Foreing Students

Welcome to the Facultad de Matemáticas-USC-SPAIN. This short guide will answer some of your basic questions.

How to find the Math building?

In this website you will find a map that shows the location of the Faculty

Santiago is a small city where you can go anywhere on foot. In this website you will find a map that shows the location of the Faculty, in the Campus Sur.

Bus number 15 goes from Campus Norte to Campus Sur passing through the centric Plaza de Galicia. Please click here for further information (in Spanish).

The postal address is the next below:

Facultade de Matemáticas

Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

R/ de Lope Gómez de Marzoa s/n

Campus Universitario Sur

15782 Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña)

SPAIN

The phone and fax numbers, and the email, are as follows:

Phone: +34 881 813 130

Fax:+34 88 181 3197

Email: zmatdeca@usc.es

Who is the RAM Coordinator?

The Faculty Erasmus Coordinator is the person occupying the charge of vice-dean, called Rosa María Crujeiras Casais. You can find her at the dean offices or at the Department of Statistics and Operations Research. She will attend to any doubt you have and will help you with the procedures to study the subjects you desire.

Rosa M. Crujeiras Casais

Phone: +34 881 813 116, +34 881 813 212

Fax: +34 981 597 054

Email: rosa.crujeiras@usc.es

How is the course divided? When will I have exams? Will I have holiday time?

The course is divided into two semesters. The first semester starts on the second half of September and finishes on the first days of February, and the second semester starts immediately after the first one and finishes on the last days of June. There are two main holiday periods during the courses: Christmas and Easter. Any other holiday dates are informed at the beginning of the year and informed on the course calendar. The examinations period will be just at the end of each semester and the precise dates can be found in this web site.

Do I have to attend classes to pass my exams?

To attend classes is a good recommendation in order to take the maximum profit of your teachers. Although training self-learning is one the general objectives of the universities, in the vast majority of cases plain self-learning has shown to be less effective than combined with the teachers’ advices. Some teachers will explicitly ask you to take part on class time to be passed. You can be asked as well to do written exercises or public exhibitions about one or more contents of the subject. At the beginning of the course, please read carefully the part devoted to the evaluation system (in Spanish: sistema de evaluación) in the program of each subject, since your presence can be compulsory in some cases.

What can I study in the Facultade de Matemáticas?

The Faculty of Mathematics of the USC offers a degree in Mathematics (lasting 4 years) and three postgraduates: Industrial Mathematics, Mathematics, and Statistics and Operational Research. Each postgraduate has one master lasting between 1.5 and 2 years, and one PhD program.

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