List of open universities explained

This is a list of schools worldwide that identify as open universities, either as part of their titles or as an explicit tenet of their educational philosophy and methods. Open education is a core value for these institutions; they are not just secondary offshoots from more traditional universities.

The information shown for each school is deliberately limited. Each university listed here is linked to an existing article, where more information and verifiable references can be found.

(Column headings: 'DL' = distance learning, 'PC' = physical campus)

Africa

Name	Type	Headquarter	Country	DL	PC	Notes
National Open University of Nigeria	Public	Abuja	Nigeria	Yes
Miva Open University	Private	Abuja	Nigeria	Yes
Open University of Mauritius	Public	Réduit, Moka District	Mauritius		Yes	Undergraduate Diploma/Degree, Master's Diploma/Degree, Doctorate Diploma/Degree[1]
Laweh University College[2]	Private	Accra	Ghana	Yes
Open University of Tanzania	Public	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	Yes
Open University of Sudan	Public	Khartoum, Khartoum	Sudan	Yes
Zambian Open University	Private	Lusaka	Zambia		Yes
Zimbabwe Open University	Public	Harare	Zimbabwe	Yes
International Open University	Private	Kanifing	Gambia	Yes
International Open Institute[3]	Private	Lagos	Nigeria	Yes	Yes	Bachelor Science, Bachelor Education. Affiliated with International Institution
Université Général Lansana Conté[4]	Public	Sonfonia	Guinea Conakry	Yes
Botswana Open University[5]	Public	Gaborone	Botswana		Yes	Certificate, Diploma, Post Graduate, Bachelor, Bachelor of Education, Bachelor of Science, Master of Education, Master of Science[6] [7] [8] [9]

Asia

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Type	Headquarters	Country	DL	PC	Notes
Bangladesh Open University	Public	Dhaka	Bangladesh	Yes	Yes
Teerthanker Mahaveer University	Private	Moradabad	India	Yes	Yes
Everyone's Smart University	Public	Fujairah	United Arab Emirates	Yes	Yes
Anadolu University	Public	Eskişehir	Turkey	Yes	Yes
Andhra Pradesh Open University	Public	Hyderabad, Telangana	India	Yes	Yes
Arab Open University	Private	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	No	Yes	Non-profit, Pan Arab
Al-Quds Open University	Public	Palestine	Palestine
Benguet State University Open University	Public	Benguet	Philippines	Yes	Yes
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University	Public	Ahmedabad, Gujarat	India	Yes	Yes
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University	Public	Hyderabad, Telangana	India	Yes	Yes
Ho Chi Minh City Open University	Public	District 3, Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	yes	Yes
Hanoi Open University[10] [11]	Public	Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi City	Vietnam	yes	Yes
Indira Gandhi National Open University	Public	Maidan Garhi, New Delhi	India	Yes
Karnataka State Open University	Public	Mysore, Karnataka	India	Yes	Yes
Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University	Public	Guwahati, Assam	India	Yes	Yes
Korea National Open University	Public	Seoul	South Korea	Yes
Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University	Public	Guwahati, Assam	India	Yes	Yes
Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University	Public	Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh	India	Yes	Yes
Nalanda Open University	Public	Patna, Bihar	India	Yes	Yes
National Open University	Public	Luzhou District, New Taipei	ROC	Yes
Nepal Open University	Public	Lalitpur, Bagmati	Nepal
Netaji Subhas Open University	Public	Kolkata, West Bengal	India	Yes	Yes
Odisha State Open University	Public	Sambalpur, Odisha	India	Yes
Open Cyber University			South Korea			A consortium of Korean universities.
Open University Malaysia	Private	Petaling Jaya	Malaysia	Yes	Yes
Open University of China	Public	Beijing	PRC	Yes
Open University of Hong Kong	Public	Hong Kong	PRC	Yes	Yes
Open University of Israel	Public	Ra'anana, Central District	Israel	Yes	Yes
Open University of Kaohsiung	Public	Siaogang, Kaohsiung	ROC		Yes
Open University of Sri Lanka	Public	Nawala, Nugegoda	Sri Lanka	Yes	Yes
Open Orthodox University[12] [13] [14] [15] [16]			Russia			Theological
Pandit Sundarlal Sharma (Open) University	Public	Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh	India	Yes	Yes
Payame Noor University	Public	Tehran	Iran	Yes	Yes
Polytechnic University of the Philippines Open University	Public	Manila	Philippines	Yes	Yes
Shanghai Open University	Public	Shanghai	PRC	Yes
Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University	Public	Nonthaburi	Thailand
Tamil Nadu Open University	Public	Chennai, Tamil Nadu	India		Yes
The Open University of Japan	Private (Semi-public)	Wakaba, Mihama-ku, Chiba City, Chiba	Japan	Yes		Former University of the Air.
Universitas Terbuka	Public	Tangerang Selatan, Banten	Indonesia	Yes	Yes
University of the City of Manila, Open University	Public	Intramuros, Manila	Philippines	Yes	Yes
University of the Philippines Open University	Public	Los Baños, Laguna	Philippines	Yes	Yes	Constituent University of the UP System
Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University	Public	Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh	India
Uttarakhand Open University	Public	Haldwani, Uttarakhand	India	Yes
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University	Public	Kota, Rajasthan	India	Yes
Venkateshwara Open University	Private	Naharlagun, Arunachal Pradesh	India
Wawasan Open University	Private	George Town, Penang	Malaysia	Yes	Yes
Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University	Public	Nasik, Maharashtra	India	Yes	Yes
Allama Iqbal Open University	Public	Islamabad	Pakistan	Yes	Yes
Virtual University of Pakistan	Public	Islamabad	Pakistan	Yes	Yes

