technical School of Architecture on the A Coruña campus. It is a degree with tradition in most European countries with which it is intended to supply companies and administrations with the highly qualified professionals necessary for planning, designing and managing the landscape in urban, rural, forest or natural environments.

The students of the degree in Landscape receive multidisciplinary training in various subjects such as project, urban planning, topography, architecture, environment, botany, pedology, biology, art, history, ecology, geology, hydrology, construction, geography, economy, sociology, etc.

Graduates in Landscape work in the design and management of private and public open spaces, such as gardens, parks, roads or landscaped squares, surroundings of urban, industrial, commercial or sports complexes, as well as in the environment of public infrastructures such as roads, mines , landfills, etc. Also in carrying out environmental impact assessments, in the restoration of altered spaces and in studies of various kinds for projects related to landscaping and the built environment.

The Engineering Polytechnic School offers a double degree at the Industrial Campus of Ferrol to simultaneously access the degrees of Mechanical Engineering and Naval and Oceanic Engineering. It is the only possibility in all of Spain to obtain both degrees at the same time.

The duration of the studies is ten semesters, with 333 credits. Subjects of both degrees are studied such as mathematics, physics, mechanics, shipbuilding, science, engineering and materials resistance, auxiliary systems of the ship, marine structures, propulsion systems, industrial constructions, hydrostatics, hydrodynamics, ship drawing, auxiliary systems of the ship , project of the ship and marine artifacts, etc.

The double degree notably increases the job opportunities that each of the degrees have, due to the knowledge of two highly related branches of engineering, which will increase with the development of offshore applications. The main career opportunities for mechanical engineers are production and manufacturing in industry in general and in particular automotive, equipment and components, machinery, household appliances, robotics, furniture, etc. They are also widely accepted in the industrial maintenance of the energy, mechanical, metallurgical, textile or food sectors, as well as in logistics and quality or R&D departments. The career opportunities for graduates in Naval and Oceanic Engineering cover all fields of the sector: naval technical offices, shipbuilding and ship repair yards, shipping companies, engine and other auxiliary equipment factories, consultancies, ports, exploitation of marine resources (industry oil, renewable energy, aquaculture ...), public and private research, teaching, etc.

The Nursing degree is taught at the Faculty of Nursing and Podiatry on the UDC campus in Ferrol and can also be pursued at the University School of Nursing in A Coruña, a centre attached to the University of A Coruña. The degree aims to train nurses and general nurses with scientific and human training and ability to respond to the health care needs of individuals or groups from a comprehensive perspective.

The nursing student receives high quality teaching, with a special emphasis on clinical training, through simulated practices for the development of skills and its continuation with clinical practices in healthcare centres that allow the integration and incorporation of knowledge, skills, attitudes and values. professionals and explore the different healthcare realities. Anatomy, biology, physiology, nutrition, pharmacology, nursing specialties or clinical stays form the basic nucleus of their training.

Nurses work in public and private healthcare and healthcare centres, with a high degree of job placement.

The Nursing degree is taught at the Faculty of Nursing and Podiatry on the UDC campus in Ferrol and can also be pursued at the University School of Nursing in A Coruña, a centre attached to the University of A Coruña. The degree aims to train nurses and general nurses with scientific and human training and ability to respond to the health care needs of individuals or groups from a comprehensive perspective.

The nursing student receives high quality teaching, with a special emphasis on clinical training, through simulated practices for the development of skills and its continuation with clinical practices in healthcare centres that allow the integration and incorporation of knowledge, skills, attitudes and values. professionals and explore the different healthcare realities. Anatomy, biology, physiology, nutrition, pharmacology, nursing specialties or clinical stays form the basic nucleus of their training.

Nurses work in public and private healthcare and healthcare centres, with a high degree of job placement.

The degree in Occupational Therapy is a degree from the Faculty of Health Sciences, on the Coruña campus of Oza.

