Uned

The Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia is the only University run by the central Government of Spain. It has headquarters in Madrid, Spain, with Campuses in most Regions throughout Spain. UNED combines traditional onsite education with distance learning programs. It is the largest university in Spain with more than 180,000 students. UNED was founded in 1972 following the idea of the UK's Open University to provide quality higher and continuing education opportunities to all through a distance education system. It awards the same qualifications as other Spanish universities... and has the same entry requirements. This implies that it is not "Open". Even though the study is at distance, admissions are as strict as for "onsite" education and exams are supervised as in the other Spanish universities. However, some special features of UNED make it different from most other Spanish universities: it is nationwide in scope, applies the most advanced teaching technologies and has a wide social influence with radio and TV programming. UNED’s mission is to be present as a centre of excellence throughout the world.
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