The Universidade da Coruña (UDC) is a public institution of higher education located in the Autonomous Community of Galicia (Spain). UDC pursues the primary objective of generating, managing and disseminating culture and scientific, technological and professional knowledge through the development of research and teaching. UDC conceives its essential purpose as a quality public service aimed at achieving greater levels of welfare for society through the pursuit of social, scientific and technological advances within a framework of generally accepted ethical values. Part of the mission of the UDC is the formation of an open, educated, critical, committed, democratic and supportive citizenship, capable of analyzing reality, diagnosing problems, formulating and applying solutions based on knowledge and oriented to the common good.