Faculties and Centres

Faculties and research centres

The academic life of the University is focused on our faculties, where courses are planned and developed, informed by world-class research.

National and regional centres

Students in the UK are supported through a network of 13 centres where they can meet with tutors, advisors and each other. These are complemented by study centres, often in other higher education institutions, that may be used for study, tutorials and examinations.

The OU outside the UK

Outside the UK the OU operates in several ways: teaching courses directly, through partnerships with local education and training specialists, or by validating other providers' programmes. In Africa our partnerships are not only about teaching but sharing our methods and expertise in order to help build capacity.

Milton Keynes campus

The OU’s headquarters is in Milton Keynes, where our faculties are based along with our administrative departments.