The National Open University was formerly the Central Radio and TV University founded by 1978, and was also called "TV University" by many people. 20 12 In June, China Central Radio and TV University was officially renamed as the National Open University.
The National Open University is also a new type of institution of higher learning directly under the Ministry of Education to carry out open education for the whole country. There are independent administrative departments, disciplines and departments, their own scientific research departments, teaching management departments and their own campus.
Conceptually, the Open University is a new type of university, which pays attention to open teaching methods. Nowadays, through online teaching, we emphasize the openness of objects, places, methods and ideas to spread education.
According to professionals, it used to be called TV University because the teaching methods of these schools mainly used radio and television as the means of teaching communication. This name is more appropriate. With the progress of the times, the improvement of schools and the enhancement of teaching staff, it no longer meets the requirements. Because of innovation, it was renamed the Open University.
Brief introduction of National Open University:
The National Open University is the only general higher education institution in China that focuses on distance education, and it is a school directly under the Ministry of Education. The school, formerly known as China Central Radio and TV University, was founded in 1979. In 2000, it merged with the National Open University to form the present National Open University of China.
The main task of the school is to carry out distance education and adult higher education, and provide opportunities and services for adults to receive higher education. The school has 32 provincial branches, about 1500 county-level teaching stations and 3,200 education and training bases, involving 3/kloc-0 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
The main academic education provided by the school includes: undergraduate education, junior college education, senior professional title evaluation, as well as postgraduate education such as professional master, engineering master and education master; Non-academic education provided by the school includes: online plus classroom education for college students, "internet plus" personal growth plan, national college students' English proficiency open competition, etc.