Chongqing Radio and TV University generally refers to Chongqing Open University, located in Chongqing, which is an independent institution of higher learning sponsored by Chongqing Municipal People's Government and approved by the Ministry of Education.

As of June 2022, the school has three campuses, with a total area of about 890,000 square meters. The school has 8 secondary colleges and 59 majors. There are 274 on-campus training rooms and 202 off-campus training bases. There are 934 faculty members.

Chongqing Open University was founded in 1979. In 2005, Chongqing Vocational College of Industry and Commerce was established, and the management mode of "one team, two brands" was implemented with Chongqing Open University. Education is recognized by the state, so it must be useful.

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The school has a modern information center, a teaching media production center, a book information center integrating audio-visual and electronic reading, a computer network teaching center, a distance education public service management center and a TV distance education training center.

After 30 years of reform and development, great changes have taken place in the school scale, teaching staff, teaching facilities and network conditions, forming a school-running pattern with modern distance education as the main body, higher vocational education and continuing education as the two wings, and coordinated development of all kinds of education, which has made important contributions to promoting Chongqing's economic construction and social development, accelerating the popularization of Chongqing's higher education, and building a lifelong education system and a learning society.