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The National University of Distance Education (UNED) celebrate its 40th anniversary in the 2012th year. Currently, the University is one of the largest institutions specialized in distance education in Europe and in the world. In this article an author presents selected aspects of working the UNED: the history, the structure, the educacional offer and the methodology of learning. A lot of solutions applicated in the UNED are worth to discuss in the context of polish distance education.