Open University of Israel

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Open University of Israel" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Open University of Israel

האוניברסיטה הפתוחה‎
Motto	הרבה מעבר לתואר (Hebrew for "far more than a degree")
Type	Distance education Public
Established	1974
Chairman	(of the executive Committee): Uri Yaron
Chancellor	Dorit Beinisch
President	Mimi Ajzenstadt
Director	Ruth Shoham
Vice-president	Guy Miron
Students	52,102 (2022)
Undergraduates	49,399 (2022)
Postgraduates	2,703 (2022)
Location	Ra'anana , Israel 32°11′19″N 34°53′16″E / 32.18861°N 34.88778°E / 32.18861; 34.88778
Website	www.openu.ac.il

The Open University of Israel (Hebrew: האוניברסיטה הפתוחה, Ha-Universita ha-Ptuha) is a distance-education university in Israel. It is one of ten public universities in Israel recognized by the Council of Higher Education (CHE). The Open University does not require a matriculation certificate, psychometric exam, or other entrance exam for admission to undergraduate studies.

Open University teaching methods are based primarily on distance learning technologies, with the option of face-to-face tutorial sessions. Campuses are located in Ra'anana, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, Beersheba, Givat Haviva, and Nazareth, in addition to approximately fifty study centers located throughout the country. Most students study remotely from their homes in Israel and around the world. As in other higher education institutions, graduation from the OUI is contingent upon successfully fulfilling degree requirements; English-language proficiency is also required. The university offers bachelor's degrees, as well as a number of master's degree programs, and a doctoral program in Education: Technologies in Learning Systems. Acceptance requirements to master's programs are similar to those at most universities.