Throughout the four years of the degree, students learn relevant knowledge of the biological, medical, human, psychological, social, technological and occupational sciences together with the theories of occupation and participation. In the first three courses, basic training in occupational therapy and related disciplines is acquired, as well as training for intervention in occupational therapy according to the life cycle (childhood, adolescence, adults and the elderly). Some subjects of this phase are physiology, anatomy, psychology, psychiatry, theory and techniques of occupational therapy, geriatrics, rehabilitation as well as practical stays, which are also followed in 4th grade along with case studies and subjects on social and labor inclusion, education for health, functional diversity or applied techniques, among others.

Occupational therapy professionals work in different fields of action, public or private, in the social, health, research and teaching fields. In the health field, in health centers, mutuals, senior centers. In the social sphere, in social services, attention to disabilities, fight against drug addictions. In the educational field, in special education, healthcare groups, teaching, etc. They carry out their work in hospitals, nursing homes, municipal social services, special education schools, penitentiary institutions, specialized associations and foundations, educational centers, etc.

The degree in Physiotherapy is one of the degrees offered by the University of A Coruña in the branch of knowledge of Health Sciences. It is taught at the Faculty of Physiotherapy, where general practitioners are trained to identify and treat health problems that can be responded to by physical therapy, mainly by applying physical means to heal or recover people affected by functional limitations or changes in physical function or health status.

Due to its intrinsic characteristics, the curriculum of the degree in Physiotherapy has a high practical component through clinical stays. Some of the subjects in the plan are anatomy, physiology, functional assessment, biomechanics, kinesitherapy, physiotherapy for specific pathologies or psychology.

Physiotherapists (regulated profession) work in the public and private clinical care setting (health centres, hospital rehabilitation areas, mutuals), in research and in teaching. They practice in clinics and hospitals, nursing homes, gyms, sports clubs, special education centres, home care or hydrotherapy, among others.

The Faculty of Nursing and Podiatry of the Industrial Campus of Ferrol teaches the degree in Podiatry, which trains professionals with the knowledge, skills and aptitudes necessary to carry out prevention, diagnosis and treatment of affections and deformities of the feet using podiatric therapeutic procedures.

Along with basic training in areas such as anatomy, physiology, microbiology, pharmacology or biology, podiatry students take courses related to their degree such as general podiatry, orthopodology, chiropodology, podiatric surgery or dermatology.

Graduates in Podiatry, with a high degree of job placement, work in health centers and public or private hospitals and home care in functions of prevention, care and rehabilitation of foot health.

The degree in Speech Therapy is a title of the Faculty of Education Sciences belonging to the area of ​​Health Sciences. It enables professionals to deal with the regulated profession of speech therapist, professionals who deal with all aspects of communication that may manifest as disorders of the voice, articulation, comprehension, symbolization and oral and written expression, social relations and thought.

The curriculum provides basic training in linguistics, education, psychology, anatomy, physiology and pathology of speech and hearing, language and communication, as well as knowledge and skills for therapeutic intervention in different language disorders, the speech and voice as techniques for behavior modification, early intervention, evaluation, diagnosis, physical therapy or specialized rehabilitation.

Speech therapists work in the prevention, detection and treatment of problems of oral or written expression in schools, in the rehabilitation in the hospital and healthcare environment of people with communication problems derived from physical or sensory deficiencies, both in public centers like in cabinets or private clinics. Also in research and teaching.

The simultaneity program of the degrees in Biology and Chemistry provides students with scientific and technical training in accordance with current scientific methodologies

which allow them to assess the importance of the application of Biology and Chemistry in the industrial, economic, environmental and social contexts. With the double degree, graduates access the labor markets of both areas and, in particular, to the areas in which the collaboration of both disciplines is specifically required.

The bulk of the 369 credits of this double degree are distributed over five courses, while 33 are reserved for the sixth (21 corresponding to the final degree projects). The program includes the nuclear subjects of both degrees: physical chemistry, analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, microbiology, cytology, animal physiology, plant physiology, zoology, botany, genetics, ecology, etc.

