Universidade da Coruña

What Universidade da Coruña does

Universidade da Coruña is a public university founded in 1989 in Galicia, Spain. It provides undergraduate, master's, doctoral, own/continuing education, and senior-learning programs, serving prospective and enrolled students, researchers, and companies that use its research, technology-transfer, and innovation services. Its operating locations include A Coruña, Ferrol, and Oleiros.

The university operates research centers including CITIC, CITEEC, and CITENI, alongside a Research Portal, institutional repository, library and catalog system, electronic administration portal, and virtual campus. These systems support instruction, research-publication and bibliometric analysis, open access, library discovery, administrative processing, and blended learning.

Its operating model combines annual academic fees with regional and central government funding for a public institution. Students access programs through direct campus and virtual enrollment rather than disclosed third-party distributors. No current annual revenue, enrollment, or headcount figure is disclosed, so the university's economic scale cannot be quantified directly from the supplied data.

Name

Universidade da Coruña

Legal name

Universidade da Coruña

Website

https://udc.gal

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Universidade da Coruña is a Spanish public university serving undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral, and lifelong-learning students through campuses in A Coruña, Ferrol, and Oleiros, with applied research, technology transfer, and business-collaboration services.

Ownership category

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Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Research Universities with Comprehensive Graduate & Professional Schools (EDAHAAAF)

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Public Research Universities with Multi-Campus Systems (EDAHAAAI)

Keywords

• Higher education services
• University degree programs
• Academic research services
• Doctoral and postgraduate education
• Continuing education programs

Headquarters

HQ city

A Coruña

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices19 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Tuition and academic fees: Public tuition fees set annually by the Galician regional government (Xunta de Galicia) under Decree 72/2026 for the 2026/27 academic year. Fees are charged per credit for official degree programs (Grao, Máster, Doutoramento) and per program for own/continuing education studies.
2. Public government funding: Core operational funding from the Galician regional government and the Spanish central government as a public institution of the Sistema Universitario de Galicia (SUG).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Universidade da Coruña is a public university that delivers higher education through undergraduate (Grao), master's (Máster), and doctoral (Doutoramento) degree programs, alongside continuing education and the Universidade Sénior for adults over 50. It conducts applied research through dedicated centers (CITIC, CITEEC, CITENI) and supports regional development via technology transfer and partnerships with industry.

Product overview

Universidade da Coruña operates as a comprehensive public university offering a portfolio of academic and research services. Core offerings include undergraduate degrees (Graos), master's programs (Másteres), and doctoral programs (Doutoramento), alongside specialized research centers (CITIC, CITEEC, CITENI) and lifelong learning through the Universidade Sénior. The university provides digital infrastructure including the Research Portal (built on CRIS technology in collaboration with Fundación Dialnet), the CRUNIA library catalog and discovery system, the electronic administrative headquarters (Sede Electrónica), and the Virtual Campus for online learning. The research ecosystem encompasses institutional repository (RUC), open access through Zenodo, and interlibrary loan services via Gtbib-SOD.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Portal de Investigación: Portal managing scientific production, researcher profiles, publications, and research group information
• Campus Industrial
• EMERGE
• UNISF

Products and services

• Formación Académica (Academic Programs)
• Estudos Propios (Continuing Education Programs)
• Universidade Sénior
• Biblioteca Universitaria (University Library Services)
• Portal de Investigación (Research Portal)
• CITIC - Centro de Investigación en Tecnoloxías da Información e as Comunicacións
• CITEEC - Centro de Investigación en Tecnoloxías da Construción
• CITENI - Centro de Investigación en Tecnoloxías Navais e Industriais
• Campus Virtual
• Sede Electrónica
• RUC - Repositorio Universidade da Coruña

