MBA from a triple accredited business school

Triple accredited business school

When you study for an MBA with The Open University Business School, you’re choosing a top business school and one of the most prestigious centres of learning in the world.
 
This is what The OU Business School delivers:
  • triple accreditation
  • teaching excellence
  • a fine reputation
  • satisfied students
  • high achievers

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Triple accreditation

The OU is among the top business schools because we are one of an elite group to have earned AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS accreditation, awarded by the world’s leading international management education associations.

Only 1% of business schools globally achieve the accolade of triple accreditation.

Teaching excellence

OUBS is rated ‘excellent’ – the highest possible rating – for its teaching and support systems by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).

A fine reputation

Leading players in the business world trust us with the development of their people – in fact, in the UK, 80 per cent of companies quoted on the FTSE 100 have sponsored employees to study with The Open University. Established 40 years ago the OU is home to over 22,500 successful MBAs from all corners of the globe, making us one of the largest truly international Business Schools in the world

Satisfied students

We are the management school of The Open University which, according to The Times, is top ranked for student satisfaction in the annual student surveys of UK public universities.

High achievers

As a reflection of our position among top business schools, OUBS has had five finalists and two winners in the international AMBA ‘Student of the Year’ awards.

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Flexibility, Affordability and Value

  • Top Tier Quality at the best value possible – The most affordable MBA with triple accreditation has been designed flexibly to integrate with the demands of your job and lifestyle
  • An average salary increase of 40% for OU MBA graduates (2008 student survey)
  • Supported by our cutting edge technology, you study in your own time- whether at home, at work or on the move – giving you a true mobile learning experience
  • You can study your MBA anywhere in the world to suit your professional/personal commitments
  • Wherever you are, we are somewhere close to you with 13 nation/regional offices across the UK and many across the globe
  • You can pay as you study with monthly instalments through our Open University Student Budget Account which makes it all the more easy for you financially
  • Alternatively, we can support you in approaching your employer for sponsorship

Immediate impact – supported by World Class teaching

  • Our unique learning method of ‘practice based action learning’ brings your MBA into life at your workplace. What you learn today, you apply tomorrow at your workplace – giving you results right now
  • Our MBA adds value to your day job, changing your perspective in many different areas
  • You will learn with a dynamic mix of business experts backed by renowned research based materials and teaching practices

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Milestones of the Business School

In 1983, the OU launched The Open University Business School to deliver distance learning management programmes. In our first year of operation, we attracted 1600 students. Our first MBA students enrolled five years later, and almost immediately we became the largest business school in Europe. We began offering law courses in 1997, making a significant impact on legal education as the UK’s largest provider of a qualifying law degree.

In 2009, OUBS had nearly 30,000 students based in 107 countries across the world – and while the University celebrated its 40th anniversary, we congratulated our 20,000th MBA graduate.

1969     The Open University founded

1983     The Open University Business School founded

1987     Funding to develop MBA announced

1989     MBA launched. OUBS offers courses in Eastern Europe

1992     First MBA degrees awarded

1994     OUBS awarded ‘excellent’ rating for business teaching by the UK Higher Education Funding Council

1994     OUBS is accredited by AMBA

1994     The Business School receives an IiP (Investors in People) award

1997     OUBS launches Law programme in partnership with the College of Law

1997     The Business School receives the Queen’s Award for Export

2000     First undergraduate management programme launched – the BA in Business Studies

2002     Launch of Corporate Learning Development Centre (now known as Centre for Professional Learning and Development)

2002     As a founder member of WADE (World Alliance on Distance Learning), OUBS involved in developing online post-MBA international business education programme

2004     Launch of Masters degree programmes

2005     OUBS awarded Certification of e-Learning by the European Foundation for Management Development, in partnership with the Swiss Centre for Innovation in Learning

2007     The OU joins Santander Universities, an international sponsorship scheme. Among other things, it will support an academic and international professorship programme at OUBS

2007     OUBS becomes founding partner of the SEEDA (South East England Development Agency) project to develop a leadership academy

2007     Electronic Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) launched to harness technology-led learning opportunities

2009     OUBS celebrates 20 years of its MBA programme and its twenty thousandth graduate

2010     The Business School launches the new MBA programme

2011     AMBA accreditation retained

2012     Professor Rebecca Taylor takes up the post of Dean of the Business School 

2012     EQUIS accreditation retained

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