Открытый университет

Student facilities, including Library and Computing

• All material that students require to complete their course is included in their course fees. They do have access to both electronic library resources and a library building on campus. The nature of the University's methods means that student facilities that would be expected at other campuses are not required at the OU.
• University staff are available to provide guidance in all areas of student support.

• The University was given its Royal Charter in 1969.
• Since then, it has become the UK's largest university, and the only UK university dedicated to distance learning.
• More than two million people have studied with the OU since its opening. Today more than 30% of all part-time undergraduate students in the UK study with the OU.

• The Open University has always been a world leader in the use of new technologies to improve the quality of education for students and to broaden their access to it. Students on two-thirds of all courses undertake e-learning activities to achieve defined learning outcomes. All courses include optional online activities.
• The University's "open" mission allows for those people whose previous qualifications would be unlikely to allow them access to university education elsewhere to enter higher education.