Universitas Terbuka | |
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Motto | Making Higher Education Open to All |
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Type | Public university |
Established | 4 September 1984 |
Rector | Mohamad Yunus |
Students | 1,045,665 (total) as per 2019/2020[1] 341,956 (active) as per 16 November 2021[2] |
Location | Jalan Cabe Raya, Pondok Cabe, Pamulang 15418, South Tangerang , , 6°20′42″S 106°45′29″E / 6.344890°S 106.758087°E |
Website | www |
Open University (Indonesian: Universitas Terbuka, abbreviated as UT) is a public university in South Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. The university employs a Open and Distance Learning (ODL) system to widen access to higher education to all Indonesian citizens, including those who live in remote islands throughout the country, and in various parts of the world. It has a total student body of 1,045,665 (as of 2019/2020 according to Indonesia's Ministry of Education and Culture Higher Education database).[1] According to a distance education institution in the UK, which published "The Top Ten Mega Universities", UT-3 ranks closely with universities from China and Turkey.[3]