Overview

• USC has filed an appeal with the Secretaría Xeral de Universidades challenging the Xunta’s decision to omit the mathematics master’s programme from the 2025-26 offerings.
• The Xunta based its decision on the programme’s average enrollment of 12 students, falling short of the 16-student minimum required by the Consellería de Educación.
• A grassroots platform has collected nearly 5,000 signatures and the Consello do Estudantado de la USC labeled the move as a neglect of strategic public university disciplines.
• Mayor Goretti Sanmartín will bring a motion before the municipal plenary in Santiago this Thursday seeking unanimous support to reinstate the master’s course.
• USC leadership is already working on a reformulated programme designed to align with enrollment thresholds for a planned reintroduction in the 2026-27 academic year.