Table 7. The Number of the Non-Degree Education Students
(ten thousand person-times) in 2009

In 2009, in the non-degree programmes (continuing education and training), there were 317,000 students from the "certificate training", and 520,500 students from the "on-the-job training", totaling 837,500, constituting 51.81 percent of the total number of students with a certificate.

In 2009, in the non-degree programmes (continuing education and training), 37,600 students graduated from the "foreign languages training", 90,600 from the "accounting training" and 124,400 students from the "computer training", with the above three kinds totaling 252,600, constituting 15.62 percent of the total number of students involved in continuing education and training.

Ⅲ. Staff

In 2009, there were a total of 86,300 staff members in the open universities around China, including 51,000 full-time teachers, 9,900 support staff, 1,400 researchers, 16,400 administrative staff, 6,500 logistics staff and 1,100 other staff members.

In 2009, 18,900 staff members held senior professional titles, 33,200 held medium professional titles, and 18,700 had junior professional titles, constituting 21.90 percent, 38.45 percent, and 21.64 percent, respectively of the staff total. Among the full-time teachers, 13,900 had senior professional titles and 22,900 had medium professional titles, constituting 27.27 percent and 44.91 percent of the total number respectively.

In 2009, there were 34,300 part-time teachers, 12,200 of them holding senior professional titles and 17,300 with medium professional titles, constituting 35.6 percent and 50.55 percent of the total number respectively. See Figure 3.

In 2009, of the full-time teachers, 244 had a doctorate, 5,626 had a master's degree, 42,519 had a bachelor degree, and 2,562 had a diploma or below, constituting 0.48 percent, 11.04 percent, 83.45 percent, and 5.03 percent, of the total full-time teachers respectively. Compared with the numbers of 2008, full-time teachers with a master's degree or above increased, while the number and proportion of those teachers with a diploma or below relatively decreased.

In 2009, the full-time teaching staff calculated in 11 disciplines included 6,079 in Economics, 4007 in Law, 4,768 in Pedagogy, 11,127 in Literature (including 4,353 in Foreign Languages), 3,371 in Philosophy and History, 5,729 in Science, 11,084 in Engineering (including 5,093 in Computer), 579 in Agronomy (including 114 in Forestry), 877 in Medicine, and 3,312 in Management.

In 2009, the age structure of the full-time teachers was: 12,100 at or below 30, constituting 23.8 percent, 20,300 between 31 and 40, constituting 39.81 percent; 13,900 between 41 and 50, constituting 27.21 percent, 4,600 between 51 and 60, constituting 9 percent, and 91 at or above 61, constituting 0.18 percent. Overall, most were young or middle-aged teachers.