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National University of Distance Education
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Other name
UNED
Motto
Omnibus mobilibus mobilior sapientia
Motto in English
Wisdom moves more than all things that move
TypePublicresearch university
EstablishedAugust 18, 1972;51 years ago(1972-08-18)
Budget€240 million (2023)[1]
RectorRicardo Mairal Uson
Academic staff
1.303 (2019)
Administrative staff
1.132 (2019)
Students194.733 (2021)[2]
Undergraduates158.963 (2021)[2]
Postgraduates10.266 (2021)[2]
2.053 (2021)[2]
Address
Bravo Murillo, 38, 28015
,
Madrid
,
Community of Madrid
,
Spain

40°25′08″N3°41′31″W/ 40.41889°N 3.69194°W/40.41889; -3.69194
CampusUrban,Ciudad Universitaria de Madrid[3]andCampus de Senda del Rey[4]
LanguageSpanish
ColorsGreen
Websitewww.uned.es
Logo of UNED

Note: Associations and entities.[5]

Fulbright Program
FECYT
Fundación Sandra Ibarra
Fundación Barrié de la Maza
Fundación Alvargonzález
Instituto de Estudios Ceutíes
Fundación La Caixa
Instituto Misgav Yerushalayim
CIOFF-Inaem
Fundación Von Humboldt
Fundación Uceif
Fundación Mapfre
Fundación Lázaro Galdiano
Instituto Danone
Fundación Caja Madrid
Fundación Alfonso Martín Escudero
Fundación Española de la Nutrición
Centro de información Cerveza y Salud

TheNational Distance Education University(Spanish:Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia,UNED) is adistance learningandresearchuniversityfounded in 1972 and is the only university run by thegovernment of Spain.The headquarters is located inMadrid,withcampusesin allSpanish autonomous communities.There are 14 study centers and 3 exam points in 13 countries inEurope,the AmericasandAfrica.The University awards undergraduate and postgraduatedegrees,as well as non-degree qualifications such asdiplomasandcertificates,orcontinuing educationunits.

UNED is focused ondistance learningcombined with traditional classroom instruction (called hybrid[6]orblended[7]) and supports over 150,000 students.[8][9]

Origins and methodology[edit]

Founded in 1972 with the stated purpose of providing education opportunities via adistance education system- in which students are taught while not being physically present - UNED awards the same qualifications as otherSpanish universitiesand has the sameentry requirements.

International presence[edit]

UNED currently has 61 study centers in Spain and - with the co-operation of local institutions - 14 international centers. These locations provide face-to-face sessions with professors once a week. The international centers are located inBata,Bern,Brussels,Buenos Aires,Caracas,Frankfurt,Lima,London,Malabo,Mexico City,ParisandSão Paulo.There are exam points inBogotá,Berlin,New York,RomeandSantiago de Chile.

Affiliation[edit]

In 2012 the Spanish newspaperEl Paísfeatured an article about the launch of UNX, an online platform for teaching entrepreneurship through building mobile apps with App Inventor. UNED is a collaborating partner in this project, along with theMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyCenter for Mobile Learning. The UNX online courses are intended to bring technology and entrepreneurship education about to the entire Spanish-speaking world.[10]

Academic profile[edit]

A number of factors have been cited to justify the public prestige of UNED:[11]

  • All of UNED exams are supervised
  • Exams must encompass the entirety of the program
  • Students are objectively graded based on a strictly uniform test
  • Distance learning requires additional self-teaching effort and discipline, highly regarded by employers
  • Students from UNED are more likely to continue their education and research after graduation day, applying the self-teaching methodologies learned during their studies[citation needed]

In the last 30 years, UNED has awarded almost 2,000PhDdegrees.[12]

Its international reputation is indicated in that it has held theUNESCOchair in distance education since 1997. This chair promotes research, development and documentation in the field of distance education.[13]

Organization[edit]

Undergraduate[edit]

Today, UNED comprises 11 faculties and the following bachelor's degree studies:[14]

  • Higher Technical School of Computer Engineering at UNED:Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Information Technology
  • College of Industrial Engineering: Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Technologies Engineering, Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's Degree in Engineering in Industrial Electronics and Automation
  • Faculty of Sciences: Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Science, Bachelor's Degree in Physics, Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics, Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry
  • Faculty of Economics and Business Administration: Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management, Bachelor's Degree in Tourism
  • Faculty of Political Science and Sociology: Bachelor's Degree in Sociology, Bachelor's Degree in Political Science & Public Administration
  • Faculty of Law: Bachelor's Degree in Law, Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Bachelor's Degree in Juridical Science of Public Administration
  • Faculty of Education: Bachelor's Degree in Social Education, Bachelor's Degree in Pedagogy
  • Faculty of Philology: Bachelor's Degree in Spanish Language and Literature, Bachelor's Degree in English Studies: Language, Literature and Culture
  • Faculty of Philosophy: Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy, Bachelor's Degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology
  • Faculty of Geography and History: Bachelor's Degree in Geography and History, Bachelor's Degree in Art History
  • Faculty of Psychology: Bachelor's Degree in Psychology

Postgraduate[edit]

