The International Advisory Council is a consultation body of the rector and has as its mission the monitoring of the activities of the University whenever asked, specifically in the areas of distance education.

President:
Carla Padrel de Oliveira, PhD | Rector of Universidade Aberta

Members:
Alvaro Laborinho Lúcio | Jubilant judge councillor of the Supreme Court of Justice
Anja Oskamp | Professor and former Rector of the Open University of Netherlands
António Dias de Figueiredo | Chair professor of the University of Coimbra and Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universidade Aberta
António Ramón Bartolomé Pina | Chair professor of the Universitat de Barcelona
Carlos Eduardo Bielschowsky | Professor of the Chemistry Institute of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Piet Hendrix | Senior executive advisor of the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities
Roberto Carneiro | Portuguese former Minister of Education, professor of the Portuguese Catholic University and Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universidade Aberta