Macau Inter-University Institute (IIUM, traditional Chinese: 澳門高等校際學院; Portuguese: Instituto Inter-Universitário de Macau) was created in 1996 as an institution of higher education. It was jointly founded by the Catholic University of Portugal and the Diocese of Macau. It is also connected by structural, academic, and social bonds to the special administrative region of Macau, to Portugal, and to mainland China. IIUM offers a wide range of courses ranging from the humanities to the social and technological sciences. New courses are regularly being added in order to keep pace with the most recent academic and scientific advances in the modern world. There are programs for Certificates, Diplomas, Licentiate (Undergraduate/Bachelor's), Master's, and Doctoral degrees, and also some interesting Language Programs which include the teaching of Putonghua (Mandarin), English, Japanese, and Portuguese. COURSES OFFERED Macau Inter-University Institute offers courses ranging from Business to Information Technology to psychology and Bachelors degree(Licentiate) to PHD courses. The Macau Inter-University Institute offers a broad range of Licentiate degrees.