The Open University

With a record of excellence in teaching and research, our Faculty of Arts is one of the best institutions in the world for arts and humanities. Our research feeds directly into our teaching, ensuring our qualifications continue not only to be attractive to study but also reflect the most recent scholarship. We continue to innovate and develop exciting and important new areas.

Skills development and employability are at the forefront of our thinking for our students. As well as subject-specific skills, studying arts and humanities provides an adaptable set of skills for diverse career opportunities. Many of our students study while in employment, while others study with us before entering the job market.

Many of our postgraduate students have gone on to undertake research degrees, while others have used their newly acquired skills to further their careers. Our programmes are ideal for further developing research and analytical skills, and upgrading qualifications after a break from study. They suit anyone with appropriate entry qualifications looking for an intellectual challenge, and our successful postgraduates gain the important personal satisfaction of achieving a worthwhile qualification in an area of long-standing interest.

The Open University Business School, with its rich history of being home to more than 27,000 successful MBAs from all over the world, is one of the leading and largest triple-accredited business schools in Europe. The business programmes offer unparalleled flexibility in every aspect and are designed to fit around the lifestyle of today’s busy professionals.

Our Business School’s unique learning methodology of practice-based action learning underpins its MBA programme. We’re massively successful in delivering top quality MBA graduates who have been able to develop their skills by being able to apply what they learn at their workplace on a daily basis.

The Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is the Open University’s largest faculty. We’re world leaders in modern distance learning and pioneers of teaching and learning methods, enabling people to achieve their career and life goals.

The STEM Faculty provides flexible, high-quality teaching and research relevant to professional contexts. We equip learners, employers and funders with the capabilities they require to meet tomorrow’s challenges and improve situations.

With interdisciplinarity at its heart, the STEM Faculty is about innovation and problem solving in the real world. We examine complex and challenging problems, whose solutions require technological advances, behavioural transformation, and enhancements in policy and practice. We maintain strong links with professional bodies, communities of practitioners and develops curriculum in conjunction with industry advisers.

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
The STEM Faculty comprises six schools. They act as a focus for teaching, curriculum development, and research. Our postgraduate teaching programmes span:

• Computing
• Cyber Security
• Engineering
• Mathematics
• Mental Health Science
• Systems Thinking
• Space Science
• Technology Management

STUDY WITH US
Students’ educational needs are changing rapidly. Our diverse range of qualifications, with their links to professional bodies, can meet those needs. So whether it’s computing, engineering, maths, or science, our programmes will give you the edge.

Our mission is to transform lives through health and social care education and research. Whether you’d like to go further in your career, or you’re an employer looking for a different way to train and motivate your staff – we can help you make that transformation.

We offer:
• world-class learning resources developed by leading academics and practitioners which reflect the views of service users and carers - underpinned by excellent research and scholarship
• openness and accessibility – putting qualifications within reach of people who never thought they could study at this level
• flexible study arrangements designed to fit with work and family commitments, with no need to take time away from the workplace
• national reach with local support – over 18,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students study with us every year. Our students live anywhere from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland to busy inner cities, supported by a network of regional administrative centres and first-class tutors based locally.