The Open University Business School

Inspire others to achieve

When you come to The Open University, you join one of the most prestigious centers of learning in the world.

In the 40 years since The Open University was founded, over 350,000 people around the globe have graduated from The UK’s Open University. As the first and original open university, it is recognised for delivering global top-tier education, on a local basis.

At The Open University Business School we offer opportunities for everyone throughout the world to realise their full potential, whatever their educational or financial starting point: we have broken the link between exclusivity and excellence. 

Transforming management thinking

We have also taken down the boundaries between the academic and working world with our pioneering and practice-based approach: what is taught one day can be put into action next.  We pursue excellence in everything we do, in our internationally recognised research, teaching and delivery methods and we challenge the way professionals and organisations work and learn around the world: we learn from professionals while professionals learn from us.

Some 2,500 organisations work with us at any one time, we are always abreast of trends across the entire spectrum of the key economies.

The Open University Business School is one of the very few Business Schools with quadruple accreditation from AACSB, AMBA and EFMD (EQUIS and CEL) . We have the largest alumni network and programme membership of any triple accredited school worldwide. One in five UK MBA students study with us.

Our accreditation declares that recruiting an Open University MBA means you are  recruiting top talent.