Overview

• The Xunta has finalized a convention to adscribe every Sergas university hospital to the USC’s Medicine degree, extending the 2001 agreements beyond June 2026 to standardize clinical placements.
• The Universidade da Coruña argues the new pact reverses decentralization by centralizing all clinical instruction under Santiago’s faculty and faults the process for bypassing interuniversity working-group protocols.
• Service chiefs at Vigo’s CHUVI demand full local delivery of the second cycle of the Medicine degree and threaten to pursue the creation of an independent faculty if USC does not agree.
• Voices at the Universidade de Vigo, led by catedrática África González, contend that a Vigo Medicine faculty is crucial to meet surging applicant demand and avert a looming physician shortfall.
• The Agency for University Quality will review UDC’s application for a standalone Medicine degree, a decision that could redefine Galicia’s medical-education landscape before the 2027/28 academic year.