National University of Distance Education
The National University of Distance Education (UNED) is a Spanish public university of national scope, created in 1972 and which is administratively linked to the Ministry of Universities. It is the first university in Spain by number of students enrolled, with 156,975 students.
Its headquarters are in the city of Madrid, on the Senda del Rey and Ciudad Universitaria university campuses, although it has a wide network of associated centers spread throughout the Spanish territory and part of the foreigner.
UNED is characterized by offering a blended distance education modality, based on new technologies and traditional systems through the following means: virtual courses on the Internet (forums, videoconferences, webconferences, virtual whiteboard, laboratories, etc.), reference books in their field, teachers' notes, in combination with face-to-face or virtual tutorials in cities where it has associated centers through the AVIP system. The UNED does not require a cut-off grade, nor does it impose quotas or maximum number of students in each grade. UNED studies are based on the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) European credit system.
Historical overview
UNED has its roots in the project of the Universidad Libre a Distancia (UNILAD), an institution planned in the early seventies with the aim of bringing higher education to those population centers that did not They had a university, thus enabling access to university studies to people who, due to their place of residence or any other personal difficulty, could not attend the university in person.
In August 1972, the Universidad Libre a Distancia was endowed with a legal framework and thus the National University of Distance Education was officially founded, at state level and dependent on the Ministry of Education of Spain. From then on, the UNED began the creation of its different local centers, not only in Spain but also abroad.
Currently the UNED offers not only official university studies (degrees, masters and doctorates) but also permanent training programs, language courses and courses and entrance exams for people over 25, 40 and 45 years of age, among other studies.
Education centers
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The UNED Headquarters, located in the city of Madrid, is currently made up of nine faculties and two university schools, with their corresponding sections and departments, like the rest of the country's universities, and the professors responsible for teaching and research of different subjects. The UNED, in addition to permanent professors (Full Professors and Full Professors), has contracted professors (associates, assistants, collaborating doctor assistants and contracted doctors) on its staff.
Currently, UNED has the following faculties and schools:
- Faculty of Sciences
- Faculty of Psychology
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Philology
- Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Geography and History
- Faculty of Political Science and Sociology
- Faculty of Philosophy
- Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineers
- Higher Technical School of Computer Engineering
In addition, it has the following centers:
- Doctoral School
- Instituto Universitario General Gutiérrez Mellado
- University Institute of Research on Internal Security
Associated Centers
UNED has a network of Associated Centers that allow students to visit a university center, consult with their tutor, take their exams, and access computer and library services. In 2020, UNED has 62 associated centers in Spain, being the first and dean created on the island of Gran Canaria in 1973 and the last one in Madrid-Sur founded in 2010. It also has another 15 abroad.
The Associated Centers support the teachings of the UNED and promote the cultural progress of the environment where they are located. In practice, they are basic institutions of the UNED system, where the student is received, guided and assisted in person. They facilitate socialization, organize face-to-face tests, provide material support resources and act as links between the student and the Headquarters.
They are autonomous organizations that depend on the Headquarters for academic matters, but that have been created by local initiative and are sponsored, through the corresponding agreements, by corporations or public and private entities.
The figure of the teacher-tutor, present in the Associated Centers, is the most significant and constitutes the link between the teacher in charge of the Headquarters and the student. His mission is focused on guidance activities, following the guidelines of the corresponding teaching team, and helping students in their individual study and in carrying out practical tasks.
Structure and organization
UNED is currently structured into five university campuses:
Northwest Campus
Composed of the associated centers of the following autonomous communities:
- Galicia
- Asturias
- Castilla y León
- Extremadura
Northeast Campus
Composed of the associated centers of the following autonomous communities:
- Cantabria
- La Rioja
- Basque Country
- Navarre. Directed by Carmen Jusué.
- Aragon
- Catalonia
Madrid Campus
Composed of the Associated Centers of the Community of Madrid.
East-Central Campus
Composed of the associated centers of the following autonomous communities:
- Valencian Community
- Region of Murcia
- Balearic Islands
- Castilla-La Mancha
South Campus
Composed of the associated centers of the following autonomous communities:
- Andalusia
- Canary Islands
- Ceuta
- Melilla
Centers Abroad
UNED also has a network of Centers abroad. Currently the Centers in Europe and America are maintained by virtue of the Agreement signed with the General Directorate of Spanish Citizenship Abroad, of the Ministry of Employment and Social Security: The UNED centers abroad are in:
- AMERICA:
Argentina (Buenos Aires), Venezuela (Caracas), Peru (Lima), Mexico (Mexico) and Brazil (São Paulo).
- EUROPE:
Germany (Berlin), Switzerland (Bern), Belgium (Brussels), Portugal (Lisbon), United Kingdom (London) and France (Paris).
- AFRICA:
Equatorial Guinea (Bata and Malabo). In the case of the Equatorial Guinea Centers (Bata and Malabo), these are maintained in collaboration with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID). Thus, the Cultural Center of Spain in Malabo houses the UNED headquarters with its library, which for decades was the only one oriented in Equatorial Guinea to the university environment.
In addition, there are classrooms to take exams in:
- AMERICA:
Chile (Santiago de Chile), Colombia (Bogotá), Ecuador (Quito) and the United States (New York and Seattle).
- EUROPE:
Germany (Frankfurt) and (Munich), Portugal (Porto) and Italy (Rome).