The employment opportunities with both degrees are very wide, both in laboratory work, as well as in the industrial sector and teaching. The complementarity of both studies provides a solid professional background that is very suitable for the business world: biotechnology, plastics, hospitals, teaching and research centers, the natural resources chemical industry (petrochemical, metallurgical, lumber ...), the pharmaceutical industry, aquaculture, agri-food industry, materials industries, agrochemistry, waste treatment, etc.

Biology is the science that aims to understand life in all its facets and from different levels of complexity. From the study at the molecular level to the analysis of ecosystems, all approaches to the study of the vital phenomenon fall within the field of training of biologists and biologists.

By taking the Biology degree, knowledge of morphology, systematics, structure, function and interaction of living beings is acquired, as well as the methods of analysis related to them, both from the teaching and research point of view, and from that of their applied utilization.

Graduates in Biology develop their profession in multiple fields, such as research, the pharmaceutical industry, the agri-food industry, environmental protection, teaching or clinical analysis.

The degree in Chemistry is taught at the Faculty of Sciences, on the A Coruña campus, where professionals are prepared to work in any of the multiple fields (health, industrial, environmental, laboratory, research, teaching ...) in which knowledge is developed or applied in this science, in constant and rapid evolution.

The 240 credits of the study plan are distributed, in addition to the basic subjects (geology, physics, mathematics), among the different specialties of chemistry: analytical, organic, inorganic, physical, biochemical, chemical engineering ... There is the possibility of choosing for a bilingual itinerary and study part of the subjects in English.

Chemists work in hospitals, natural resource exploitation chemical industry, food industry, pharmaceutical industry, materials industry, research and / or education centers, water treatment, biological chemistry, forensic chemistry, agrochemical industry, etc.

The main objective of the Degree in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology is to train students in specific and multi-disciplinary skills in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics and materials engineering, that are considered necessary to work successfully in the field. In this degree, physicochemical phenomena at the nanoscopic scale, as well as manipulation, preparation and characterization of nanomaterials are studied.

The Degree in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology is a complete and multi-disciplinary study program to train professionals in these sectors, considered of a very high importance for the future. Both in the current context and in a few years, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology will consolidate as an industrial sector providing a large number of technology-based products. This new highly technical industrial sector will open a wide range of possibilities. The future of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology has just begun and, taking into account its infinite possibilities of development, specialists in this field are expected to be highly demanded. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology will be essential for the competitiveness of a country and its economic progress.

The degree in Industrial Fashion Management, which is taught at the Faculty of Humanities and Documentation of the Industrial Campus of Ferrol, is the first bilingual degree in English of the Galician university system and has been taught since the 2018-2019 academic year. It has a clear international and practical orientation. It offers training with a comprehensive vision of all areas of business management in the fashion value chain.

In accordance with the interdisciplinary orientation of the degree, its study plan is structured in five modules: design and fashion, business management and administration, process engineering and the information system, corporate social responsibility, and a cross-disciplinary or multidisciplinary area.

Some of the professional opportunities for graduates in industrial fashion management are product management, retail marketing management, support technician in central quality services, supply, logistics or CSR, international expansion and franchise technician, international buyer, visual marketing manager, supply chain manager, etc.

The simultaneity program of the degree in Business Administration and Management (ADE) and the degree in Law includes subjects from both curricula and allows to obtain both degrees after completing 402 Credits (six years). Students complete their training with a professional profile specialized in two complementary disciplines.

Thus, ADE subjects are studied, such as business economics, microeconomics, accounting, statistics, public finances, market research, financial planning, etc., along with others corresponding to the degree of Law (financial, commercial, procedural, criminal law, the European Union, constitutional, work, business, family ...), until completing 72 credits per year, with the exception of the sixth, which consists of 36 credits, twelve of which correspond to the works end of degree.

Professional opportunities multiply when graduates have two degrees. They are the proper outputs of ADE (direction, management, assistance and evaluation in business organizations in any of its areas: production, marketing, sales, finance, human resources, organization, logistics, quality control ...) and Law ( lawyers, prosecutors, judges, notaries, city council secretaries, lawyers, attorneys, registrars, legal, labor and fiscal advisors, teachers, human resources managers ...), but, above all, the double degree responds to a profile of business economist with deep legal knowledge or a lawyer with a deep specialization in business matters.

