Open University of China

The Open University of China

国家开放大学
Type	National Public
Established	21 June 2012 [1]
Students	2.7 million [2]
Location	Beijing,  China
Website	www.ouchn.edu.cn

The Open University of China (Chinese: 国家开放大学) was established in Beijing in 1979. Its old name was China Central Radio and TV University (this is still the Chinese name), which reflects its heritage of providing a system of higher education through radio and television. The university is directly under the supervision of the Ministry of Education. The current president is Dr. Ge Daokai, Sun Lüyi, Li Linshu and Yan Bing are vice presidents, and Zhang Hui is party secretary of the university.^[3]

Currently, most courses are blended between face-to-face sessions and online/distance learning. It operates through 44 provincial radio and television universities (PTVUs), 279 prefectural/civic branch schools and 625 district/county work stations.

The RTVU system employs nearly 85,000 staff (including 52,600 full-time staff).^[4] It offers 75 majors in 9 disciplines and 24 specialties including science, engineering, agricultural science, medicine, literature, law, economics, management, and education.

Faculties

• Faculty of Arts & Law
• Faculty of Economics & Management
• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Teacher Education
• Faculty of Foreign Languages
• Faculty of Agroforestry & Medicine.

Memberships

• Asian Association of Open Universities (joined in 1993)
• International Council of Distance Education (joined in 1997).

References

• About the Open University of China
• China's Radio & TV Universities and The British Open University: A comparative study. Wei Runfang. Yilin Press 2008. ISBN 978-7-5447-0803-6
• World Bank's history of CRTVU

External links

• Official website (English)

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Education, Higher education, and Universities in China
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Private	Beijing City College
See also: List of universities in China