The university for the aged is a classroom for the "empty nest" elderly to update their knowledge, a place to keep fit and nourish their souls, a garden for fun and entertainment, a platform for making friends and a base for intellectual development.
With the increase of the elderly population in China, universities for the elderly rose in many places in China in 1980s. 1973, the world's first university for the aged was established in France.
The university for the aged has a very flexible way of running a school, which includes centralized teaching in a fixed place and remote teaching. The teaching content of the university for the aged is very rich, mainly including health preservation, cooking, art and so on.