United Kingdom
The Open University
Global Online OU MBA
The Open University Business School awards a Global Online MBA of 180 credits that students can complete in 18 months to seven years. Entry requires an honours degree, or an ordinary degree plus a GMAT of 640, and three years of relevant experience. The 2025/26 fee is published as a range of £20,090 to £22,000, paid by module, and the fee text includes residential schools.
The school’s page presented this as a current program. Last checked 2026-10-27. Confirm the details with the school before you apply.
- Country of the award
- United Kingdom
- Delivery
- Hybrid or blended
- Residency
- Not published
- Duration
- Between 18 months and seven years. Most people take three years or two years.
- Language
- English
- Tuition
- Tuition not published
- Admissions test
- GMAT or GRE waiver published
- Business school
- The Open University Business School
Overview
- Official award title
- Global Online OU MBA
- University
- The Open University
- Business school or department
- The Open University Business School
- Awarding institution
- The Open University
- Awarding note
- Degree-awarding institution recorded as the university that publishes the program. Parchment wording was not separately photographed.
- Country of the award
- United Kingdom
- Location recorded
- Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
- Executive MBA label
- Not labeled executive
- Named pathways
- No named specialization. This can still be a general MBA.
Study format and residency
- Delivery
- Hybrid or blended. The qualification is titled a Global Online MBA. The fees page says the fee includes accommodation and food at residential schools and tutorials, which indicates an in-person element, but the pages checked do not explicitly say every residential is compulsory.
- Intensity
- Part-time
- Duration
- Between 18 months and seven years. Most people take three years or two years.
- Credits
- 180 credits. Stage 1 can lead to a Postgraduate Certificate (60 credits) and 120 credits to a Postgraduate Diploma.
- Teaching languages
- English
- Complete program in English
- Yes
- Language requirement
- IELTS 6.5, described as a good knowledge of English.
- Mandatory residency
- Not published
- Residency detail
- Fee includes accommodation and food at residential schools and tutorials, but not travel. Whether attendance is compulsory for every student was not explicit.
- Intakes
- May and November. Register at least one month before the start.
Admissions
- Previous degree
- Bachelor's degree with honours from a recognised UK university or equivalent. An ordinary bachelor's degree is accepted with an official GMAT of 640 or above.
- Work experience
- Minimum of three years in a managerial, professional, or technical role.
- GMAT or GRE
- GMAT or GRE waiver published
- Test detail
- GMAT of 640 or above is required only if the prior degree is an ordinary bachelor's rather than an honours degree.
- Geographic eligibility
- Not published. Online delivery is not treated as worldwide eligibility.
Tuition and funding
- Published tuition
- Tuition not published
- Fee notes
- Year: 2025/26 Approximate fee range £20,090–£22,000 as of 2025/26. Students pay module by module. A 2023/24 UK figure of up to £20,160 is also on the page. No single amount is recorded.
Accreditation
- Accreditation
- No accreditation is listed on this profile. That does not mean the school is unrecognized.
- Outcomes
- No salary or employment figure is published here. This directory does not estimate outcomes.
Sources
- MBA structure · checked 2026-10-27
- Entry and fees · checked 2026-10-27