The educational philosophy of the National Open University: openness, responsibility, quality, diversity and internationalization.
The Open University of China, referred to as "OUC" or "OUC", is a unit directly under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Education. It is an adult education school approved by the Ministry of Education. Qualified higher education institutions are new types of higher education institutions that carry out open education for China.
The headquarters of the Open University of China has 4 campuses including Wukesong, Fuxingmen, Weigongcun, and Daxing Weishanzhuang, covering a total area of ??more than 200 acres and a construction area of ??130,000 square meters; it has 7 teaching departments and 36 Adult undergraduate majors, 48 ??adult junior college majors; 571 formal faculty and 150 full-time teachers.
According to information on the school’s official website in June 2022, the school has 571 formal faculty and staff; 150 full-time teachers, including 12 professors, 56 associate professors, and 48 lecturers. In addition, experts and scholars have been hired from domestic universities and research institutes such as Peking University, Tsinghua University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, etc. to serve as course lecturers and editors of textbooks.
In 2021, the college selected 10 "Teacher Moral Models" and 84 "Teacher Moral Advanced Individuals", and the school system won the finals of the 7th China International "Internet +" College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. Winning 5 gold medals and 8 silver medals, it is a new type of higher education institution directly under the Ministry of Education with the mission of promoting lifelong learning, supported by modern information technology, characterized by "Internet+" and open education to the whole country.
Academic research at the Open University of China:
1. Scientific research platform: According to the school’s official website in June 2022, the school has 2 school-level research departments.
2. Scientific research results: According to China National Knowledge Infrastructure on June 18, 2022, teachers and students of the Open University of China have applied for 27 patents and published 1,702 papers in journals. Published 83 papers, 5 papers in newspapers, and 31 papers at conferences.
3. Collection resources: According to the school’s official website in June 2022, the school has a lifelong education platform, which brings together the self-built learning resources of the National Open University, course resources of 338 universities, and the characteristics of 10 platforms There are a total of 500,000 courses.