The Open University

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The Open University, established by the Royal Charter on 23 April 1969, is the leading University for flexible, innovative, and world-leading research in the United Kingdom and over 100 countries worldwide. Uniquely placed to understand part-time students' needs, combining their learning while earning, our innovative, award-winning distance teaching credentials have seen over 2 million students receive an education, otherwise denied to them at campus-based universities. Interested in seeing more? Could you take a look at our prospectuses?
The Open University's mission: open to people, places, methods, and ideas sets us apart from other universities globally. The OU alumni and current student community is a movement of millions. We are enormously proud to promote educational opportunity and social justice. The Open University's mission is to be open to people, places, methods, and ideas.
We promote educational opportunity and social justice by providing high-quality university education to all who wish to realize their ambitions and fulfill their potential. Through academic research, pedagogic innovation, and collaborative partnership, we seek to be a world leader in the design, content, and delivery of supported open learning.
The Open University's Students First - a strategy for growth (pdf) is how we will continue transforming lives through education, building on our success, and delivering our mission in a changing world. Our Annual Reports provide a record of our work, events, projects, and financial highlights year by year.
The Open University's Academic Strategy articulates how we shall achieve the Students First objective of Academic Excellence to pursue its mission. It articulates how the academic community will help achieve the Students First Vision of reaching more students with life-changing learning that meets their needs and enriches society.
Most of our undergraduate courses have no formal entry requirements. We believe that the qualifications our students have when they leave are the only ones that matter. We are committed to promoting equal opportunities for all, and close monitoring makes sure that we live up to our ideals.
The OU has more disabled students than any other university in Europe. OU study's flexible nature and our experience in harnessing enabling technologies to support learning means over 23,000 people with a wide range of disabilities – including mental health issues – choose to study with us each year.
We work in partnership with national and local organizations to open up higher education to underrepresented groups, reaching out to potential students in their communities – and ensuring that, once onboard, these students receive the support they need to succeed in their studies. Our Access modules are designed to help people find out what it is like to study with the OU, build study skills, and gain confidence.
We work in partnership with other organizations to deliver courses, collaborate on new curricula, validate programs, and share expertise. The focus for all these collaborative ventures is our mission to be open to people, places, methods, and ideas – promoting educational opportunity and social justice by providing high-quality university education to all.

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