BPP is Europe’s largest specialist professional education, training and publishing provider. BPP comprises:



BPP Learning Media – the specialist publishing company that provides study texts in 186 countries around the world



BPP Professional Education – the specialist exam preparation training provider which exclusively focuses on those sitting professional body external examinations or requiring short course continuing professional development



BPP University – a UK degree awarding body providing its own awards and operating through four Schools: BPP Law School, BPP Business School, BPP School of Health, and BPP School of Foundation and English Language Studies. BPP University also offers some programmes of study leading to the awards of other bodies and these are indicated on the relevant programme pages.



The BPP group of companies provides undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, professional qualifications, professional development (including Continuing Professional Development) and published learning materials to support professional learning.



BPP was established in 1976 by Alan Brierley, Richard Price and Charles Prior to provide specialist training for accountancy qualifications. Pioneering the use of new word processing technology they created specialist study learning texts for those sitting chartered accountancy exams. They quickly grew, adding classroom tuition and opened learning centres around the UK and in Europe. In 1987 they listed on the London Stock Exchange and were part of the FTSE 250 category of companies when they were acquired by the Apollo Global Education network in 2009. BPP Professional Education operates through its exam training business (BPP Professional Education Limited) and its publishing business (BPP Learning Media Limited). BPP also owns a specialist Dutch professional education provider, Markus Verbeek. BPP Professional Education comprises exam training for external professional bodies in the areas of accountancy, actuarial science, tax, financial services, insolvency and short course professional development.