函授站是“函授教学辅导站”的简称。我国是现在世界上唯一使用函授站这个名称的国家.在国外,如前苏联把函授站称作“教育中心”;英国著名的开放大学在各地设“学习中心”;还有的国家把函授站称之为培训中心等等.不论世界各国对“函授 Correspondence station is ”correspondence teaching counseling station “ for short. China is now the only country in the world that uses the name of the correspondence station. In other countries, such as the former Soviet Union, the correspondence station is called ”Education Center“; the famous British Open University is set up around ”Learning Centers“; and The state refers to the correspondence station as a training center, etc. No matter what countries in the world call ”correspondence"