THE INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE With the creation of the International Graduate Institute, the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Open University of Catalonia, UOC) has taken another step forward in the leadership of lifelong e-learning based on quality, aimed at the professional world and with an international vision. Fourteen years? experience in e-learning and an established community of graduates endorse the UOC?s International Graduate Institute, which brings together all the graduate, lifelong learning and in-company training programmes. The UOC and International Graduate Institute?s mission is to promote e-learning that is accessible to everyone: * An open, innovative and up-to-date range of training to help us adapt to the needs of people and organisations and their future challenges, to train professionals with the right competencies and skills to ensure their successful development in technological, international, innovative and flexible environments. * Intensive use of information and communication technologies (ICT) as a way of making knowledge more accessible to society and ensuring that technological resources facilitate individuals? lifelong learning, irrespective of their professional and family situation. * An international and multilingual mission to achieve better cooperation and development throughout the world, beyond countries, cultures and languages.