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04-02-2007, 11:02 AM
FUKUOKA (Kyodo) Cyber University, the nation's first university that provides courses via the Internet, opened Sunday with an entrance ceremony in Fukuoka -- transmitted in real time to students' computers. Sakuji Yoshimura, a popular Egyptologist who heads the school, and Ken Miyauchi, head of Japan Cyber Educational Institute, which operates the school, attended the ceremony together with some students.
The four-year university has two departments -- information technology and world heritage -- each taking about 600 students. Students can receive classes any time and any place via personal computers connected to a broadband network. The school offers four-year bachelor's degrees.
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The four-year university has two departments -- information technology and world heritage -- each taking about 600 students. Students can receive classes any time and any place via personal computers connected to a broadband network. The school offers four-year bachelor's degrees.
Click here to read the rest of the article. (http://search.japantimes.co .jp/cgi-bin/nn20070402a4.html)