The simultaneity program of the degrees in Tourism and Business Sciences consists of 354 credits distributed throughout the five courses of this double degree from the University of A Coruña. In the first semesters, subjects from the Bachelor of Business Sciences are studied, and in the second, specific subjects from the Bachelor of Tourism.

The credits of the Business Sciences degree correspond to subjects such as business economics, financial operations, microeconomics, macroeconomics, business organization, statistics, financial and cost accounting, company taxation or accounting. The credits of the degree in Tourism are distributed in subjects such as tourist geography, cultural heritage, tourism marketing, tourism intermediation and transportation, languages, accommodation and restoration or marketing of tourism products, among other subjects.

The double degree qualifies for own jobs in each of the two degrees, especially to develop management and planning responsibilities in the tourism business field. Graduates in Business Studies are versatile professionals who work in business management and administration, such as consultants, market analysts, commercial managers, auditors, sales managers or marketing technicians, among other professional opportunities. For their part, graduates in Tourism carry out professional work in hospitality, as tourism operators, information offices, travel agencies and tourist, recreational and leisure establishments of all kinds.

The degree in Audiovisual Communication is one of the degrees taught at the Faculty of Communication Sciences, on the Coruña campus of Elviña.

Students in this degree receive training in audiovisual and multimedia media technology, audiovisual narrative and ideation processes, audiovisual and multimedia organization and production, audiovisual narrative and ideation processes, analysis and effects of audiovisual discourses, oral expression, design and animation, audiovisual media theory and creative production, production and post-production techniques and processes.

In this faculty a specialized professional is trained and technically prepared for audiovisual creation in digital environments, comprehensive production design and consultative, organizational and managerial functions in all types of audiovisual and technological media and supports. His most characteristic professional figures are those of director, screenwriter and audiovisual director, producer and audiovisual manager, production design and visual and sound post-production, as well as researcher, teacher or expert in visual studies.

The degree in Business Sciences, taught at the Faculty of Economics and Business, provides students with a solid training in business management aimed at solving operational, tactical and strategic problems.

The curriculum includes training in basic instrumental techniques (statistics, mathematics, econometrics ...), economic theory (structure, history, macro and microeconomics ...), subjects in the legal and social field (law, sociology ...) and specific business training (organization , taxation, accounting, foreign trade, marketing, management, strategy, business English ...).

Graduates in Business Studies are prepared, with an extensive and in-depth knowledge of the business world, to respond critically and responsibly to the challenges presented to them in the financial, accounting and tax areas of companies, financial entities and public administrations. They are versatile professionals who work in business management and administration, such as consultants, market analysts, commercial managers, auditors, sales managers or marketing technicians, among others.

The degree in Business Administration and Management, which is taught at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the Elviña campus, provides students with business management training oriented to analysis and decision-making from positions of managerial responsibility.

The curriculum combines subjects of economic training (economic history, microeconomics, macroeconomics ...) and instrumental techniques (mathematics, statistics ...) with business training (organization, marketing, finance) and legal and social training (sociology, law ...). Students can choose to take 50% of the credits in English through the bilingual programme.

Students prepare to become professionals capable of conducting leadership, management, assistance and evaluation tasks in business organizations in any of their areas: production, marketing, sales, finance, human resources, organization, logistics, quality control ... They work mainly for companies, public administrations, consulting, banking and teaching.

The degree in Digital Creation, Animation and Video Games, which is taught at the Faculty of Communication Sciences, was incorporated into the academic offer of the University of A Coruña in the 2019-2020 academic year. The title covers the entire animation and video game production process from different points of view, including creative, technical, artistic and commercial. It focuses on two aspects of digital creation (animation and video games), born from the incorporation of computer graphics into the audiovisual content industry.

