Open University Status. Is Open University Down?

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Is Open University down right now? What's the current status?

Open University is having a minor outage

EMA/TMA Submission System Problems

started 1 day ago

We are currently experiencing some technical issues with the eTMA system which means you may not be able to submit a TMA or EMA at the moment We are working to resolve these problems as quickly a...

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Open University service health. Issues reported in the last 24 hours

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Possible Incident
Confirmed Outage

This chart displays the number of user-reported issues over the past 24 hours, grouped into 20-minute intervals. It's normal to see occasional reports, which may be due to individual user issues rather than a broader problem. We only consider an issue widespread if there are multiple reports within a short timeframe. Sign up for free to see more Open University status data.

Open University Outage Map

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Recent Open University Outages and Downtime History

IsDown has tracked 167 incidents since started monitoring Open University status in October 2022. We collect data from 4522+ services, and normalize the data to give you a clear picture of the impact of the outage.

Date Status Incident Duration
Jul 31, 2025
11:42 AM BST
 Minor StudentHome Access Problems about 6 hours
Jul 23, 2025
06:41 AM BST
 Major Issues with CIRCE about 1 hour
Jul 18, 2025
11:58 AM BST
 Minor StudentHome not displaying in full for PIs starting with Z96 or Z97 3 days
Jul 10, 2025
09:42 AM BST
 Major SAP Integration Platform Issues about 1 hour
Jul 09, 2025
02:19 PM BST
 Minor Missing content on Help Centre: registration policies & complaints related about 18 hours
Jul 08, 2025
10:13 AM BST
 Major TutorHome: Issues with Student Lists and Module Links missing about 4 hours
Jul 04, 2025
10:01 AM BST
 Major EMA/TMA Submission System Problems about 3 hours
Jun 03, 2025
04:12 PM BST
 Minor eTMA/exam confirmation email issues - 3rd June about 18 hours
Jun 02, 2025
04:57 PM BST
 Minor OpenLearn - account creation issues about 18 hours

Open University problems reported by users

  • im unable to enrol on my course all day. I have emailed several times problem is unresolved.

  • Student home is slow, then times out. Co.e up as error and could not load.

  • Student Home not loading and if it does takes about 10 minutes to do so

  • 'The Online TMA/EMA service is temporarily unavailable as the site is currently very busy. Please try again shortly.'

  • eTMA submission system

    My Assessment page is saying my EMA was not uploaded, yet I uploaded it and have a submission receipt, and download to confirm. Why has this happened and caused so much distress.

  • OpenLearn

    won't open the open learn page/ Can't log on. I am being redirected to an error page

  • The website will not let me on my student home, an error message that says 'process failed' keeps appearing before logging me out completely.

  • Website will not allow me to log in or access StudentHome. If I try to log in it comes up with "process failed"

  • Can't get any of the Open University pages to load, I need to login but this won't load, either will any other Open University pages

  • Unable to login into my account and access studenthome

  • When I try signing into my student account or accessing the university online things e.g. the library, it starts singing me in then flickers then it goes on to a screen that says "process failed Unable to process your request at the moment, please try again later." or it goes onto a page that is...

  • StudentHome

    Its not loading - keeps saying process failed

  • Not letting me go onto website

  • black sheer over the website. it won't let me scroll

  • StudentHome

    Information missing from page

  • Can't access my student hub

  • i was struggling to sign in for hours as the sign in link wasn't working, then when i finally managed to sign in nothing on my student home is loading at all, I've checked my wifi but everything is fine on my end

  • will not allow me to log in, keeps saying process failed, try again later.

  • Unable to access open.ac.uk. Hmmm can't reach this page. www.open.ac.uk’s server IP address could not be found.

  • Help Centre website

    ITS THE WHOLE SITE NOT JUST THE BLOODY HELP CENTRE!!!