Europe

Europe

Name	Type	Headquarters	Country	DL	PC	Notes
Hellenic Open University	Public	Patras, Achaea, Western Greece	Greece	Yes	Yes
Taras Shevchenko National University - KNU Open University[17] [18]	Public Self-Governing	Kyiv	Ukraine	Yes	Yes
Intercultural Open University Foundation	Private	Granada	Spain	Yes		Non-profit, Graduate
Istanbul University	Public	Istanbul	Turkey	Yes	Yes	Only the distance education and "second university" parts are considered open.
Novi Sad Open University		Novi Sad	Serbia
Open International University of Human Development "Ukraine"	Private	Kyiv	Ukraine	Yes	Yes	Non-profit
Open University of the Netherlands	Public	Heerlen, Limburg	Netherlands	Yes
Open University of Catalonia	Public	Barcelona	Spain	Yes		Bachelor, Master, Doctoral, Research.Ranked among top 500 universities (Times Higher Education World University Rankings)[19]
Open University of Cyprus	Public	Nicosia	Cyprus	Yes
The Open University	Public	Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire	United Kingdom	Yes	Yes	Bachelor, Master, Doctoral, Research.Ranked among top 500 universities (Times Higher Education World University Rankings)[20]
Universidade Aberta	Public	Lisbon	Portugal	Yes
National University of Distance Education	Public	Madrid	Spain	Yes	Yes

North America, Central America and the Caribbean

North America

Name	Type	Headquarters	Country	DL	PC	Notes
Athabasca University	Public	Athabasca, Alberta	Canada	Yes	Yes	Bachelor, Master, Doctoral.
Intercultural Open University Foundation	Private	Arden, Delaware	United States	Yes		Non-profit, Graduate
Open SUNY	Public	New York, New York	United States	Yes
Thompson Rivers University, Open Learning	Public	Kamloops, British Columbia	Canada	Yes	Yes
University of the West Indies Open Campus	Public	Bridgetown, St. Michael	Barbados	Yes	Yes	Bachelor, Master, Doctoral. Serves the 17 anglophone CARICOM countries.
Université TÉLUQ	Public	Quebec City, Quebec	Canada	Yes	Yes	Bachelor, Master, Doctoral.
Cushite Hebrew Yeshiva Open International University[21] [22]	Private	Kissimmee, Florida	United States	Yes		Religious Non-Profit, Doctoral, Masters, Bachelors, Associates, Diploma, Certificate[23]
Commonwealth Open University[24] [25] [26]	Private		British Virgin Islands	Yes		Distance Education
Universidad Abierta y a Distancia de México	Public	México	Mexico	Yes	Yes
HIHMATech Open International University[27]	Private	Sussex, Delaware	United States	Yes		Non-Profit, Doctoral, Masters, Bachelors, Associates, Diploma, Certificate[28]

