Universidade Aberta de Portugal
Universidade Aberta (UAb) is a public distance education university in Portugal. Established in 1988, UAb offers higher education (undergraduate, master and doctorate degrees) and Lifelong Learning study programs. All programs are taught in e-learning mode since 2008, the year that UAb became a European institution of reference in the area of advanced e-learning and online learning through the recognition of its exclusive Virtual Pedagogical Model.
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Universidade Aberta de Portugal
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- Portuguese Open University
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- Universidade Aberta de Portugal was established or created in 1988.
- Headquarters
- Universidade Aberta de Portugal is situated in Portugal.
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- Open European University
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Universidade Aberta (UAb) is a public distance education university in Portugal. Established in 1988, UAb offers higher education (undergraduate, master and doctorate degrees) and Lifelong Learning study programs. All programs are taught in e-learning mode since 2008, the year that UAb became a European institution of reference in the area of advanced e-learning and online learning through the recognition of its exclusive Virtual Pedagogical Model.
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It was the first university in Portugal to introduce a women's studies program. The master's degree of Women's Studies – Gender, Citizenship and Development was launched in 1995 under the direction of Teresa Joaquim and expanded into a PhD program as well in 2002.
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• Name — Portuguese Open University • Native Name — Universidade Aberta • Motto — Em qualquer lugar do Mundo • Motto Eng — In any place of the world • Established — 1988 • Type — Public distance education • Rector — Carla Padrel de Oliveira • Students — 13,170 (2010) • City — Lisbon • Country — Portugal • Website — https: portal.uab.pt/
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- 2.Universidade Aberta. Teresa Joaquim (Professora Auxiliar). Departamento de Ciências Sociais e de Gestão. 2016.
- 3.Macedo, Ana Gabriela. Rewriting Academia: The Development of the Anglicist Women's and Gender Studies of Continental Europe. Peter Lang International Academic Publishers. 27–49. 2015. 978-3-653-95443-2.
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