1, Juan de Quesada Street
35001 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Las Palmas
Spain
- Research
The ULPGC, established in 1989, has more than 25,000 students and 1,500 lecturers. It has modern facilities and equipments. In 2007, the ULPGC won the Quality Award for Public Service and Special Mention for Best Management Practices, both from the Government of the Canary Islands. In 2010, the ULPGC was evaluated by an International Comittee and earned the qualification of Campus of International Excellence, from the Ministry of Education of the Government of Spain. It also develops an intense work in the field of development cooperation. It is worth noting the achievement of several UNESCO Chairs at the ULPGC.
The geographical location of the Canary Islands enables the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to share scientific projects, interact with and carry out collaborations with universities and research centres all over the world. The ULPGC has university institutes, research centres and research groups covering all fields of knowledge, made up of nearly 1000 researchers and around 1000 PhD students. It also has a Scientific and Technological Park. The ULPGC's leading research fields include computer, telecommunications and electronic technology; medical science and technology; economics; marine science; development cooperation; renewable energies; environmental conservation and tourism. The office of the Vice-President for Research, Development and Innovation (VIDI, in Spanish) is the body responsible for lending institutional support to research and for defining policies relating to R&D+i.
The ULPGC carries out a wide range of development cooperation activities. The main activities are to contribute to the improvement of and participation in of Development Cooperation projects in developing countries organised from the Canary Islands; to promote the relations between the various entities involved in Development Cooperation within the region. Actions carried out within the field of development cooperation are aimed at: - Contributing to the economic, social and cultural development in the Canary Islands, and its neighbouring countries (in both geographical and cultural terms) - Ensuring an effective commitment from the Canary Community and towns where the Development Cooperation activities are carried out, - Promoting the active participation in Development Cooperation of all the university community members and Canary Society in general, - Promoting research activities and participation In Development Cooperation Projects, Ensuring transparency in technical and economic management.