Quantifiable outcome

• 64,178 publications catalogued in the institutional research portal with open access to 31,902 (49.7% open access rate)
• +3 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ConfIA (Rede Interuniversitaria de Centros de Excelencia en Intelixencia Artificial Confiable e Responsable)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 August 2026UDC is one of the ten founding universities of the ConfIA network, which promotes research, innovation, and knowledge transfer in trustworthy and responsible artificial intelligence. UDC holds the presidency of this interuniversity network.
• EMERGE Alliance (Empowering the Margins of Europe through Regional and Global Engagement)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean initiative in which UDC participates, focused on empowering marginalized regions of Europe through regional and global engagement. Website: euemerge.eu.
• Campus IndustrialcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustrial Campus initiative bringing together UDC's engineering and technology research capacity with regional industrial partners to promote industrial innovation and transfer.
• UNISF (Universidades Sen Fronteiras / Universities Without Borders)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational network focused on borderless higher education and international cooperation, with UDC as a member institution.
• MIT - Massachusetts Institute of TechnologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCITIC at UDC collaborates with MIT and INDITEX on circular economy and sustainable textile projects, funded through the MIT-Spain Inditex Circularity Seed Fund.
• INDITEXcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFashion retailer funding the MIT-Spain Inditex Circularity Seed Fund project with UDC's CITIC center, focusing on transforming brewery industry waste into sustainable textile materials.
• Cosecha de Galicia (Corporación Hijos de Rivera)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGalician company (part of the corporation that produces Estrella Galicia beer) collaborating with UDC's CITIC and MIT on the circular textile project, providing brewery waste as raw material.
• GAIN (Axencia Galega de Innovación)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGalician Innovation Agency co-financing the XINE-IA project (AI for personalized treatment of female urinary incontinence) through the Nexos 2025 program, in collaboration with UDC's CITIC.
• Fundación Dialnet (Universidad de La Rioja)coreTechnology or IntegrationCRIS research portal developed in collaboration with Fundación Dialnet. Dialnet is a major Spanish/European academic resource aggregation platform that UDC also participates in as a content provider.
• CRUE (Conferencia de Rectores de las Universidades Españolas)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational conference of Spanish university rectors. UDC is a member institution, participating in national-level university policy coordination.
• REBIUN (Red de Bibliotecas Universitarias)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpanish university library network (part of CRUE). UDC's Biblioteca Universitaria participates in REBIUN for shared cataloging, resource sharing, and best practice development.
• CISUG (Consorcio Interuniversitario do Sistema Universitario de Galicia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInteruniversity consortium of the Galician University System, of which UDC is a member along with the University of Santiago de Compostela and the University of Vigo. Manages shared library services including the CRUNIA catalog.
• EURAXESS (European Commission)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEURAXESS is the European initiative supporting researcher mobility and career development. UDC hosts a EURAXESS contact point and holds the HR Excellence in Research Award managed through this framework.
• Xunta de GaliciacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional government of Galicia. Partners with UDC on university access (PAU coordination through CiUG), public funding, research projects (CITEEC, CITIC), and regional development initiatives.
• Centro de Arte FMJJminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArt center collaborating with UDC on the VI Artistic Residencies Program, offering artists Carlos Rodríguez-Méndez and Raquel G. Ibáñez three-month residencies at the university with workspace at NORMAL, accommodation, and €6,000 per project.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Universidade de Santiago de Compostela: Fellow public research university in the same three-member Sistema Universitario de Galicia (SUG) consortium; shares the CiUG-PAU access framework, CRUE membership, and Galician regional government funding model, making it the closest comparable in scale and mission.
• Universidade de Vigo: The third SUG public university, jointly participating in CISUG/CRUNIA library services and CiUG access coordination; comparable in scale, regional mandate, and reliance on Xunta de Galicia funding.
• Universidade do Minho: Portuguese public university of broadly comparable size and regional polytechnic/research portfolio; a natural cross-border peer given UDC's UNISF membership and Iberian regional research collaboration.
• Universidad de León: Mid-sized Spanish public university with a similar regional, multi-campus model and applied research profile; a useful scale and operational comparator for UDC.

Regional players

• Universidade do Porto: Larger Portuguese public university serving a different geography; comparable in mission (comprehensive research university with strong applied science and health faculties) and a useful benchmark for Iberian regional research scale.

Broad incumbents

• Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya: Larger established Spanish polytechnic university with overlapping engineering/ICT emphasis; useful benchmark for how a polytechnic-heavy portfolio can scale applied research and industry funding.
• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid: Major Spanish polytechnic university with deep engineering, architecture, and maritime/naval research similar to UDC's ETS and CITENI focus; an incumbent benchmark for technology-transfer intensity.
• Universidad de Granada: Large Spanish public research university with comparable breadth across humanities, sciences, and health sciences; representative peer for assessing scale, internationalisation, and competitive dynamics within the Spanish system.
• Universidade de Coimbra: Historic Portuguese public research university with broad portfolio and strong research centres; an established Iberian peer for benchmarking institutional research output and international mobility programs.

Emerging players

• Universidad Carlos III de Madrid: Smaller, technically focused Spanish public university with strong ICT, engineering, and AI research; comparable in size and selective positioning, and a credible peer for evaluating CITIC's growth trajectory.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/udc.gal
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/universidade-da-coru%C3%B1a
• Instagraminstagram.com/udc_oficial
• TikToktiktok.com/@udc_oficial

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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