Natural Sciences

The Open University is the UK’s largest academic institution and a world pioneer in distance learning. To date, we’ve taught more than two million students worldwide.

A recognised leader in online and blended education, we are renowned for our supportive environment and student-focused commitment to learning and teaching.

Learning Planet Institute is co-constructing and sharing new ways of learning, teaching, researching, and mobilizing collective intelligence in the fields of life, learning, and digital sciences, in order to face the world's sustainable development goals (SDGs). At the heart of Learning Planet Institute are an INSERM Collaboratory Unit and innovative maker and digital labs.

Since Queen Elizabeth II opened the first University of Lincoln building on the Brayford Pool Campus, we have welcomed more than 90,000 students from across 135 countries. Today, we are listed in the world’s top 150 universities in the Times Higher Education’s (THE) Young University Rankings 2020, and hold a top five-star score overall in the QS Stars rating system of global universities.

The Open University is the UK’s largest academic institution and a world pioneer in distance learning. To date, we’ve taught more than two million students worldwide.

Choose Sheffield Hallam, and you'll join a community of students and staff who are serious about academic achievement. Whatever course you choose, you will be inspired by excellent teachers, work with leading employers, and take part in a huge variety of extra activities.

With a long tradition of shaping the future, Heidelberg University sees itself as an internationally oriented research and teaching institution that offers a rich range of subjects and disciplines.