Shandong Open University (formerly Shandong Radio and TV University) was founded in 1979. It is a new university established according to the requirements of Deng Xiaoping's vigorous development of distance education. The school has formed a distance education network covering the whole province's urban and rural areas, which consists of provincial, municipal and county-level TV universities (provincial headquarters, 22 municipal TV universities, 102 county-level TV universities and 76 1 teaching point). Students are enrolled in RTVU branches and teaching points at all levels in the province. Those who pass the examination will be awarded the graduation certificate of ordinary colleges and universities by undergraduate and junior college students, and the graduation certificate of the National Open University by graduate students.