School of Nursing of Pontevedra

[3] The Ministerial Order of 19 September 1974 of the Ministry of Education authorised the provisional operation of the school.

[4] In 1975, with the decree of 28 January 1975, the creation of the School of Technical Health Assistants (ATS) of Pontevedra was authorised and its academic and theoretical-practical activities were established in the "Grand Provincial Hospital" of the Provincial Council, it was attached to the Faculty of Medicine of Santiago de Compostela and its regulations were approved.

[4] A few months later, by the decree of 2 April 1975, the School of Technical Health Assistants was created at the Montecelo Social Security Health Residence in Pontevedra (now Montecelo Hospital) and was also attached to the Faculty of Medicine of Santiago de Compostela, and its regulations were approved.

[1][2][3] Since September 2011, the school offers a nursing degree organised in four academic years, in line with the implementation of the Bologna Process or the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).

The nursing school is owned by the Provincial Council of Pontevedra, at a cost of 500,000 euros per year.