Open universities

The term open university or open universities usually refers to a university with an open-door academic policy, ie no entry requirements. The term may specifically refer to:

• The Open University in the UK
• Hellenic Open University (ΕΑΠ, Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο) in Greece
• Open Universities Australia
• Open University Malaysia in Malaysia
• Indira Gandhi National Open University, India, often called by its acronym, IGNOU
• Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University, Assam, India popularly known as KKHSOU
• The Global Open University Nagaland, India
• Allama Iqbal Open University in Pakistan
• Open University of Indonesia
• Open University of Israel
• Open University of Cyprus
• Open University of Japan
• Open University of Catalonia
• Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Open University
• University of the Philippines Open University
• Open University of Sudan
• Open University of Hong Kong
• The Intercultural Open University (distance education)

The term may also be used to refer to universities employing specific teaching methods:

• open supported learning, a teaching method used by The Open University which is not the same as distance education or correspondence study
• distance education, but not all open universities focus on distance education

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