Established in 1978, the National Open University is a unit directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC) (China) and an institution of higher learning with adult education qualification approved by the Ministry of Education.
As of June, 2022, the National Open University consists of 1 headquarters, 45 branch schools and 3,735 learning centers. The headquarters has four campuses: Wukesong, Fuxingmen, Gong Wei Village and Daxing Weishanzhuang, with a total area of more than 200 mu and a construction area of 6.5438+0.3 million square meters. There are 7 teaching departments, 36 undergraduate majors and 48 specialist majors. Full-time teachers 57 1, full-time teachers 150.
The origin of the school is
The predecessor of the National Open University was the Central Radio and TV University initiated and directed by Comrade Xiaoping in 1978. In July of 20 10, the Outline of Education Planning put forward the idea of "running the open university well". In July of 20 10, the State Council issued the Notice on Launching the National Education System Reform Pilot, and identified Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Yunnan and Central Radio and TV University as the pilot units for "exploring the construction mode of the open university". 20 12 In June, China Central Radio and TV University was renamed as the National Open University.
New university
The National Open University on Campus is a new university based on the Central Radio and TV University and local radio and TV universities, supported by modern information technology, with a three-dimensional network covering urban and rural areas throughout the country, paying equal attention to academic education and non-academic education, facing all members of society and without walls. There are 3.59 million students in school, including 6.5438+0.05 million undergraduates and 2.54 million junior college students, including nearly 200,000 farmers, 6.5438+0.000 non-commissioned officers and more than 6,000 disabled students. The establishment of the National Open University marks that the radio and TV university system has embarked on a new journey at a new historical starting point.
system
The National Open University is a complete teaching and management system based on the Central Radio and TV University and local radio and TV universities. The school-running system of the National Open University consists of headquarters, branch schools, local colleges, learning centers, industry and enterprise colleges, which is an important guarantee for the National Open University to give full play to its system advantages and modern information technology advantages, realize the three-dimensional coverage of urban and rural areas throughout the country, and provide diversified continuing education services and learning opportunities for members of our society.
delegation
The veteran cadres of the Central Organization Department and the Ministry of Education emphasized the school-running concept of "openness, responsibility, high quality, diversification and internationalization" for the opening ceremony of the National Open University, vigorously developed non-academic continuing education, steadily developed academic continuing education, promoted the deep integration of modern science and technology and education, built an "overpass" for lifelong learning, adapted to the national economic and social development and the all-round development of people, promoted the construction of lifelong education system, and promoted the formation of a learning society with lifelong learning for all. After 10 years of efforts, the National Open University will be built into a new university in China's higher education system; The Open University with China Characteristics in the World Open University System: An Important Pillar of China's Learning Society.