Open University of Japan
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| The Open University of Japan | |
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| 放送大学 | |
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| Motto: | Whenever, Wherever, Whoever, |
| Established: | Founded 1981 Chartered 1983 |
| Type: | Private |
| President: | Dr.Hiromitsu Ishi |
| Undergraduates: | 80,799 (2007) |
| Postgraduates: | 6,245 (2007) |
| Location: | Wakaba, Mihama-ku, Chiba City, Chiba, Japan |
| Campus: | Urban (learning centers) |
| Member of: | ICDE and AAOU |
| Website: | www.u-air.ac.jp |
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 all over Japan; it accepted its first students in 1985.
Although founded by the national government initiative with a single-issue law and heavily subsidised by the government, it is established by The Open University of Japan Academia (放送大学学園 Hōsō Daigaku Gakuen?) as a "special academic incorporation" (特別な学校法人 tokubetsu na gakkō hōjin?), the University classified as a private university in Japan.
It had founded on the basis system of The Open University in the UK. The administration is based in Chiba City although it has offices and learning centers in each of Japan's 47 prefectures. The University offers accredited undergraduate and graduate degrees.
With nearly 90,000 students enrolled (in 2007), 45,000 students graduated from the University. It is one the largest academic institutions in the nation, and qualifies as one of the world's mega universities. Since it was founded, over 780,000 students have taken courses from the institution.
The English name of the university was renamed on 1 October 2007.
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[edit] OUJ as a Broadcasting Station
The OUJ Academia broadcasts lectures and administrative announcement programs. It owns terrestrial television and radio broadcasting stations at the headquarters in Chiba City. All programs are recorded and edited at the headquarters and transmitted from the Tokyo Tower via UHF television and FM radio, and relayed to the Maebashi, Gunma to reach Kantō region as well as hired Communications Satellite(CS) broadcasting channels to reach the whole nation. The language of the broadcasts is exclusively Japanese as the language of the teaching. The Article 50-4-1 of the Broadcasting Act prohibits the OUJ from broadcasting commercial messages. The cost of broadcasting system is subsidised by the national budget.
It is not affiliated with any other broadcasting networks (although there were supports from television stations in Tokyo at the beginning). As a television station it is the only purely independent/isolated terrestrial station in Japan.
[edit] Broadcast media
| Media | Call sign | Broadcasting area |
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| Television | JOUD-(D)TV | Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki and Tochigi |
| FM Radio | JOUD-FM | Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki and Tochigi |
| CS (SKY PerfecTV!) | -- | Japanese whole area (Communications Satellite) |
Reception is fee-free to general public.
Television: Analog 16ch(Tokyo), Analog 40ch(Maebashi), Digital 28ch (Tokyo･Maebashi).
Radio: 77.1MHz FM (Tokyo), 78.8MHz FM (Maebashi).
CS: SKY PerfecTV! nationwide. No contract charge or subscription fees are charged at OUJ-only recipients. Some cable television and cable radio also re-transmit the broadcasts.
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