Korea National Open University

The Korea National Open University is the national open university of Korea.

KNOU was founded in 1972 as a branch of Seoul National University. It began by offering a two-year junior college programme to 12,000 students and now has over 200,000 full-time, degree-seeking students for four-year university programs and some part-time students for non-degree, lifelong education programs. It also offers online postgraduate programs in several major areas.

The university has campuses in 12 major cites of South Korea including the capital, Seoul.

Its web site is http://www.knou.ac.kr/.

See also the Wikipedia entry on Korea National Open University.

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Many commentators state that "much is happening" in Korea - yet the details are not clear, nor is the relevance to Europan universities. We meed contact with a Korean expert.

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