This is a list of current further education and higher education colleges in Scotland. Most colleges provide both levels of qualification.

Further education colleges offer courses for people over the age of sixteen, involving school-level qualifications such as Higher Grade exams, as well as work-based learning.

Higher education colleges offer degree-level courses, such as diplomas.

Scottish colleges are funded primarily by the Scottish Funding Council, with tuition fees paid by individual students or their sponsors.

Not included in this list are a number of colleges which became affiliated with the UHI Millennium Institute, a grouping of further education colleges mostly located in the Highlands, in 2001. Since January 2011, these 13 colleges are now officially federated as constituent colleges of the University of the Highlands and Islands upon being granted university status.

CollegeLocationFoundedNotes
Ayrshire CollegeAyr, Kilmarnock, Kilwinning and Largs2013Merger of Ayr College, Kilmarnock College and the Kilwinning and Largs campuses of James Watt College
Borders CollegeGalashiels, Hawick, Newtown St Boswells and Tweedbank1984Merger of the Agricultural Centre at Newtown St Boswells, Duns Agricultural Centre, Galashiels Technical College and Henderson Technical College
City of Glasgow CollegeGlasgow2010Merger of Central College (previously Central College of Commerce, Glasgow College of Nautical Studies and Glasgow Metropolitan College — itself a merger of Glasgow College of Building and Printing and Glasgow College of Food Technology)
Dumfries and Galloway CollegeDumfries and Stranraer1973
Dundee and Angus CollegeArbroath and Dundee2013Merger of Angus College and Dundee College[1][2]
Edinburgh CollegeDalkeith and Edinburgh2012Merger of Edinburgh's Telford College, Jewel and Esk College and Stevenson College, Edinburgh
Fife CollegeCowdenbeath, Cupar, Dunfermline, Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy, Leven, Lochgelly and Rosyth2013Merger of Adam Smith College, Carnegie College and the Elmwood campus of SRUC. Not to be confused with the former Fife College which merged into Adam Smith College.
Forth Valley CollegeAlloa, Falkirk and Stirling2005Merger of Clackmannan College and Falkirk College
Glasgow Clyde CollegeGlasgow and Rutherglen2013Merger of Anniesland College, Cardonald College and Langside College
Glasgow Kelvin CollegeGlasgow2013Merger of John Wheatley College, North Glasgow College and Stow College
Glasgow School of ArtGlasgow1845
Leith School of ArtEdinburgh1987
New College LanarkshireCoatbridge, Cumbernauld and Motherwell2013Merger of Cumbernauld College and Motherwell College. Absorbed Coatbridge College in 2014.[3]
Newbattle Abbey CollegeDalkeith1937
North East Scotland CollegeAberdeen and Fraserburgh2013Merger of Aberdeen College and Banff and Buchan College
Royal Conservatoire of ScotlandGlasgow1845
Scotland's Rural College (SRUC)Aberdeen, Ayr, Broxburn, Dumfries, and Edinburgh2012Merger of Barony College, Elmwood College, Oatridge Agricultural College and the Scottish Agricultural College[4][5] The Elmwood Campus in Cupar was transferred to Fife College in 2013.
South Lanarkshire CollegeEast Kilbride1948
West College ScotlandClydebank, Greenock and Paisley2013Merger of Clydebank College, the Greenock Campus of James Watt College, and Reid Kerr College
West Lothian CollegeLivingston1965Relocated from Bathgate to Livingston in 2001

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Four new Scottish regional colleges created". BBC News. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "College mergers will boost employment". Scottish Government. 1 November 2013. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  3. ↑ legislation.gov.uk
  4. ↑ "Agricultural colleges merge to create training hub for rural industries". STV News. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Colleges Announce Their Decision to Merge". SRUC. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
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