Welcome to The Open University Business School

A pioneer in flexible learning for over 30 years, The Open University Business School delivers transformational, high quality business and management education which is quality assured; we are proud to be part of an elite and exclusive group of the top 1% of global business schools who are triple accredited.

Find out more about the school

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Quality assured business school

We have a global reputation as a leading provider of qualifications and work with a number of influential professional bodies and international partners to ensure that our curriculum meets the needs of students and employers in the UK and worldwide.

Study with us

It’s an exciting time to study business and management. Organisations are looking for dynamic managers with adaptable skills to help them succeed.

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Explore our research

Research is at the heart of The Open University Business School, underpinning all our activities from teaching to consultancy, advisory and policy work.

Alumni and careers network

If you have a postgraduate business and management qualification from OUBS, you automatically belong to our powerful global community of over 90,000 alumni.

Academic Departments

Teaching and research is organised around four academic departments, each focusing on business research into a key management discipline:

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News

Edoardo becomes a Fellow of the Joint University Council of the Applied Social Sciences (JUC)

Professor Edoardo Ongaro is one of six leading scholars in public administration, public policy, social work and social policy to receive recognition for their outstanding contribution and leadership in the applied social sciences.

22nd January 2020