Indonesia Open University

For other universities that use the UT mnemonic, see UT.
Universitas Terbuka
MottoMaking Higher Education Open to All
TypePublic
Established4 September 1984; 40 years ago (1984-09-04)
PresidentProf. Ojat Darojat, M.Bus., Ph.D.
Students1,045,665 (total) as per 2019/2020[1] 341,956 (active) as per 16 November 2021[2]
Address
Jalan Cabe Raya, Pondok Cabe, Pamulang 15418
,
South Tangerang
,
Banten
,
Indonesia

6°20′42″S 106°45′29″E / 6.344890°S 106.758087°E / -6.344890; 106.758087
Websitewww.ut.ac.id

Universitas Terbuka (UT, literally Open University) is Indonesia's state university. The university employs a Open and Distance Learning (ODL) system to widen access to higher education to all Indonesian citizens, including those who live in remote islands throughout the country, and in various parts of the world. It has a total student body of 1,045,665 (as of 2019/2020 according to Indonesia's Ministry of Education and Culture Higher Education database).[1] According to a distance education institution in the UK, which published "The Top Ten Mega Universities", UT-3 ranks closely with universities from China and Turkey.[3]

  1. ^ a b "SRV4 PDDIKTI : Pangkalan Data Pendidikan Tinggi". Archived from the original on 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  2. ^ "UT Dalam Angka".
  3. ^ Zulfikar, Fahri. "22 Universitas Paling Ramah Disabilitas Versi Unesa-Dimetric, Kampus UK-Indonesia". detikedu (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2022-12-31.