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Accessibility statement
If you want to improve your prospects with a globally recognised triple-accredited business school, get ahead professionally with a qualification employers really respect, or simply broaden your horizons, choose The Open University Business School and make this the year you really change your life.
As a world-class Business School we use and develop innovative, top-quality teaching methods and learning materials. You can choose from a range of certificates, diplomas and degrees available in business and management.
We can help you develop a broader outlook in your career or a more specialist range of skills if that is what you require, as well as give you the potential to progress your career and boost your income in the process.
Courses in accounting and finance will help you develop essential skills and provide a route into the accounting profession. Our Marketing and Business degree gives you specialised marketing knowledge and an innovative introduction to Business Management, while our Business Management qualifications allow you to study a broad range of topics, or choose to specialise, and study one of our pathway routes, including economics, innovation and enterprise or leadership practice.
A truly international business school, we are rated ‘excellent’ (the highest possible rating) by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) for teaching and support, and are among the largest business schools in the world to be triple-accredited.
BA (Honours) Business Management
BA (Honours) Business Management (Accounting)
BA (Honours) Business Management (Economics)
BA (Honours) Business Management (Innovation and Enterprise)
BA (Honours) Business Management (Leadership Practice)
BA (Honours) Business Management (Marketing)
BA (Honours) Business Management and Languages
BA (Honours) Business Management and French
BA (Honours) Business Management and German
BA (Honours) Business Management and Spanish
BA (Honours) Marketing and Business Management
BSc (Honours) Accounting and Finance
BA/BSc (Honours) Design and Innovation
BSc (Honours) Computing & IT and Business
BA/BSc (Honours) Open degree
Diploma of Higher Education in Business Management
Diploma of Higher Education in Business Management and Languages
Diploma of Higher Education in Business Management and French
Diploma of Higher Education in Business Management and Spanish
Diploma of Higher Education in Business Management and German
Diploma of Higher Education in Computing & IT and Business
Diploma of Higher Education in Marketing and Business Management
Diploma of Higher Education in Accounting and Finance
Diploma of Higher Education in Combined Professional Studies
Diploma of Higher Education Open
The same level as a Diploma of Higher Education, often with a more practical focus. If you live or work in Scotland, we’ll usually offer an equivalent Diploma of Higher Education.
Foundation Degree in Combined Professional Studies
Certificate of Higher Education in Business Management
Certificate of Higher Education in Business Management and Languages
Certificate of Higher Education in Business Management and French
Certificate of Higher Education in Business Management and Spanish
Certificate of Higher Education in Business Management and German
Certificate of Higher Education in Computing & IT and Business
Certificate of Higher Education in Sport, Fitness and Management
Certificate of Higher Education in Healthcare Practice
Certificate of Higher Education Open
MBA (Master of Business Administration)
MBA (Technology Management)
MSc in Finance
MSc in Human Resource Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration
Postgraduate Diploma in Finance
Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Technology Management
Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration
Postgraduate Certificate in Finance
Postgraduate Certificate in Human Resource Management
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