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Study at a time and place that suits you with an online course from the University of Birmingham.

Online learning at the University of Birmingham, provides you with the flexibility to study from wherever you are in the world, allowing you to fit your learning around your other commitments.

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    Online Learning Information Week

    Monday 28 July - Friday 1 August 2025

    Join us for a week-long series of live sessions, designed to introduce you to our flexible and career-focused online programmes. These webinars offer the perfect opportunity to learn more about our postgraduate courses, speak directly with academic staff and current students, and discover how online learning can fit around your life and ambitions.

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    Why study online?

    Online learning presents a modern and more flexible learning alternative for working professionals around the world. Accessible across multiple devices wherever you are, our online learning platform allows you to study while maintaining control over daily schedules in a way that goes beyond that of an on-campus degree.

    Why study online?
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    How does online learning work?

    Online learning allows you to take control of your learning and and fit your studies around your other commitments. Our user-friendly online platform, combined with unparalleled academic support, allows you to truly take control of your learning. All of your learning materials for our online courses can be accessed in your own time, on the University of Birmingham's virtual learning environment (VLE).

    How it works
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    Supporting your studies

    From application through to graduation, we will support you throughout your exciting online learning journey. Supporting your studies, your wellbeing and your career, you will benefit from experienced academic staff, tutors, support staff and our wellbeing resource, which includes 24-hour online support.

    Supporting your online study

Studying online gives me the benefit of developing my career without having to leave my responsibilities of managing my own company. It has helped me as a person and it has helped my business. For every module I have studied, I have done something to improve my business.

Florence Britton, Online MBA Graduate

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