Shanghai Open University

Shanghai Open University
Type	Public
Established	1960
President	Jiang Hong
Students	>100,000 ^[1]
Location	Shanghai, China
Affiliations	Asian Association of Open Universities
Website	www.sou.edu.cn

Shanghai Open University (Chinese: 上海开放大学), formerly known as Shanghai Television University (Chinese: 上海电视大学), is an open university conducting distance education based on telecommunication, broadcasting & television, and computer and other technology based subject courses.

On July 25, 2012, the university officially changed its name to Shanghai Open University, and now offers Associate and bachelor's degrees. Bachelor's degrees offered now include Public Safety Management, Mechanical Electrical Engineering, and Software Engineering. Admissions is open, though conferring of degrees is based on met requirements.^[2]

History

While reports that during its early years the university functioned "simply [to] keep[] unemployed workers busy," and its diplomas were only "equal in status to those of a two-year college." By the mid-1960s the university had enrolled over 50,000 students but graduated only 12,000.^[3] Epstein regards this dysfunction as a typical example of policies in Chinese urban areas in the 1960s which "attempted to placate immediate political demands" but "proved to be counterproductive to long-term educational aims."^[4]

According to the Xinhua General Overseas News Service, from 1991 to 1993 the university added eight economic courses to its curriculum including industrial and commercial business management, auditing, and finance.^[5]

References

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↑ Wenhui and Xinmin Media Group. 上海电大更名上海开放大学首批设3个本科专业. 文新传媒, 25 July 2012,
↑ White, Lynn. Careers in Shanghai. University of California Press, 1978. pp. 31-33, cited in Irving Epstein, "Educational Television in the People's Republic of China: Some Preliminary Observations," Comparative Education Review, Vol. 26, No. 2. June 1982, pp. 286-291.
↑ Epstein, Irving. "Educational Television in the People's Republic of China: Some Preliminary Observations," Comparative Education Review, Vol. 26, No. 2. June 1982, pp. 286-291.
↑ "Television University Booming." Xinhua General Overseas News Service. February 9, 1993.

External links

Shanghai Television University Website

Universities and colleges in Shanghai

Education, Higher education, and Universities in China

National	Donghua University East China Normal University East China University of Science and Technology Fudan University Second Military Medical University Shanghai International Studies University Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Tongji University

Municipal	East China University of Political Science and Law Shanghai Conservatory of Music Shanghai Finance University Shanghai Institute of Visual Art Shanghai Institute of Technology Shanghai Lixin University of Commerce Shanghai Maritime University Shanghai Normal University Shanghai Ocean University Shanghai Second Polytechnic University ShanghaiTech University Shanghai Theatre Academy Shanghai University Shanghai University of Electric Power Shanghai University of Engineering Sciences Shanghai University of International Business and Economics Shanghai University of Political Science and Law Shanghai University of Sport University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

Private	China Europe International Business School Chinesisch-Deutsches Hochschulkolleg New York University Shanghai Sanda University

Defunct or Merged	Aurora University Great China University Kwang Hua University St. John's University Shanghai Medical University Shanghai Second Medical University University of Shanghai Utopia University

See also: List of universities in China

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