List of further education colleges in Scotland
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List of further and higher education colleges in Scotland is a list of 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.
A number are now affiliated into the University of the Highlands and Islands project, even including colleges as far south as Perth College
| College | Location | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen College | Aberdeen | Created in 1991 by the merger of Aberdeen College of Commerce, Aberdeen Technical College and Clinterty Agricultural College | |
| Adam Smith College | Kirkcaldy, Glenrothes | Created in 2005 by the merger of Fife College and Glenrothes Colleges | |
| Angus College | Arbroath | Established 1956 | |
| Anniesland College | Glasgow | Established 1964 | |
| Ayr College | Ayr | Established 1947 | |
| Banff and Buchan College | Fraserburgh | ||
| The Barony College | Dumfries | Established 1974 | |
| Borders College | Galashiels, Hawick, Duns, Newtown St Boswells, Peebles and Edinburgh | Created in 1984 by the merger of Galashiels Technical College, Duns Agricultural Centre, the Agricultural Centre at Newtown St. Boswells and Henderson Technical College | |
| Cardonald College | Glasgow | Established 1972 | |
| Carnegie College | Dunfermline, Rosyth, Cowdenbeath | Established (as Lauder College) in 1899; renamed Carnegie College in 2007 | |
| Central College of Commerce | Glasgow | Established 1963 | |
| Clydebank College | Clydebank | Established 1965 | |
| Coatbridge College | Coatbridge | Established in 1891 as Coatbridge Technical School. It is the oldest college in Scotland | |
| Cumbernauld College | Cumbernauld | Established 1976 | |
| Dumfries and Galloway College | Dumfries | ||
| Dundee College | Dundee | Created in 1985 by the merger of Dundee College of Commerce and Kingsway Technical College | |
| Edinburgh College of Art | Edinburgh | Established 1760 | |
| Elmwood College | Cupar | Established 1953 | |
| Forth Valley College | Falkirk, Alloa, Stirling | Created in 2005 from the merger of Falkirk College and Clackmannan College | |
| Glasgow College of Nautical Studies | Glasgow | ||
| Glasgow Metropolitan College | Glasgow | Created in 2004 by the merger of Glasgow College of Building and Printing and Glasgow College of Food Technology | |
| Glasgow School of Art | Glasgow | Established 1845 | |
| Inverness College | Inverness | Established 1960; Part of the UHI | |
| James Watt College | Greenock, Kilwinning, Largs | Established 1907 | |
| Jewel and Esk Valley College | Dalkeith & Edinburgh | Created in 1984 by the merger of 1984 Leith Nautical College and Eskbank College | |
| John Wheately College | Glasgow | Established 1989 | |
| Kilmarnock College | Kilmarnock | Established 1966 | |
| Langside College | Glasgow | Established 1947 | |
| Lews Castle College | Stornoway | Established 1953; Part of the UHI | |
| Moray College | Elgin | Established 1971; Part of the UHI | |
| Motherwell College | Motherwell | Established 1968 | |
| Newbattle Abbey College | Dalkeith | Established 1937 | |
| North Glasgow College | Glasgow | ||
| Oatridge Agricultural College | Broxburn | Established 1973 | |
| Orkney College | Kirkwall | Part of the UHI | |
| Perth College | Perth | Established 1961; Part of the UHI | |
| Reid Kerr College | Paisley | ||
| Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama | Glasgow | Established 1845 | |
| Sabhal Mòr Ostaig | Sleat, Skye & Islay | Teaches entirely through Scottish Gaelic, part of the UHI | |
| Scottish Agricultural College | Aberdeen, Ayr and Edinburgh | Created in 1990 by the merger of the North of Scotland College of Agriculture, East of Scotland College of Agriculture and the West of Scotland College | |
| Shetland College | Lerwick | Part of the UHI | |
| South Lanarkshire College | Cambuslang, East Kilbride | Established 1948 | |
| Stevenson College | Edinburgh | Established 1970 | |
| Stow College | Glasgow | Established 1934 | |
| Edinburgh's Telford College | Edinburgh | Established 1968 | |
| The North Highland College | Dornoch, Thurso, Wick | Part of the UHI | |
| West Lothian College | Livingston | Established 1965 |