South America

South America

Name	Type	Headquarters	Country	DL	PC	Notes
Interamerican Open University	Private	Buenos Aires	Argentina
Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia[29] [30]	Private	Colombia	Colombia
Universidad Nacional Abierta[31] [32]	Public		Venezuela	Yes	Yes	Masters, Bachelors, Associates, Diploma, Certificate

Notes and References

1. Web site: Courses – OU . 2023-10-28 . en-US.
2. Web site: 2023-07-24 . LUC Laweh University College . 2023-10-28 . en-US.
3. Web site: International Open Institute – IOI . 2023-10-28 . en-US.
4. Web site: Accueil - UGLC-SONFONIA . 2023-10-28 . uglcs.org.
5. Web site: Home . 2023-10-28 . Botswana Open University . en-gb.
6. Web site: School of Education . 2023-10-28 . www.bou.ac.bw.
7. Web site: School of Business & Management Studies . 2023-10-28 . www.bou.ac.bw.
8. Web site: School of Science & Technology . 2023-10-28 . www.bou.ac.bw.
9. Web site: School of Social Sciences . 2023-10-28 . www.bou.ac.bw.
10. Web site: Trường Đại học Mở Hà Nội . 2023-10-28 . www.hou.edu.vn . en.
11. Web site: Viện Đại học Mở Hà Nội . 2023-10-28 . en.hou.edu.vn . en.
12. Bodrov . Aleksei . January 1994 . The Open Orthodox University . Religion, State and Society . en . 22 . 2 . 199–204 . 10.1080/09637499408431638 . 0963-7494.
13. Web site: Open Orthodox University Welcome to TeachOnline . 2023-10-28 . teachonline.ca.
14. Marie . Antoine . Petersen . Michael Bang . 2023-03-10 . The cognitive foundations of ideological orthodoxy . 2023-10-28 . 10.31219/osf.io/78puz .
15. Web site: Open Orthodox University discusses the religious community of the future - RISU . 2023-10-28 . Religious Information Service of Ukraine . en.
16. Web site: Open Orthodoxy jewishideas.org . 2023-10-28 . www.jewishideas.org.
17. Web site: Home Page - Open University of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv . 2023-10-28 . knu.edu.eu.
18. Web site: Kazi Nazrul University . www.knu.ac.in/.
19. Web site: The Open University. Times Higher Education (THE). en-US. 2019-12-11.
20. Web site: The Open University. Times Higher Education (THE). en-US. 2018-06-08.
21. Web site: Cushite Hebrew Yeshiva Open Intl University - Training Centre . 2023-10-28 . Cushite Hebrew Yeshiva Open Intl University.
22. Web site: Home . 2023-10-28 . Yeshiva University . en.
23. Web site: Home . chy-oiu.education.
24. Web site: Commonwealth Open University . 2023-10-28 . www.commopu.org.
25. Web site: Homepage Higher Education Degree Datacheck . 2023-10-28 . hedd.ac.uk.
26. Web site: Common Wealth University . 2023-10-28 . Commonwealth University . en-GB.
27. Web site: http://hihmatechinternationaluniversity.com/ . http://hihmatechinternationaluniversity.com/ . http://hihmatechinternationaluniversity.com/ . hihmatechinternationaluniversity.com/.
28. Web site: Home . hihmatechinternationaluniversity.com.
29. Web site: Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia - UNAD de Colombia. - Sitio oficial. . 2023-10-28 . Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia - UNAD . es-es.
30. Web site: Universidad Abierta y a Distancia de México . 2023-10-28 . www.unadmexico.mx.
31. Web site: Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia - UNAD de Colombia. - Sitio oficial. . 2023-10-28 . Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia - UNAD . es-es.
32. Web site: oferta académica en los programas profesionales, técnicos, tecnologías, maestrías, especializaciones, diplomados, cursos, inglés, alfabetización, primaria y bachillerato en modalidad virtual . 2023-10-28 . Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia UNAD - Educación Virtual . es-es.