According to Article 14 of China's Academic Degrees Regulations and the Notice of the Ministry of Education on Printing and Distributing the Catalogue of Undergraduate Majors and the Length of Study in Ordinary Colleges and Universities, it is not stipulated that the educational form of ordinary higher education in open education cannot award degrees, and the academic qualifications and degrees awarded by the Open University are full-time ordinary higher education recognized by the state.
The National Open University is a new type of institution of higher learning directly under the Ministry of Education. Supported by modern information technology, it has a three-dimensional school-running network covering urban and rural areas throughout the country, and mainly conducts distance open education for adults. According to the Reply of the Ministry of Education on Agreeing to Establish the National Open University on the Basis of the Central Radio and TV University, the National Open University can offer undergraduate majors.
The first batch of undergraduate majors offered by the National Open University is 19. The National Open University can award bachelor's degrees. The procedure is for the school to apply to the Beijing Academic Degrees Committee, and report it to the the State Council Academic Degrees Committee for the record. The National Open University is a new university based on the Central Radio and TV University and local radio and TV universities, supported by modern information technology, 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.
Advantages of open universities
Open University has a clear career demand orientation. The curriculum design and setting of the open university are highly targeted, paying more attention to students' meeting their own professional needs and cultivating a large number of high-quality professionals for the society every year; The open university is flexible. The academic system of open university is more flexible than that of full-time university, and most courses can arrange their own study time, thus avoiding the pressure of study and the triviality of life.
Open universities have lower tuition fees. Compared with full-time universities, open universities have lower tuition fees and less study pressure, which gives more people who are interested in receiving higher education the opportunity to fight for their future. Information technology support. Open University introduces advanced information technology to support teaching, develops online courses, laboratories, coaching videos and other supporting teaching resources, and uses online teaching platform to help students master relevant knowledge quickly.