North East Scotland College

North East Scotland College

Aberdeen campus in 2019
Former names	Aberdeen College Banff and Buchan College
Type	Further Education
Established	1 November 2013
Principal	Neil Cowie
Students	21,000
Location	Aberdeen and Fraserburgh , Scotland

The Altens site in 2013

North East Scotland College (abbreviated as NESCol) is a further education college based in Scotland. It was formed on 1 November 2013 from the merger of Aberdeen College and Banff & Buchan College. The regional college serves an extensive geographical area with its main centres in Aberdeen and Fraserburgh.

The main NESCol campus – Aberdeen City Campus, is based at the Gallowgate in Aberdeen. The college has two other sites in and around Aberdeen - Aberdeen Altens and Aberdeen Clinterty. Outside of Aberdeen, it has a campus located in Fraserburgh and two learning centres in Ellon and Inverurie. It also operates the Scottish Maritime Academy in Peterhead. ^[1]

The college also provides training in a number of community settings throughout Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire.

North East Scotland College operates across three major subject areas: Engineering, Science and Technology; Creative Industries, Computing and Business Enterprise; and Service Industries. The college has over 7,000 full-time students and 14,000 part-time students.

History

Aberdeen College

Aberdeen College was one of the largest further education colleges in Scotland. It was formed on 7 January 1991 ^[2] from the amalgamation of the former Aberdeen Technical College, Aberdeen College of Commerce and Clinterty Agricultural College ^[3] which were renamed the School of Science and Technology, the School of Arts and Business Studies and the School of Rural Studies respectively within the larger college. ^[4] It merged with Banff and Buchan College to form North East Scotland College on 1 November 2013. ^[5]

References

1. "Our Campuses & Centres".
2. Tim Pauling (4 February 1991). "Learning process" . The Press and Journal. p. 8. Retrieved 14 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Reports: North East Scotland College". Sustainable Scotland Network. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
4. "New Names" . The Ellon Times & East Gordon Advertiser. 28 February 1991. p. 9. Retrieved 14 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Four new Scottish regional colleges created". BBC News. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.

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