Universitas Terbuka (UT, literally Open University) is Indonesia state university and employs open and distance learning (ODL) system to widen access to higher education to all Indonesian citizens, including those who live in remote islands throughout the country, as well as in various parts of the world. It has a total student body of 1,045,665 as of 2019/2020 according to Indonesia's Ministry of Education and Culture Higher Education database. According to a distance education institution in the UK, which published "The Top Ten Mega Universities", UT-3 ranks closely with universities from China and Turkey. Mission UT's focus is on educating people who, for various reasons including lack of funding, rural isolation and full-time employment, do not have opportunity to attend conventional face-to-face higher education institutions. The university's mission is: to expand the opportunity for quality higher education through the distance education system; to produce competent academicians and professionals who are able to compete globally; to increase participation in continuing education in order to create a knowledge-based society; to increase the quality and quantity of research and development in the distance education system, especially in distance higher education; to innovatively and continuously disseminate and share information on distance education especially on distance higher education; to strengthen national unity and integrity through the broad and equal provision of higher education; to increase cross-cultural understanding and networking through local, national and global partnerships; to produce academic products in distance higher education as well as in other fields of knowledge. Accreditation UT has been awarded the ‘International Accreditation’ and ‘Certificate of Quality’ by the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) Standard Agency (ISA), and ISO 9001:2000 by the Certification bodies, i.e. SAI Global and SGS. UT's study programs have also been accredited by The National Accreditation Board of Higher Education (BAN-PT). Flexible learning UT offers a learning flexibility system: no time limitation to complete the study, i.e. no dropout system; no time limitation on the year of graduation from senior high school, thus no age limit; all year-round registration period; flexible phase, place and time to study in accordance with student's own convenience; use of multimedia learning materials, including printed learning materials accompanied by audio and video cassettes/CD, CD-ROM, radio and TV broadcast, as well as Computer-Assisted Instructions (CAI) and Internet-based learning materials. As with other higher education, UT has implemented a semester credit system (SKS) to establish study load per semester.