Universidade Aberta

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Universidade Aberta
motto Em qualquer lugar do mundo
( German  anywhere in the world )
founding 1988
Sponsorship state
place Lisbon , Portugal
Rector ( Reitor ) Paulo Maria Bastos da Silva Dias
Students 12,638 (2013)
Employee about 150
including professors 139 (2013)
Annual budget 16.8 million euros (2013)
Website www.uab.pt

The Universidade Aberta ( Portuguese for "Open University") is a state distance university in Lisbon .

Entrance of the Universidade Aberta in Lisbon
The Palácio Bramão in Lisbon, headquarters of the Universidade Aberta

history

In 1983 the Ministry of Education decided to set up a state-sponsored distance university. The seat of the Palácio Bramão was determined, a city palace built in 1760 in the municipality of São Mamede . In 1988 the Universidade Aberta was founded.

Structure and activities

The university is divided into four superordinate departments:

  • Science and Technology ( Departamento de Ciências e Tecnologia )
  • Social Sciences and Administration ( Departamento de Ciências Sociais e de Gestão )
  • Pedagogy and distance learning ( Departamento de Educação e Ensino à Distância )
  • Human sciences ( Departamento de Humanidades , with courses in history, language and culture, among others)

There is also a superordinate institute for research, a department for lifelong learning , a department for the local institutions of the distance university, and the administration.

In addition to its headquarters in Lisbon, it also has two regional offices in Porto and Coimbra. There are also 16 local study centers in Portugal and one in Mozambique.

She cooperates with over 400 international universities, Portuguese institutions and companies, and she takes part in various exchange programs, including the Erasmus program .

In 2011 the Universidade Aberta was recognized by the European Foundation for Quality Management .

Web links

Commons : The Unidersidade Aberta in the Palácio Bramão  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Universidade Aberta: Rector. Retrieved August 3, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Figures from the University 2008–2012 ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (port.), Retrieved March 4, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uab.pt
  3. ↑ Facts & Figures. Universidade Aberta, accessed on August 3, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Annual report 2013 (pdf download, port.), Accessed on April 4, 2014.
  5. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on April 4, 2014
  6. ↑ Short portrait on the Universidade Aberta website , accessed on April 4, 2014
  7. ↑ Overview of the departments on the Universidade Aberta website , accessed on April 4, 2014
  8. ↑ Organizational overview on the Universidade Aberta website ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 4, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uab.pt
  9. ↑ Facts and figures on the Universidade Aberta website ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 4, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uab.pt
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Coordinates: 38 ° 43 '5.3 "  N , 9 ° 9" 8.5 "  W.