The Open University of Japan

The Open University of Japan
放送大学
The Open University of Japan
MottoWhenever, Wherever, Whoever
TypePrivate (Semi public)
EstablishedFounded 1981
Chartered 1983
PresidentProf. Masaya Iwanaga
Undergraduates80,799 (2007)
Postgraduates6,245 (2007)
Location
Wakaba, Mihama-ku, Chiba City
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Japan
CampusUrban (learning centers)
Member ofICDE
Websitewww.ouj.ac.jp/eng/index.html

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 from all over Japan; it accepted its first students in 1985.[1]

  1. ^ Sakamoto, Takashi (1986). "Take-off of the Japanese University of the Air". International Review of Education. 32 (3): 346–350. Bibcode:1986IREdu..32..346S. doi:10.1007/BF02426070. ISSN 0020-8566. JSTOR 3444189. Retrieved 4 February 2024.