Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU) was officially established in 1978. The university was the first university in Southeast Asia to use the distance learning system, and began with three schools of study, namely Educational Studies, Liberal Arts and Management Science. The university provides distance education through a number of channels, but increasingly learning is done through the internet with interactive capabilities. The University offers Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral degrees in a number of areas. cr, http://www.bangkokpost.com/