The students of this degree are trained in the methods of creating digital content applicable to both formats. The curriculum, with a general and multidisciplinary orientation, forms subjects such as video game design, development and production, programming, computer graphics, script, direction and production, animation, anatomical drawing, modelling, sound design, materials, lighting or effects. visuals.

The digital creation industry is a sector with great national and international projection and demands specialized professionals. The preparation of the graduates in the artistic, narrative, technical and production aspects will allow them to develop their capacities in any of these lines, both as members of work teams and in the entrepreneurial aspect with new business projects.

The degree in Early Childhood Education is one of the degrees that are taught at the Faculty of Education Sciences, on the A Coruña campus, to train future professionals in education. In this case for teachers dedicated to the instruction of the little ones.

The preparation of future professionals in Early Childhood Education requires specialized training in areas such as language didactics, plastic expression, musical expression, environmental education, inclusive education, among others, as well as in matters such as child psychology, resources, theory of education, design and evaluation of curricula, games, psychomotricity, healthy habits, etc.

Infant teachers carry out their educational work in public and private centres for children under six years of age.

The degree in Economics is one of the three that can be studied at the Faculty of Economics and Business, in addition to two simultaneity programs. This degree provides students with solid training to understand the functioning of the general economic system. The studies are oriented to the economic analysis of the general and business reality and to the elaboration of policies that contribute to the improvement of the standard of living of society as a whole.

The study program covers subjects such as macro and microeconomics, economic policy, economic history, monetary policy, public finances, econometrics, financial operations, statistics, economic analysis, or European and regional economics. Students can choose to take 50% of the credits in English through the bilingual programme.

Professional opportunities for graduates in Economics range from business administration, organization and management and tax, accounting and financial advice and consultancy to others such as state technicians or inspectors, account auditing, experts from institutions and public or private entities, study services, sales and / or marketing management, commercial brokerage, auditors, teaching or research.

The degree in Labor Relations and Human Resources is taught at the University School of Labor Relations in A Coruña, a private center attached to the UDC. It trains specialists in the defense and advice of workers and employers, with a solid background in labor and social security law, knowledge of the business field of human resources and sociological and economic training.

The students of this degree acquire extensive training in law (labor, social security, union, corporate, administrative, procedural ...), in economics, occupational risk prevention, sociology of work, human resource management, etc.

The degree in Labor Relations and Human Resources trains professionals and experts in organization, management and advice on company personnel policy, as well as management and advice in labor-legal matters. Graduates work in companies, public administrations, unions, business associations or in the free exercise of the profession. They negotiate, advise, audit, carry out expert opinions as judicial advisers, select personnel, direct labor relations departments, etc.

The degree in Labor Relations and Human Resources is taught at the Faculty of Labor Sciences, at the Industrial Campus of Ferrol. It trains specialists in the defense and advice of workers and employers, with a solid background in labor and social security law, knowledge of the business field of human resources and sociological and economic training.

The students of this degree acquire extensive training in law (labor, social security, union, corporate, administrative, procedural ...), in economics, occupational risk prevention, sociology of work, human resource management, etc.

The degree in Labor Relations and Human Resources trains professionals and experts in organization, management and advice on company personnel policy, as well as management and advice in labor-legal matters. Graduates work in companies, public administrations, unions, business associations or in the free exercise of the profession. They negotiate, advise, audit, carry out expert opinions as judicial advisers, select personnel, direct labor relations departments, etc.

The degree in Law is one of the degrees that can be studied at the Faculty of Law, on the Coruña campus of Elviña. It is a multilingual degree, so students have the option of taking at least 40% of the credits in English and also of obtaining a double degree (from  UDC and the University of South Wales) taking the fourth year in the United Kingdom. United.

A total of 204 of the 240 credits of this degree correspond to basic and compulsory training subjects to acquire extensive training in all areas of Law: theory, foundations, constitutional, criminal, civil, business, financial, tax, commercial, work, international, European Union, etc.

