The process of internationalization that the University of A Coruña has been undergoing for years, along with the growth of activities in this area and the changes resulting from the reform of university studies, justify the need to develop regulations applicable to international student exchange programs. This aims to update the existing regulations and adapt them to the international mobility programs developed by the UDC.

Therefore, the UDC must facilitate students' ability to complete part of their studies leading to an official degree at a foreign higher education institution and guarantee, through the updated regulations, the full recognition of these studies for academic purposes.

This regulation reflects the desire to enhance international mobility by creating a regulatory framework that guarantees the rights and duties of students, and that streamlines collaboration and organizes coordination between the parties, given the involvement of multiple agents in the administrative process of mobility: students, faculty, the vice-rectorate responsible for international relations and its staff, the members of the management teams of the centers responsible for international relations and the administrative staff of the centers.