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.
Universidade Aberta | |
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| Motto | Em qualquer lugar do Mundo |
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Motto in English | In any place of the world |
| Type | Public distance education |
| Established | 1988 |
| Rector | Carla Padrel de Oliveira |
| Students | 13,170 (2010)[1] |
| Location | , |
| Website | portal |
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.[2][3]: 41
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edit- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 23, 2009. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Teresa Joaquim (Professora Auxiliar)" [Auxiliary Professor Teresa Joaquim]. Departamento de Ciências Sociais e de Gestão (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: Universidade Aberta. 2016. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ Macedo, Ana Gabriela; Pereira, Margarida Esteves (2015). "Women's and Gender Studies in Portugal: An Overview from an Anglicist Perspective". In Haas, Renate (ed.). Rewriting Academia: The Development of the Anglicist Women's and Gender Studies of Continental Europe (PDF). Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers. pp. 27–49. ISBN 978-3-653-95443-2.
External links
edit- Official website (in Portuguese)
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