Open University of Japan

Open University of Japan
放送大学
Open University of Japan
Motto"Whenever, wherever, and by whomever"
TypePrivate (semi-public)
EstablishedFounded 1981
Chartered 1983
PresidentMasaya 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/

The Open University of Japan (放送大学, Hōsō Daigaku; formerly the University of the Air) is a distance learning university which has students from all over Japan; it accepted its first students in 1985.