The University of Santiago de Compostela has 23 faculties and two technical colleges. It also has three affiliated university schools and two specialised study centres.
Faculties and schools are the centres responsible for the design, teaching planning, organisation and management of studies leading to official academic degrees at undergraduate and masters level. It is the responsibility of faculties and schools to prepare the curricula of the degrees taught by the centres and to participate in the development of those shared by several faculties and schools.