History
In 1993, the University of Santiago de Compostela started contacts with other higher education institutions situated on Roads to Santiago. Its aim was to establish a university network that made collaboration between universities easier and helped to preserve the cultural and historical heritage that emerged along these Roads.
After those first steps, 57 European universities met in Santiago 2–4 September 1993. They established the initial guidelines and determined the objectives of the group. There were three basic points:
- Strengthening the channels of communication between the member universities.
- Organizing events to study and discuss subjects related to Europe.
- Promoting mobility as the basis to increase the knowledge of European languages and cultures.
A commission consisting of representatives of the universities of Valladolid, Liège, Nantes, Göttingen, Minho, Jaume I and Santiago de Compostela drew up the Statutes of the Compostela Group of Universities. These were adopted at the Constituent Assembly held at the University of Santiago de Compostela 2–3 September 1994.
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