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.

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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