University · Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

The Open University

University in Milton Keynes, UK

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About

instance of	public university higher education institution open-access publisher educational organization organization
inception	1969
founder	Harold Wilson
language used	English

Location and contact

country	United Kingdom
located in the administrative territorial entity	Milton Keynes City of Milton Keynes
location	Milton Keynes Walton Hall · postal code: MK7 6AA
street address	The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK7 6AA (en-gb)
postal code	MK7 6AA
coordinate location	52.0250, -0.7056
historic county	Buckinghamshire
official website	http://www.open.ac.uk/ · language of work or name: English
phone number	+44-1908-274066 +44-1908274066

People and numbers

position held by head of the organization	Chancellor of the Open University

Structure and memberships

child organization or unit	Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Open University Department of Environment, Earth & Ecosystems
affiliation	University Alliance
member of	ORCID, Inc. · October 2023 Digital Preservation Coalition World Wide Web Consortium European University Association Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries · October 2023 4 more Open Education Global International Council for Open and Distance Education University and College Union · membership number: SO165 European Association of Distance Teaching Universities

Other facts

exact match	https://findthatcharity.uk/orgid/XI-ROR-05mzfcs16
start time	1969

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

image	Robert Hook building at Open University Campus in Milton Keynes, spring 2013 (2).JPG
logo image	Open University logo.png

Wikimedia and technical details (9)

Commons category	Open University
topic's main category	Category:Open University
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Alumni of the Open University
category for employees of the organization	Category:Academics of the Open University
on focus list of Wikimedia project	Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher
IPv6 routing prefix	2001:630:180::/48
IPv4 routing prefix	194.66.157.0/24 137.108.0.0/16 194.66.156.0/23
API endpoint URL	https://idp.open.ac.uk/openathens · protocol: Shibboleth
social media followers	172,932 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 14049061 · 6 February 2023 Earlier figures (2) 169,446 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 14049061 · 27 February 2022 163,272 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 14049061 · 2 January 2021

Identifiers in other databases (71)

15min.lt topic ID	24368
ARCHON code	2315 · subject named as: Open University Archive
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Dialnet author ID	1158189
DOI prefix	10.5456
ELMCIP ID	7254
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EU Transparency Register ID	411351510015-07 · object named as: The Open University
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Library of Congress Authorities ID	n79032959
LinkedIn company or organization ID	theopenuniversity
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	204136569
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QS World University ID	open-university
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Ringgold ID	5488
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SNARC ID	Q49064
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Times Higher Education World University ID	open-university
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UK Parliament thesaurus ID	60508 · subject named as: Open University
UK Provider Reference Number	10007773
University of Barcelona authority ID	981058513871506706
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‎HAND ID	CF66-321F-0A5D-EEE5-DFCB
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