南京市广播电视大学坐落在钟灵毓秀、人文荟萃的古都南京，创办于1979年2月，原为江苏省广播电视大学南京市分校，1985年7月经江苏省人民政府批准，改为现名。1991年11月经国家教委批准，成为独立设置的省级广播电视大学，行政隶属于南京市人民政府。

　　跨入二十一世纪，南京正在积极推进学习型城市的建设。南京市广播电视大学坚持以现代远程开放教育为理念，主动适应地方经济和社会事业发展需要，为广大求学者提供了多种参加高等教育和继续教育学习的机会。学校在全市建立了13所分校及20余个教学点，构建了覆盖全市、分级办学、分级管理的办学系统。学历教育开设了电子信息类、工商管理类、中国语言文学类、经济学类、新闻传播类、公共管理类、外国语言文学类、法学类等13个门类近80个专业，非学历教育项目达70余个，形成了以远程开放教育为特色，学历教育与非学历教育并举，普通教育和成人教育协调发展的格局。至2009年底，学校共培养本、专科毕业生7万余人，目前全校各类高等学历教育在校生5万人，非学历教育年培训3.5万人次。

　　南京市广播电视大学努力适应构建终身教育体系和建立学习型城市的需要，积极探索远程开放教育的办学模式。1999年，学校成为教育部批准的首批“中央电大人才培养模式改革和开放教育试点”项目办学单位， 分别于2002年、2006年顺利通过教育部“人才培养模式改革和开放教育试点”项目中期评估和总结性评估，成绩优良。2004年，学校建立了南京市远程教育中心，成为全市开展远程开放教育的重要基地。近年来，学校先后挂牌成立了南京市社区培训学院、南京市软件人才培训基地、中央电大残疾人教育南京分院、南京市干部在线学习中心等一批教育服务机构，并与中国人民大学、北京师范大学等20余所高校及相关部门、行业开展合作办学。

　　南京市广播电视大学不断推进教师队伍建设和教学现代化建设。学校拥有一支学术水平较高、教学业务优良的专兼职教师队伍，高、中级职称教师及专业技术人员占50%以上。在办学条件上，学校拥有卫星接收系统、闭路电视系统、双向视频系统、宽带网络系统、“电大在线”远程教学系统、办公自动化系统等现代化教育技术设施，建成了主干万兆、桌面百兆的校园网，实现了VOD视频点播。

　　南京市广播电视大学连续6年被市政府授予“市文明单位”称号。2006年1月，学校被省委、省政府授予“江苏省文明单位”称号。学校还多次受到省市教育部门、中央电大的表彰。

　　新的世纪，南京市广播电视大学面临着前所未有的历史机遇。我们将继续深化改革，开拓创新，不断探索富有远程开放教育特色的办学模式，以开放的姿态迎接新世纪的挑战，为实现“强校富教，建设一流开放大学”的目标而努力奋斗。

A Brief Introduction to Nanjing

Radio and TV University

    Nanjing Radio and TV University is located in Nanjing, a city full of beauty and outstanding personnel. The University was founded in Feb. 1979.  In 1991, approved by the National Education Committee, the University became an independent provincial broadcasting and TV University directly under the leadership of Nanjing Municipal People’s Government.

    with the entry into the 21st century, Nanjing is actively promoting the construction of city full of study atmosphere. Nanjing Radio and TV University insists on taking modern distance education as its tenet, quickly adapts itself to the development of local economy and demand of social course, is providing varieties of opportunities for numbers of learners to attend tertiary education and continuous education. The university has established 14 branches and over 20 teaching centers, forming an educational system covering the whole city with classified training system and classified management system.  The degree education has arranged nearly 30 majors related to 11 different fields, including computer, foreign language, finance, management, law and art etc. The non-degree education covers 70 programmes, and a framework that  taking open distance education as its unique characteristic, developing both non-degree education and degree education and reaching the coordinative development of both education (ordinary level) and adult education has come into being. By the end of 2009, there have been total 70000 undergraduates and undergraduate diploma students having graduated from the university. Currently, there are more than 50000 students doing various degree study programmes and 35000 students are attending the non-degree training programmes provided by the university. 

    Nanjing Radio and TV University is making struggling efforts to get itself well adapted to the need of establishing lifelong educational system as well as developing Nanjing into a city full of study atmosphere, and actively seeks effective ways to carry our open distance education programme. In 1999, the university was selected as one of the first group approved by the Education Ministry to carry out the Outstanding Personnel Training Model and Open Education Experimental  Programme by the Central Radio and TV University, In 2002, the University smoothly passed the assessment of the Outstanding Personnel Training Model and Open Education Experimental Programme at the middle stage. In 2004, the University established long distance study center and has become one of the key open distance education bases in Nanjing . Moreover, the University has also set up a series of training institutions such as Continuous Education Institute, Foreign Language Education Institute, Liaoyuan Radio and TV University, and etc.

    Nanjing Radio and TV University has constantly promoted the construction of teaching team as well as construction of teaching modernization. The University comprises a group of high qualified and experienced professional teachers both full-time and part-time, over 50% of whom are teachers with intermediate or senior professional titles and professional technicians. In relation to the teaching condition, the University has established computer network center, multimedia education center, computer laboratory center, the engineering laboratory center, books and material center. The University is also equipped with multi-media electronic liberary, multiple functional academic hall, performance and broadcasting hall, the satellite dual video conference system, network dual video conference system, computerized telephone, the satellite digital receiving system, closed circuit TV, a campus network with the internet speed of backbone network reaching 10000M and that of table computer(terminal network) reaching 100M has been set up, realizing VOD video unicast.

    Nanjing Radio and TV University has been entitled Nanjing Civilized Unit several times by Nanjing Municipal Government,and entitled Jiangsu Civilized Unit by Jiangsu Provincial government in Jan. 2006. Nanjing Radio and TV University has  awarded prizes by educational authorities of Nanjing Municipal and Jiangsu Provincial governments and the Central Radio and TV University.

    In this new century, Nanjing Radio and TV University is provided with biggest opportunities than ever before, We will continuously deepen the reform, make expansion and innovation, constantly seek ways to open distance educational programme to confront the challenge ins the new era with open mind, make strenuous efforts to realize the objective of getting our university stronger and our teachers richer and having our university ranking top among our counterparts in the area of open distance education.