Overview

• UVigo’s governing council approved a formal request to the Xunta to launch a Medicine degree, then immediately froze it for one month.
• Rector Manuel Reigosa set the pause to secure a three‑university agreement led by the rectors, warning he would leave the talks if UVigo advanced its bid during negotiations.
• UVigo’s terms include completing the shift of the entire second cycle within three academic years with yearly milestones and an escape clause if targets are missed.
• The plan calls for an interuniversity departmental unit and at least 50% of new CHUVI teaching posts tied to UVigo, with linked posts funded by the Xunta and research ties at Galicia Sur preserved.
• The draft pact seeks a Xunta pledge to block private entrants, expanded to cover public centers and parity between Vigo and A Coruña; Vigo’s mayor demanded a full faculty, some UVigo professors urged lifting the suspension, and the Xunta retains final approval.