  • Higher Technical School of Computer Engineering at UNED:[15]Computer Systems and Languages, Advanced Artificial Intelligence: Principles, Methods and Applications, Communication, Networks and Content Management, Systems and Control Engineering
  • College of Industrial Engineering: Research in Industrial Technology, Research in Electrical, Electronic and Industrial Control Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, Design Engineering
  • Faculty of Sciences: Chemical Science and Technology, Polymer Science and Technology, Advanced Mathematics, Medical Physics, Physics of Complex Systems
  • Faculty of Economics and Business Administration: Corporate Sustainability and Social, Responsibility
  • Faculty of Political Science and Sociology, Social Problems, Politics and Democracy,
  • Faculty of Law: Government Intervention in Society, European Union, Fundamental Rights, Security, Insurance Law, Human Rights, Public Management, Public Finance, Public Policy and Taxation
  • Faculty of Education Educational Treatment of Diversity, Communication and Education on the Internet: From the Information Society to the Knowledge Society, Innovation and Research in Education, Training of E.S.O., Bachillerato, F.P. and Language Secondary Teachers, Strategies and Technologies for the Teaching Function in the Multicultural Society
  • Faculty of Philology: English Literary and Cultural studies and their Social Impact, Literary and Theatre Training and Research in the European Context, The Classical World and its Influence on Western Culture, Applied English Linguistics, Hispanic Literatures (Catalan, Galician and Basque) in the European Context, Language Science and Hispanic Linguistics, Grammatical and Stylistic Analysis of Spanish, Dictionary Development and Quality Control of the Spanish Lexicon, French and Francophone Studies, Information Technologies and Communication in Language Education and Processing
  • Faculty of Philosophy:Theoretical and Practical Philosophy
  • Faculty of Geography and History: Advanced Methods and Techniques of Historical, Artistic and Geographic Research, Contemporary Spain in the International Context
  • Faculty of Psychology:Methodology of Behavioral Sciences and Health, Research in Psychology, Psychological Intervention in Development and Education

People[edit]

Notable current and former academics[edit]

Notable alumni[edit]

Honorary doctors[edit]

1985–1990 1991–2000 2001–2010 2011–present

Educational media[edit]

Radio Programs (selected)[edit]

UNED hosted several educationalradio programs,broadcast internationally onRadio 3ofRNE.Edith Checawas the director and announcer of the following from 1989 to 2005:

  • Rincón literario: tus poemas por las ondas- Weekly poetry radio show[18]
  • Informativo Universitario

Television (selected)[edit]

Educational documentaries were broadcast internationally onLa 2onTVEand onTVE Internacional.Edith Checa was a presenter and writer. Recordings of the shows are hosted on theUNED Documentos YouTube channel.

  • Literary Rincón
  • Ayer y hoy en la poesía- bi-weekly television program about poetry[18]

References[edit]

  1. ^UNED (2023)."PRESUPUESTOS 2023"(PDF).
  2. ^abcd"Portal de transparencia de la UNED".UNED.RetrievedMarch 11,2021.
  3. ^"Campus de Ciudad Universitaria".UNED.RetrievedMarch 11,2021.
  4. ^"Campus de Senda del Rey".UNED.RetrievedMarch 11,2021.
  5. ^As of March 11, 2021."Fundaciones y asociaciones".UNED.RetrievedMarch 11,2021.
  6. ^Tabor, Sharon W (Spring 2007)."Narrowing the Distance: Implementing a Hybrid Learning Model".Quarterly Review of Distance Education.8(1). IAP: 48–49.ISBN9787774570793.ISSN1528-3518.Retrieved23 January2011.
  7. ^Vaughan, Dr Norman D. (2010). "Blended Learning". In Cleveland-Innes, MF; Garrison, DR (eds.).An Introduction to Distance Education: Understanding Teaching and Learning in a New Era.Taylor & Francis. p. 165.ISBN978-0-415-99598-6.Retrieved23 January2011.
  8. ^"Portal de Transparencia".Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia(in Spanish).Retrieved2021-09-14.
  9. ^SeeList of largest universities by enrollment.
  10. ^"Search - Guni Network".guninetwork.org.
  11. ^Campus de Santiago e Lugo.University of Santiago de Compostela (USC).Archived2009-07-25 at theWayback Machine
  12. ^Educación[permanent dead link]
  13. ^"UNESCO Chair in Distance Education (241) | | UNESCO".unesco.org.Retrieved2020-05-18.
  14. ^"UNED | Error".
  15. ^"UNED | Error".
  16. ^"De David Janer ('Águila Roja') a Yon González ('El Internado'): dónde están hoy los ídolos televisivos de 2010".Nius Diario(in European Spanish). 2020-01-29.Retrieved2021-11-20.
  17. ^"Miss Mundo tendrá sello almeriense en sus costuras".lavozdealmeria(in Spanish).Retrieved2021-11-20.
  18. ^ab"Rincón literario en Radio Nacional: tus poemas en las ondas"[Literary corner on Radio Nacional: your poems on the airwaves].Kaos en la red(in Spanish). 2004-04-16.Retrieved2024-04-29.

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