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Quality Policy

The Faculty of Teacher Training of the University of Santiago de Compostela is a higher education centre whose mission is to train professionals who are capable of carrying out the educational processes demanded by society, assuming for this purpose the design, planning of teaching, organisation and development of studies leading to the obtaining of official degree and master's degrees that enable them to exercise the teaching profession in its different variants and educational stages, as well as other teachings that aim to prepare for the exercise of specialised professional activities in the field of education.

The Faculty wants to be recognised in the university and social context as a public institution of higher education that undertakes training programmes of the best and most appropriate quality for its students, and that responds to the needs of the nearest educational and social system, as well as to the demands of the labour, technological and research market, while ensuring professional development conditions for its teaching, research and service staff, and that is socially accountable for the investment and optimisation of its resources.

The Faculty of Teacher Training is aware of the importance of quality in the university context in order to guarantee training programmes that respond to the demands for excellence in the university context.

Taking the quality policy of the USC as a reference, framed within the development of its strategic plan, the Faculty prepares its policy, marking the development of training programmes as its main objective, which are guaranteed by a quality management as a key, strategic element to establish a commitment of maximum effectiveness with our stakeholders.

The Faculty of Teacher Training directs its efforts towards fully meeting the needs and expectations of all its stakeholders, committing itself to using all the technical, economic and human resources at its disposal, always in strict compliance with the applicable legal requirements. To this end, the centre is firmly committed to developing its quality policy under the following principles:

  • Preservation and enhancement of our own signs of identity.
  • Respect for the rights of all persons and commitment to equity, to equality between men and women, and to the elimination of all forms of discrimination.
  • Guidance for students of the training programme, understanding that they are its main recipient.
  • Permanent search for excellence, guaranteeing an academic offer in accordance with the needs and expectations of our users and society in general.
  • Commitment to transparency, accountability, efficiency and effectiveness in resource management and sustainable development
  • Commitment to a management based on dialogue, participation, trust and shared responsibility
  • Commitment to the transfer of knowledge and service to society, as a contribution to the educational, social and economic development of Galicia.
The contents of this page were updated on 02.17.2021.