 Open University of Israel Campus in Raanana Image:OpenUniversityzomet.jpg The map of the Open University The Open University of Israel (OpenU, האוניברסיטה הפתוחה, או"פ) is a distance-education university in Israel and is one of Israel's major universities. As of 2006, the Open University teaches around 39,000 students. The Open University of Israel is the largest academic institution in the Israel by student number. The administration is based at Raanana and students from all over the world can attend the University. The university awards undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, diplomas and certificates. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ...
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Raannana or Raanana (Hebrew רעננה Ra‘ănānāh) is a small city (about 67,000 citizens) in the southern Sharon, in the Center District of Israel, Israel, north-east of Tel Aviv. ...
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Undergraduate studies The Open University, as its name suggests, is open to anyone who wishes to attend it and study towards a bachelor's degree, without any prerequisites or screening process. However, the Open University still has high standards and demands academic achievements from its graduates. A bachelors degree (Artium Baccalaureus, A.B. or B.A.) is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three, four, or in some cases and countries, five or six years. ...
Another way in which the Open University is open is in the study path it offers to its students. When enrolling into the university, the student does not need to decide the primary focus of his or her degree, nor to determine in advance the pace of the degree (how many years the studies will take). In fact, it is possible to take only a single course or several courses without receiving a degree, or to take several courses per semester, until finally enough courses relevant to a certain academic area have been taken to be eligible for a degree.
To achieve the goals outlined in the previous paragraphs, the Open University employs distance education. The university has no single central campus, or rigid schedules, making it especially well-suited to those who are preoccupied with a job, army service, or their family.
The most important aspect of studying in the Open University is self-study from books. Each of the university's courses has a specially-prepared book with the course material and exercises, from which the students study on their own. The Open University's books and teaching aids have become quite popular in Israel's "closed" universities and colleges as well.
To supplement the self-study, there are occasional group meetings, where the students can ask the teacher questions about the material, and talk to other students who take the same course. These meetings take place throughout Israel, and are optional to attend. The students can also use the university's Internet site ("TELEM") to communicate with the teachers or with other students. Some courses also feature video cassettes, multimedia CDs, and other audio-visual aids. Recently, video-conferencing technology has also enabled viewing a real-time lecture without the students all coming to a single campus.
For each course, students must complete several required assignments, and take a final exam.
To obtain a degree, students are bound to participate in one or more seminar courses, depending on the academic program. The examination of seminar papers is carried out by academic staff members of Israel's universities.
Graduate studies The Open University also has master's degree program for some of the areas it teaches, but those are not open to everyone and do have acceptance criteria. At present, the university does not offer doctoral programs. “M.S.†redirects here. ...
Bridges to Other Universities The Open University, together with the other Israeli universities, has reached agreements that enable students to begin their undergraduate studies within the flexible framework of the Open University and after taking a cluster of courses, decide whether they would like to complete their degree at the Open University, or transfer to another institution. The courses studied at the Open University will shorten the duration of degree studies at the other academic institution.
As of 2007, the following transfer options are available:
Tel Aviv University -The Faculty of Humanities -The Faculty of Social Sciences - The School of Economics -The Faculty of Engineering
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem -The Faculty of Social Sciences - The Department of Economics and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology -Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences in Rehovot -The Computer Science Department
The University of Haifa -The Faculty of Humanities -The Faculty of Social Sciences - The Department of Economics
Ben Gurion University of the Negev -The Faculty of Engineering Sciences -The Computer Science Department -The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences -The Department of Economics -The Department of Behavioral Sciences
Bar-Ilan University -The Faculty of Social Sciences - The Department of Economics
The Technion -14 faculties
History The Open University of Israel was planned in 1971, modeled after the UK's Open University. The first semester of studies in it commenced on October 17, 1976. In 1980, the Open University was officially recognized as an institute of higher education in Israel, and it was granted the right to give bachelor's degrees (BA). In 1982, 41 graduates received BA diplomas in the university's first diploma ceremony. The Open University (OU) is the UKs open learning university. ...
Since then, the university continues to grow. In 1987, it had 11,000 students and 180 courses. In 1993, it had 20,000 students, 300 courses, and 405 new graduates. In 2002, it had 36,710 students enrolled. Up to 2003, more than 13,000 people have graduated the university with a degree.
In 1996, the university also started a master's degree program.
See also There are eight official universities in Israel. ...
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