The ULPGC, established in 1989, has more than 25,000 students and 1,500 lecturers. It has modern facilities and equipment, with Wi-Fi area in all its centres, and shuttle service intracampus. It also manages a nature reserve, “Tafira Campus Ecological Reserve". . The ULPGC was evaluated in 2005 by the European University Association (EUA) indicating that "advances in ULPGC are amazing" noting as strengths: infrastructure, highly qualified teaching staff and IT development. 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 Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (Hanban) granted the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria the status of Confucius Classroom, and in 2011, the status of "Confucius Institute". 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. The ULPGC is a leading university in e-learning. Degrees and Master programmes as well as a wide range of courses at all learning levels are offered online. The ULPGC has signed agreements with universities from the five continents, to facilitate the mobility of teachers, researchers, students, and administrative staff. It also develops an intense work in the field of development cooperation.