Shanghai Open University (SOU) represents a new model of institution of higher learning sponsored by the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, approved by the Ministry of Education and administered by the Shanghai Education Commission. SOU, formerly known as Shanghai TV University, was founded in 1960, supported by modern information technology, taking distance and open education as the mainstay, and mainly offering junior college or undergraduate education for adults. SOU actively promotes the exchange of educational principles, target audience, models, resources, methods and teaching staff, strives to build a modern open university with first-class domestic and significant international influence, and constantly contributes to the building of a learning society, in which learning will happen to any person, at any time and in any place. Since 2013, SOU’s Institute of International Exchange has hosted a series of “Immersion Hub” exchange programs for students and teachers. With an overall participation of nearly 300 students from more than 30 countries, the program aims at integrating the characteristic elements of Chinese Culture, Made in Shanghai, and Fashion Capital, and promoting student and teacher exchange, cultural understanding and mutual learning for various countries. Read More
