University reference
The Open University
The Open University, established in 1969, is an active ROR organization in Milton Keynes, GB. ROR classifies the organization under education, funder. This profile preserves public aliases, acronyms, external identifiers, location details and organization relationships supplied by the Research Organization Registry, then links the record to other organizations in the same city and country and to recorded airports in the same city. It is a directory profile, not a university ranking, quality assessment, admissions guide or statement of endorsement by ROR or DataOfWorld.
Key facts
- ROR identifier
- https://ror.org/05mzfcs16
- Country
- GB
- City
- Milton Keynes
- Administrative area
- England
- Website
- https://www.open.ac.uk
- Established
- 1969
- Organization types
- education, funder
- Acronyms
- OU
- External identifiers
fundref 100008509, 501100006627, 501100000605 grid grid.10837.3d isni 0000 0000 9606 9301 wikidata Q2413375 - Organization relationships
related 03hkzcg46 - Latitude
- 52.04172
- Longitude
- -0.75583
- ROR last modified
- 2024-12-11
ROR identity context
Names, identifiers and relationships
These identifiers describe the organization record and do not imply ranking or endorsement.
| Acronyms | OU |
|---|---|
| FUNDREF identifiers | 100008509, 501100006627, 501100000605 |
| GRID identifiers | grid.10837.3d |
| ISNI identifiers | 0000 0000 9606 9301 |
| WIKIDATA identifiers | Q2413375 |
| ROR related relationships | 03hkzcg46 |
Wikidata structured context
Published identifiers and revision
Only allowlisted structured claims are used. Wikipedia prose and Wikimedia media are not copied.
| QID | Q2413375 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revision | 2518667401 | ||||||||||||
| Modified | 2026-07-17T14:37:07Z | ||||||||||||
| Structured label | The Open University | ||||||||||||
| Website | http://www.open.ac.uk/ | ||||||||||||
| Country QID | Q145 | ||||||||||||
| Inception |
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OpenAlex institution metadata
Works and research-topic context
Institution-level directory statistics only; they are not rankings, quality judgments or endorsements.
Published topics: Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Online and Blended Learning, Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, earthquake and tectonic studies
Annual indicator
Institution works indexed by OpenAlex
2,524.00 works2024
Institution-level yearly works counts in OpenAlex; not a ranking or quality measure. Values retain the source period and unit.
View source data
| Period | works | Source flag | Confidentiality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2,524.00 works | — | — |
| 2023 | 2,606.00 works | — | — |
| 2022 | 2,519.00 works | — | — |
| 2021 | 2,048.00 works | — | — |
| 2020 | 1,882.00 works | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,763.00 works | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,769.00 works | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,678.00 works | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,659.00 works | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,863.00 works | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,802.00 works | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,581.00 works | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,606.00 works | — | — |
| 2011 | 1,619.00 works | — | — |
| 2010 | 1,570.00 works | — | — |
Field-level provenance
Sources for this profile
Dates and licenses apply to the specific facts and series supplied by each source.
Research Organization Registry
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-20
- Dataset version
- dbdfb9b8dad3
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- Research Organization Registry (ROR)
DataOfWorld deterministic university profile template
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-20
- Dataset version
- university-profile-v1
- License
- Original DataOfWorld text
- Attribution
- DataOfWorld
Wikidata structured data
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-31
- Dataset version
- 4885b298e1ed
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- Wikidata structured data; DataOfWorld preserves QID and revision metadata.
OpenAlex metadata
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-31
- Dataset version
- 4995b3e00467
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- OpenAlex; metadata only, no full text or abstracts are published.
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