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The Open University of Japan

The Open University of Japan
放送大学
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Motto Whenever, Wherever, Whoever
Type Private
Established Founded 1981
Chartered 1983
President Dr.Yoichi Okabe
Undergraduates 80,799 (2007)
Postgraduates 6,245 (2007)
Location Wakaba, Mihama-ku, Chiba City, Chiba, Japan
Campus Urban (learning centers)
Member of ICDE
Website www.ouj.ac.jp

The Open University of Japan (放送大学 Hōsō Daigaku?, formerly The University of the Air, the English name of the university was changed on 1 October 2007) is a distance learning university which has students all over Japan; it accepted its first students in 1985.

Although founded by the national government initiative with a single-issue law and heavily subsidised by the government, it was established by The University of the Air Foundation (放送大学学園 Hōsō Daigaku Gakuen?) as a "special academic incorporation" (特別な学校法人 tokubetsu na gakkō hōjin?), the University classified as a private university in Japan.

It was founded on the basic system of The Open University in the United Kingdom. The administration is based in Chiba City although it has offices and learning centers in each of Japan's 47 prefectures. The University offers accredited undergraduate and graduate degrees.


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