What is Open University current status?

Open University is currently operational. You can check Open University status and current incidents and outages on the top of the page. The status is updated in almost real-time, and you can see the issues affecting customers.

How to monitor or check Open University status?

You can use IsDown service or go to Open University official status page. Some accounts also use Twitter to communicate the status.

How can I be notified when Open University is having issues or undergoing maintenance?

You can create an account in IsDown and monitor multiple services or subscribe for updates on the official status page. IsDown will send you a notification in real-time when Open University has issues. Open University official status page might also offer notification options such as email, SMS, or Slack.

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Q: Is Open University down today?

Open University was not down today according to the official status page. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported. IsDown continuously monitors the Open University status page, looking for the latest outages and issues affecting customers. Check all recent outages in the section 'Latest Open University outages, issues and problems' at the top of the page.

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Current Open University status

Open University is working normally

Updated from Open University official status page a few minutes ago

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

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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.

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Open University recent 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	Incident	Duration
Oct 06, 2025 11:19 AM CEST	Minor EMA/TMA Submission System Problems We are currently experiencing some technical issues with the eTMA system which means you may not ...	1 day
Jul 31, 2025 12:42 PM CEST	Minor StudentHome Access Problems The University is currently experiencing some performance issues when trying to access StudentHom...	about 6 hours
Jul 23, 2025 07:41 AM CEST	Major Issues with CIRCE We are currently experiencing some technical issues with CIRCE which are being investigated. W...	about 1 hour
Jul 18, 2025 12:58 PM CEST	Minor StudentHome not displaying in full for PIs starting with Z96 or Z97 We are aware of an issue which is affecting the appearance of StudentHome for students with a PI ...	3 days
Jul 10, 2025 10:42 AM CEST	Major SAP Integration Platform Issues We are currently experiencing some technical issues which might mean that there are issues using:...	about 1 hour
Jul 09, 2025 03:19 PM CEST	Minor Missing content on Help Centre: registration policies & complaints related We are aware of issues with the following Help Centre pages where content is not accessible: ...	about 18 hours
Jul 08, 2025 11:13 AM CEST	Major TutorHome: Issues with Student Lists and Module Links missing We are aware that since Monday afternoon, there are issues with links missing on Tutor Home relat...	about 4 hours
Jul 04, 2025 11:01 AM CEST	Major EMA/TMA Submission System Problems We are currently experiencing some technical issues which means the eTMA system is unavailable. T...	about 3 hours
Jun 03, 2025 05:12 PM CEST	Minor eTMA/exam confirmation email issues - 3rd June We are aware of an issue with the eTMA system whereby submissions are arriving but confirmation o...	about 18 hours
Jun 02, 2025 05:57 PM CEST	Minor OpenLearn - account creation issues We are aware of problems creating accounts and are hoping to resolve this as soon as possible, pl...	about 18 hours

Open University reported issues and comments

about 2 months ago

Victoria - im unable to enrol on my course all day. I have emailed several times problem is unresolved..
3 months ago

Lowri - Student home is slow, then times out. Co.e up as error and could not load. .
3 months ago

Alyson - Student Home not loading and if it does takes about 10 minutes to do so.
3 months ago

OWEN - 'The Online TMA/EMA service is temporarily unavailable as the site is currently very busy. Please try again shortly.'.
4 months ago

Lorraine - 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..

eTMA submission system
5 months ago

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

OpenLearn
6 months ago

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

B - Website will not allow me to log in or access StudentHome. If I try to log in it comes up with "process failed".
7 months ago

Leah - 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.
7 months ago

Maddison - Unable to login into my account and access studenthome.
7 months ago

Nymeria - 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....
7 months ago

Allan - Its not loading - keeps saying process failed.

StudentHome
7 months ago

irena - Not letting me go onto website .
7 months ago

courtney - black sheer over the website. it won't let me scroll.
7 months ago

Rhianna - Information missing from page.

StudentHome
8 months ago

Bronwyn - Can't access my student hub.
8 months ago

katie - 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.
8 months ago

susan - will not allow me to log in, keeps saying process failed, try again later..
8 months ago

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

JO - ITS THE WHOLE SITE NOT JUST THE BLOODY HELP CENTRE!!!.

Help Centre website
9 months ago

Louis - Cant get on to study home or use library.
9 months ago

lisa - msds.open.edu took too long to respond. ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT.
9 months ago

Rich - Unable to log in to student homepage, access any module materials or use eTMA system. Error: ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT.
9 months ago

Madelaine - Website won't load since 6pm last night .
9 months ago

Graham - msds.open.ac.uk took too long to respond. message appears and then it times out. farrers_walk@outlook.com.
9 months ago

Tina - Can't access open University site.
9 months ago

Graham - msds.open.ac.uk took too long to respond..
9 months ago

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

daisy - The website is not loading, either on the app or on browser, so can not access my studies.
9 months ago

John - Unable to reach main page or sections..

Open University components or services current status

Component	Status
Major Incident	OK
Apprenticeship Portal	OK
Broadcast Partnerships (BBC) website	OK
Ceremony booking	OK
Dashboard	OK
eTMA submission system	OK
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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Open University offers online higher education with features including a major incident portal, apprenticeship opportunities, BBC broadcast partnerships, ceremony booking, student dashboard, assignment submission systems, external networking, a help center, interactive assessments, and comprehensive library services.

Monitoring Open University since October 2022

Tracking 21 Open University services and regions

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21 incidents in 2025

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Open University down today?

Open University isn't 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 is currently operational. 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?

No, there is no ongoing official outage. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

Is Open University down today or just slow?

Currently there's no report of Open University being slow. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

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"

How IsDown compares to DownDetector when monitoring Open University?

IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if Open University is having problems. The big difference is that IsDown is a status page aggregator. IsDown monitors a service's official status page to give our customers a more reliable source of information instead of just relying on reports from users. The integration allows us to provide more details about Open University's Outages, like incident title, description, updates, and the parts of the affected service. Additionally, users can create internal status pages and set up notifications for all their third-party services.