Editing Open University (section)

=== Qualifications awarded ===
The university enrolled fewer than 50,000 students in the 1970–71 academic year, but it quickly exceeded that number by 1974–75.<ref name="facts0910" /> By 1987–88 yearly enrolment had doubled to 100,000 students, passing 200,000 by 2001–02 and 250,000 in 2009–10.<ref name="facts0910" /> Numbers fell when the fee regime changed.

Cumulatively, by the end of 2009–10, the OU had educated more than 1.5 million students and awarded 819,564 qualifications after successful assessment.<ref name="facts0910" />

In addition, the Open University provides certification for qualifications at [[Ruskin College]] in Oxford and [[Richmond, The American International University in London|Richmond, the American International University in London]], a private liberal arts institution. (Until 2008, it provided the same service for the [[University of the Highlands and Islands]] in Scotland).