Universidade Aberta

Portuguese Open University

Universidade Aberta
Motto	Em qualquer lugar do Mundo
Motto in English	In any place of the World
Type	Public distance education
Established	1988
Rector	Paulo Maria Bastos da Silva Dias
Students	13,170 (2010)
Location	Lisbon , Portugal
Website	http://www.univ-ab.pt/

The Universidade Aberta (Portuguese for Open University) or UAb is a Portuguese distance education public university, created in 1988. Its headquarters are located in Lisbon, it has two regional centres in Coimbra and Porto, and study centres all over Portugal and in Mozambique.

Students are required to be at least 21 years old, and to have completed secondary education. Candidates over 25 with no secondary degree can be admitted after having passed the national university access examination or ad hoc examination.

Thousands of students, from all over the world, are enrolled in distance education undergraduate programmes. Several hundred Portuguese students follow post-graduation face-to-face courses.

Together with its main activities in teaching and scientific research, Universidade Aberta promotes the Portuguese language and culture, especially in Portuguese-speaking countries.

Universidade Aberta is one of the largest national producers of university teaching materials. The printed materials, which constitute the core of the University's courses, are usually complemented by videocassettes, audiocassettes, CD-ROMs, Internet and TV and radio broadcasts.

Face-to-face and mixed modes (including video-conferencing) are used for postgraduate programmes. Counselling services by telephone, fax and e-mail are available in the university and at the study centres.

Students of Universidade Aberta have their own body of representatives.

Its focus is on the humanities, social and behavioral sciences.

See also

• List of universities in Portugal
• Higher education in Portugal

External links

• Official website (Portuguese)