"Open University" meaning in English

See Open University in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|head=Open University}} Open University
  1. A UK university offering distance learning taught courses to people without formal academic qualifications, teaching being by correspondence and online with mostly optional tutorials and for some courses compulsory summer schools. Access to postgraduate research is selective and is primarily taught on campus using traditional methods.
    Sense id: en-Open_University-en-name-gIK6lXuh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7
  2. A similar university in the Netherlands.
    Sense id: en-Open_University-en-name-A0YrU9QY

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