Welcome to The Open University in Wales
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Do you have memories of studying with the OU during the past 50 years? If so we'd love to hear them.
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Financial support for students in Wales
The Welsh Government has introduced a package of financial support for new part-time students. You could get up to £4,500 funding towards your living costs.
A new way to become a teacher
The Open University is working with partners in Wales on a new PGCE programme to launch in 2020.
New funding for postgraduate students
Now part-time postgraduate students in Wales can get up to £17,000 in funding. This financial support from the Welsh government is made up of grants and loans, some of which doesn't need to be paid back.
The OU at 50
The OU was born from a radical idea: to open education for all, and in 2019 we celebrate our 50th birthday.
After years of planning by Harold Wilson and Jennie Lee, The Open University was granted a Royal Charter on 23 April 1969. Today, The Open University is the UK’s largest academic institution having empowered over two million students worldwide to transform their lives through learning, helping to make the impossible, possible.
Find out more about our unique story, meet some of our graduates and read about how we’re celebrating our milestone anniversary.
About us
We have around 9000 students across the whole of Wales supported by 300 tutors. Find out more about us and our work.
Courses and qualifications
As Wales’ largest provider of part-time undergraduate university study, The Open University in Wales offers a wide choice of qualifications in a broad range of subject areas.
Meet our students
Studying with The Open University can be life changing. See how some of our students have balanced study with work and family commitments and have flourished on their OU learning journeys.
Policy and public affairs
Through our policy and public affairs work we seek to ensure that higher education policy in Wales supports the needs of part-time learners.
The Welsh language
The Open University is subject to the Welsh Language Standards. This section includes information on how we comply with the standards and deliver our services though the medium of Welsh.
Request your prospectus
Explore our qualifications and courses by requesting one of our prospectuses today.
Staying in touch
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Upcoming Events
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News
Hundreds of learners graduate with The Open University in Wales
On 4 November, at the Wales Millennium Centre, over 350 students will graduate from the Open University in Wales in what is one of the university’s annual highlights. Most have studied part-time, often balancing this with work, family or caring for a loved one.
Six things we learnt from ‘Mental Health and Me’
Our OpenTalks series recently arrived in Swansea for ‘Mental Health and Me’, a free event held in partnership with Time to Change Wales (Hafal, Mind Cymru).
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