  • Cant get on to study home or use library

  • msds.open.edu took too long to respond. ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT

  • Unable to log in to student homepage, access any module materials or use eTMA system. Error: ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT

  • Website won't load since 6pm last night

  • msds.open.ac.uk took too long to respond. message appears and then it times out. farrers_walk@outlook.com

  • Can't access open University site

  • msds.open.ac.uk took too long to respond.

  • Still unable to access any OU sites. I'm going to keep reporting this until it is fixed - ridiculous!!!

  • The website is not loading, either on the app or on browser, so can not access my studies

  • Unable to reach main page or sections.

  • Website is not connecting

  • Still can't get onto Student Home page. Received e-mail back from 'helpdesk' saying there isn't currently an issue. There is a continual issue as have tried on several other devices.

  • When I sign in and go to student home it's saying process failed

  • Same as last week, cannot log on to Student Home page. Just keeps saying 'Connection Timed Out'

  • Can't access any OU site.

  • An error has occurred please try again later error message

  • StudentHome

    Technical issues message box

  • Since early this morning I am unable to open the OU website or log in, and have an iCMA due tomorrow. I managed to open this helpdesk link, but even trying to sign in from here or open 'student home' still does not work. I get this message every time 'msds.open.ac.uk took too long to respond'...

  • It will still not let me login using my home PC even though it is saying it is operational

  • Student homepage not loading

  • StudentHome

    I am planning to choose my first module for the BA (Honours) Business Management (Marketing) degree, but cannot do so as the website is showing as “experience technical difficulties” for me.

  • Since yesterday morning, when I attempt to load and login on my home PC the page can not even load. I can however login on my mobile phone but this is not helpful when you are trying to access your work and download documents.

  • Error on sign in page, doesn't allow me to input login details

  • cant collect my tma feedback it says ''Sorry There was a problem fetching the page Depending on the nature of the problem, certain pages within the site may still be working. You may therefore still be able to access the home page, or your study pages. If the problem persists, please try aga...

  • Online TMA submissions not working

  • StudentHome

    My student home is saying “ we’re having technical issues “

  • I have not been able to login into student home for a year. Resetting the password does nothing.

  • StudentHome

    Student home technical issues

  • I can't access the Open University website, either on my phone or laptop

  • Unable to login to student home

  • I cannot log in to my staff account.

  • Staff login fails in Windows and MacOs on edge and safari

  • Registration is not working

  • msds.open.ac.uk redirected you too many times. Try deleting your cookies. ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS I keep having this problem no matter what device I am on. I have cleared cookies and history to little help.

Open University status page - All services & components

Component Status
Major Incident MINOR
Apprenticeship Portal OK
Broadcast Partnerships (BBC) website OK
Ceremony booking OK
Dashboard OK
eTMA submission system MINOR
External Network OK
Help Centre website OK
iCMA access OK
Library Services OK
Module websites OK
Online rooms OK
OpenLearn OK
Registration websites OK
StudentHome OK
Telephone service OK
TutorHome OK
Tutorial booking system OK
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Monitoring Open University since October 2022

Tracking 21 Open University services and regions

21 incidents in 2025

Open University outages in the last 28 days

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Number of Incidents

1 issues

Last incident

1 days ago

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Open University down today?

Open University is down. You can check Open University status and incident details on the top of the page. IsDown continuously monitors Open University official status page every few minutes. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported.

What is the current Open University status?

Open University seems to be having problems. You can check Open University status and incident details on the top of the page. The status is updated in almost real-time, and you can see the latest outages and issues affecting customers.

Is there a Open University outage now?

Yes, there is an ongoing outage. You can check the details on the top of the page.

Is Open University down today or just slow?

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How are Open University outages detected?

IsDown monitors the Open University official status page every few minutes. We also get reports from users like you. If there are enough reports about an outage, we'll show it on the top of the page.

Is Open University having an outage right now?

Open University last outage was on October 06, 2025 with the title "EMA/TMA Submission System Problems"

Open University down for everyone or just me?

  • Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.
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How IsDown compares to DownDetector when monitoring Open University?

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