Established in 1988, Universidade Aberta (UAb) is the single public distance education university in Portugal. Due to its purpose, UAb uses comprehensively, in its teaching activities, the most advanced technologies and methods of Distance Learning, without geographical borders or physical barriers, and giving special emphasis to the expansion of the Portuguese language and culture within the Lusophony space (migrant communities and Portuguese speaking countries).
Organic Units
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND DISTANCE LEARNING
Director: António Moreira Teixeira, Ph.D.
Phone: + 351 300 002 803
Cooperation
One of the strategic areas of Universidade Aberta (UAb) is the cooperation with other higher education institutions (HEI), the civil society and the business world.
Doctors Honoris Causa by Universidade Aberta
RECTOR
Paulo Maria Bastos da Silva Dias
Doctors Honoris Causa by Universidade Aberta
