Study at the OU

Want to get a qualification that will help you develop or change your career? Learn a subject in depth? The Open University could provide the flexibility, the qualifications and the top-class teaching you’re after. For most courses you don't need any previous qualifications. And with our world-leading blend of distance learning and innovative study materials, you’ll get an exceptional learning experience.

Explore the prospectus

Around 600 courses can count towards more than 250 qualifications. With specially designed introductory courses, you can gradually build towards your first university-level qualification, towards a degree and even beyond.

New to the OU?

Answers to your questions about what it's like to study with the OU: our world-class distance learning method; help with fees; support for disabled students; studying while you’re overseas, or caring; how you get a qualification; getting credit for successful study elsewhere.

Support for your study

The OU will support you all the way: with financial help, with the study skills you need to succeed in higher education, or advice to help you develop or maybe change your career. And there is a wide range of services for disabled students.

Open qualifications

With an Open qualification – a CertHE, DipHE or degree – you choose what you want to study. This is one of the most flexible programmes of study in the UK, letting you build a qualification that’s unique for you.

Open qualifications

Are you already an OU student ? Go to StudentHome for information on choosing your next module.

Undergraduate

See Postgraduate

Fees 2012

Find out the options for study from September 2012.

Your questions

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Employers' questions

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