Departments
Faculty of Sciences
- Interdisciplinary Physics
- Fundamental physics
- Organic and Bio-organic Chemistry
- Fundamental Mathematics
- Statistics and Operational Research and Numerical Calculation
- Inorganic Chemistry and Technical Chemistry
- Physical and Technical Sciences
- Analytical sciences
- Math and Fluid Physics
Faculty of Psychology
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The Faculty of Psychology of the UNED emerged in September 1983, its first dean being José Luis Fernández Trespalacios. According to the first study plans, university Psychology teachings were aligned within the field of Social Sciences. The last of the study plans for the Degree in Psychology at UNED was the so-called Plan 2000. After the formal entry of Spain into the so-called European Space for Higher Education (EHEA) in 1999, the studies were modified, renamed Bachelor's Degree. in Psychology and to integrate into the so-called Health Sciences, at the end of the 2000s.
- Basic Psychology I
- Basic psychology II
- Methodology of Behavioral Sciences
- Psychobiology
- Psychology of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment
- Social Psychology and Organizations
- Evolutionary Psychology and Education
Faculty of Education
- Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- History of Comparative Education
- Methods of Research and Diagnosis in Education I
- Methods of Research and Diagnosis in Education II (Education, Diagnosis and Psychopedagogical Intervention)
- Theory of Education and Social Pedagogy
Faculty of Philology
- Foreign and Linguistic Philologies
- Spanish Language and General Linguistics
- Spanish Literature and Literature Theory
- Classical Philology
- French Philology
Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences
- Applied economy
- Business Economy and Accounting
- Applied Economy and Economic History
- Economic analysis
- Economic Theory and Mathematic Economics
- Organization of Business
- Applied Economics and Statistics
School of Law
- History of Law and Institutions
- Civil Law
- Law of the Company
- Applied Economy and Public Management
- Constitutional law
- Roman law
- Legal philosophy
- Trade Law
- Proceedings
- Administrative Law
- Political Law
- Ecclesiastical Law of the State
- International Law
- Social work
- Social Services and Historical-Jewish Foundations
- Criminal Law and Criminology
Faculty of Geography and History
- Geography
- Prehistory and Archaeology
- History Medieval and Historic Sciences and Techniques
- Contemporary History
- History of Art
- Modern History
- Ancient History
Faculty of Political Science and Sociology
- Political and Administration Science
- Sociology, Theory, Methodology and Social Change
- Social structure
- Social trends
Faculty of Philosophy
The dean is Jesús Zamora Bonilla
- Philosophy
- Moral Philosophy and Politics
- Social and Cultural Anthropology
- Logic, History and Philosophy of Science
Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineers
- Energy Engineering
- Construction and Manufacturing Engineering
- Mechanical engineering
- Electrical, Electronic and Control Engineering
- Chemical Applied to Engineering
- Applied Mathematics
Higher Technical School of Computer Engineering
- Language and Information Systems
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computer and Automatic
- Software and Computer Systems Engineering
- Communication and Control Systems
UNED students
Nine very different classes of students who study at UNED could be established:
- the professionals and students who have finished the bachelor's with the selectivity over
- those who combine studies
- those who return to the University
- students of any age with motivation to study and self-taught learning guided by reference books in their field, teaching notes and computer and Internet for practices, virtual laboratories and intercom
- unemployed (professional conversion and recycling)
- students with special needs or who do not have a university presence in the place where they live
- the elderly
- prison inmates
- residents abroad (with or without Spanish citizenship) who opt for a European degree or who give continuity to studies initiated in Spain.[chuckles]required]
The participation of the students in the march of the University is channeled through the Center Councils, Faculty Councils and the CAD and General Council of Students.
Prices
Studies at UNED have an associated cost for the student, subsidized by the Spanish State. Prices are published annually in the BOE.
From the 2021-2022 academic year, the price for Spanish students and legal residents in Spain is the same as for students who do not meet these requirements.
UNED Library
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The UNED Library is made up of the Central Library, the North Campus Library and the Library of the Gutiérrez Mellado University Institute. This decentralized structure by Campus Norte and Senda del Rey (Central Library) is unified in terms of its library policy, direction, processes and standardized procedures. The Library depends on the Office of the Vice President for Research and the library services of the UNED are provided, in a coordinated manner, by the libraries of the Headquarters and the Libraries of the Associated Centres. The latter are not integrated into the organic structure of the UNED Library.
Doctors Honoris Causa
UNED Ranking
- Ranking of universities of the CSIC
- SCIMAGO Institutions Ranking
- Ranking IUNE Publications
- Ranking Center for World University Ranking (CWUR)
- CWTS Leiden Ranking
- Ranking Shanghai 2022 Psychology
- Ranking Shanghai 2022 Communication
- Ranking Shanghai 2021 Energy Science and Engineering
- Ranking Shanghai 2021 Education
Covid Times
During the covid pandemic, face-to-face classes at partner centers were interrupted. It was proposed that the teachers carry out the tutorials from their own homes.
For the exams, the exams in the centers associated with the AVEX system were alternated. This system, due to the respect for the privacy of the students, did not include any security measures of the software type, that is, through this system they do not have access to the screen of the device that takes the exam, nor what they are seeing on that moment. The only thing that was recorded was the IP, and it was required that the camera be active, since at random moments that the student would not know when they happen, photographs are taken to verify the correct resolution of the exam, and that no type of illegality during the resolution of this.
There was some controversy among the students, due to the complaint filed by the UNED against a group of students, who were sharing the answers via WhatsApp during an exam, committing such an illegality.
The model has been maintained until the September 2021 call. Even so, this is not without controversy, since students have already filed numerous lawsuits, since the "Omicrón" is raising the cases to gigantic numbers.
However, the UNED model was echoed throughout education and face-to-face universities adopted its exemplary model in order to resolve the situation online.[citation required]
50th anniversary
In 2022, the 50th anniversary of the founding of UNED will be completed. To commemorate his birth, a very diverse program of activities has been developed with academic acts, institutional events, conferences, celebrations and publications.
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