Terbuka University 3.75

Universitas Terbuka is Indonesia’s 45th state university and employs open and distance learning system to widen access to higher education to all Indonesian citizens, including those who live in remote islands throughout the country as well as in various parts of the world. It has a total student body of more than 460,000. According to a distance education institution in the UK, UT, including one from "The Top Ten Mega Universities" UT-3 ranks after similar universities in China and Turkey.MissionUT's focus is on educating people who for various reasons including lack of funding, rural isolation and full-time employment, do not have opportunity to attend conventional face-to-face higher education institutions.The University's mission is: to expand the opportunity for quality higher education through the distance education system; to produce competent academicians and professionals who are able to compete globally; to increase participation in continuing education in order to create a knowledge-based society; to increase the quality and quantity of research and development in the distance education system, especially in distance higher education; to innovatively and continuously disseminate and share information on distance education especially on distance higher education; to strengthen national unity and integrity through the broad and equal provision of higher education; to increase cross-cultural understanding and networking through local, national and global partnerships; to produce academic products in distance higher education as well as in other fields of knowledge.AccreditationUT has been awarded the ‘International Accreditation’ and ‘Certificate of Quality’ by the International Council for Open and Distance Education Standard Agency, and ISO 9001:2000 by the Certification bodies, i.e. SAI Global and SGS. UT’s study programs have also been accredited by The National Accreditation Board of Higher Education .