Overview

• Education Minister Román Rodríguez denounced UDC’s unilateral bid for a new medicine faculty and reaffirmed the Consellería’s stance against creating additional schools.
• A newly formed Xunta working group is drafting proposals to distribute clinical, theoretical and research instruction across hospitals in A Coruña, Santiago de Compostela and Vigo.
• Opponents of UVigo’s rector are pressing the university to formally request a medicine degree to match UDC’s plans and protect regional balance.
• The Santiago City Council voted to reproach the president of the A Coruña provincial government for backing a new UDC faculty and reiterated support for a sole USC medicine program.
• Officials warn that only seven accredited professors currently qualify to teach medicine in Galicia, meaning new faculties would not expand student places without more qualified staff.