University Community to the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), an institution that believes strongly in and promotes scientific progress, human exchanges and on-going collaboration in its endeavour to offer all its members an integral education. The University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria as such was created in the 1989-1990 academic year, as a result of a major movement in society in Gran Canaria, which culminated when the Canary Islands Parliament passed the University Reorganisation Law on April 26th, 1989. This law brought together of the Canary Islands Polytechnic University (which was first set up in 1979 as the Polytechnic University of Las Palmas) with other university centres on Gran Canaria, the origins of some of which date back to the 19th century. The ULPGC is, thus, a modern institution with a long academic track record, committed to quality, efficiency and modernity.