It is the only institution in the province that enrolls adult higher education (full-time) full-time study.

In June 2009, Yunnan Radio and TV University merged with Yunnan National Defense Industry Vocational and Technical College. 20 12, 12 In February, Yunnan Radio and TV University was renamed Yunnan Open University. The school has four campuses: Xuefu, Chenggong, 12 1 and Haikou, covering an area of more than 900 mu with a total construction area of 270,000 square meters. There are more than 700 teachers in the school, including vocational students 166, doctors 17 and masters 256. Open education, online education, adult education, higher vocational education, secondary vocational education, a total of 178 majors. More than 265,000 graduates have been sent to the society. Taking advantage of the "bridgehead", the school has established good cooperative relations with universities in more than 20 countries and regions such as the United States, Australia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Hong Kong.

The College of Network and Adult Education of Yunnan Open University is located in the headquarters (university campus), which is mainly responsible for running three types of schools: first, adult higher education, including adult full-time junior college, junior college, correspondence college, junior college and self-taught examination; Second, the starting point of junior high school is five-year higher vocational education (ordinary class); The third is network and open education, which is mainly responsible for fulfilling the responsibilities of Yunnan open management center, and at the same time providing enrollment, teaching and teaching support services with network education in many domestic universities such as Central South University. The department directly under the College of Network and Adult Education organizes teaching according to the full-time talent training mode. In order to meet the needs of social and economic development and students' employment, students are organized to take professional qualification examinations such as Putonghua proficiency certificate, teacher qualification certificate, accounting qualification certificate, computer grade certificate, secretary qualification certificate, tour guide qualification certificate and logistics teacher, so as to cultivate a compound modern college student.