Graduates in Law have access to multiple professional opportunities, either working for public administrations, legal, tax, labour and administration and management consultancies for individuals or companies or with the free exercise of the profession. They develop their profession as lawyers, prosecutors, judges, notaries, city council secretaries, lawyers, attorneys, registrars, legal, labour and fiscal advisors, teachers, human resources managers, etc.

The degree in Primary Education is a title of the Faculty of Education Sciences that enables the regulated profession of teacher in primary education. The training of primary educators is essential to attend to the right to education of the age group of between six and twelve years, a vital stage for the education of children.

The scientific disciplines that converge in this field are diverse: pedagogy, psychology, specific didactics or sociology. For this reason, the study program for the four years of the degree in Primary Education includes subjects such as language teaching, social sciences or natural sciences, orientation and tutoring, mathematics education, inclusive and multicultural education, games, expression corporal, physical education, learning difficulties or information and communication technologies applied to education.

Primary education teachers practice their profession in public and private centers. As it is a regulated profession, its performance can only be carried out with the authorization granted by the Primary Education degree.

Educators and social educators are professionals in charge of responding to social inequalities from the field of education, but also from perspectives linked to social welfare policies. The degree in Social Education is one of those that can be taken at the Faculty of Education Sciences, on the A Coruña campus.

The students of Social Education acquire training in subjects such as socio-educational action, social dynamism, conflict resolution, developmental psychology, social psychology, sociocultural animation, intervention with the disabled, equality, multicultural education, intervention in family contexts of risk, psychogerontology, older education or orientation and employment policies.

The main objective of the work of social educators is the support and integration of people or groups at risk of social exclusion. They carry out their work in public, private or NGO centres dedicated to caring for minors or adults at risk of exclusion (immigrants, indigent, maladjusted minors, drug addicts, people with disabilities ...), in residences, hospitals, schools, prisons, social centres or cultural centres.

The degree in Sociology, which is taught at the faculty of the same name, on the A Coruña campus, instructs in the academic and scientific knowledge of social reality, the evolution of contemporary societies, the social processes that develop in them and how they affect human behavior and the interaction between people.

In this degree the multiple fields of study of sociology (gender, work, migrations, communication, economy, organizations, education, family, politics ...), social anthropology, social psychology and other related subjects are studied and specialized training is acquired in methods and techniques of social research and statistics.

Graduates from the Faculty of Sociology work in applied social research (markets, public opinion, consumption) in the design of public policies, advice on social policies in parties, unions, sociological research centers, NGOs and public administrations, political documentary and sociological, elaboration of statistics, etc.

From the 2020-2021 academic year, the degree in Tourism, which was previously taught in a private affiliated center, has been incorporated as an academic qualification into the academic offer of the University of A Coruña. It is taught at the Faculty of Philology, on the A Coruña campus.

The study program covers both gneral subjects (geography, history, languages, sociology, law, economics ...) as well as knowledge in specific areas of this sector: heritage, tourism resource management, ICT applied to tourism, territorial tourism resources, tourist taxation, accommodation and restaurants, etc.

Graduates in tourism work as tourism operators, in travel agencies, hospitality, tourist information offices, tourism organizations at all levels, rural tourism companies, recreational parks, ski resorts, conventions, spas, tourism marketing , etc.

The University of A Coruña offers new training alternatives to let students begin a training program at the university without the requirement of deciding the degree to study from the beginning, through the proposal of the Open Degree in Social and Legal Sciences, in the field of Social Sciences.

The Open Degree is designed for students that prefers to take time to discover which degree, from those included in the open degree program, will finally study after enrolling in subjects of several of them. The degrees included in the Open Degree in Social and Legal Sciences in UDC are: Degree in Business Management and Administration, Degree in Law, Degree in Economics, Degree in Business, Degree in Tourism, Degree in Sociology and Degree in Social Education. The student may stay in the program during one academic year before the choice of the destination degree.

The Open Degrees are also aimed at those students who wish to enrich the transversality of their academic curriculum to personalize their professional profile. At the end of the stay in the open degree, students can complement the destination degree with a Complementary Training Program, enrolling them in subjects of the different degrees involved in the program to complete their curriculum.