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{{short description|List of colleges}}
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This is a list of current [[further education]] and [[higher education]] [[college]]s 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 [[academic degree|degree]]-level courses, such as [[diploma]]s.
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 school|federated]] as constituent colleges of the [[University of the Highlands and Islands]] upon being granted [[university status]].
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| [[Ayrshire College]] || [[Ayr]], [[Kilmarnock]], [[Kilwinning]] and [[Largs]] || 2013 || Merger of [[Ayr College]], [[Kilmarnock College]] and the Kilwinning and Largs campuses of [[James Watt College]]
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| [[Borders College]] || [[Galashiels]], [[Hawick]], [[Newtown St Boswells]] and [[Tweedbank]] || 1984 || Merger of the Agricultural Centre at Newtown St Boswells, Duns Agricultural Centre, Galashiels Technical College and Henderson Technical College
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| [[City of Glasgow College]] || [[Glasgow]] || 2010 || Merger of Central College (previously Central College of Commerce, Glasgow College of Nautical Studies and Glasgow Metropolitan College&nbsp;— itself a merger of Glasgow College of Building and Printing and Glasgow College of Food Technology)
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| [[Dumfries and Galloway College]] || [[Dumfries]] and [[Stranraer]] || 1973 ||
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| [[Dundee and Angus College]] || [[Arbroath]] and [[Dundee]] || 2013 || Merger of [[Angus College]] and [[Dundee College]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24764739 |title=Four new Scottish regional colleges created |work=[[BBC News]] |date=1 November 2013 |accessdate=17 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.scotland.gov.uk/News/College-mergers-will-boost-employment-5b7.aspx |title=College mergers will boost employment |publisher=Scottish Government |date=1 November 2013 |accessdate=22 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103205845/http://news.scotland.gov.uk/News/College-mergers-will-boost-employment-5b7.aspx |archive-date=3 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[Edinburgh College]] || [[Dalkeith]] and [[Edinburgh]] || 2012 || Merger of [[Edinburgh's Telford College]], [[Jewel and Esk College]] and [[Stevenson College, Edinburgh]]
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| [[Fife College]] || [[Cowdenbeath]], [[Cupar]], [[Dunfermline]], [[Glenrothes]], [[Kirkcaldy]], [[Leven, Fife|Leven]], [[Lochgelly]] and [[Rosyth]] || 2013 || Merger 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.
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| [[Forth Valley College]] || [[Alloa]], [[Falkirk]] and [[Stirling]] || 2005 || Merger of Clackmannan College and Falkirk College
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| [[Glasgow Clyde College]] || [[Glasgow]] and [[Rutherglen]] || 2013 || Merger of [[Anniesland College]], [[Cardonald College]] and [[Langside College]]
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| [[Glasgow Kelvin College]] ||  Glasgow  || 2013 || Merger of [[John Wheatley College]], [[North Glasgow College]]  and [[Stow College]]
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| [[Glasgow School of Art]] || Glasgow || 1845 ||
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| [[Leith School of Art]] || Edinburgh || 1987 ||
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| [[New College Lanarkshire]] || [[Coatbridge]], [[Cumbernauld]] and [[Motherwell, North Lanarkshire|Motherwell]] || 2013 || Merger of [[Cumbernauld College]] and [[Motherwell College]]. Absorbed [[Coatbridge College]] in 2014.<ref>[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/52/made legislation.gov.uk]</ref>
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| [[Newbattle Abbey College]] || [[Dalkeith]]  || 1937 ||
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| [[North East Scotland College]] ||  [[Aberdeen]] and  [[Fraserburgh]] || 2013 || Merger of [[Aberdeen College]] and [[Banff and Buchan College]]
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| [[Royal Conservatoire of Scotland]] || Glasgow || 1845 ||
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| [[Scotland's Rural College|Scotland's Rural College (SRUC)]] || [[Aberdeen]], [[Ayr]], [[Broxburn, West Lothian|Broxburn]], Dumfries, and Edinburgh || 2012 || Merger of Barony College, [[Elmwood College]], Oatridge Agricultural College and the [[Scottish Agricultural College]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.stv.tv/scotland/192670-agricultural-colleges-merge-to-create-training-hub-for-rural-industries/ |title=Agricultural colleges merge to create training hub for rural industries |work=[[STV News]] |date=1 October 2012 |accessdate=17 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sruc.ac.uk/news/article/23/colleges_announce_their_decision_to_merge |title=Colleges Announce Their Decision to Merge |publisher=SRUC |date=28 May 2012 |accessdate=17 July 2014}}</ref> The Elmwood Campus in Cupar was transferred to Fife College in 2013.
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| [[South Lanarkshire College]] || [[East Kilbride]] || 1948 ||
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| [[West College Scotland]] || [[Clydebank]], [[Greenock]] and [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]] || 2013 || Merger of  [[Clydebank College]], the Greenock Campus of [[James Watt College]], and [[Reid Kerr College]]
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| [[West Lothian College]] || [[Livingston, Scotland|Livingston]] || 1965 || Relocated from [[Bathgate]] to Livingston in 2001
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==See also==
* [[Education in Scotland]]
* [[List of further education colleges in England]]
* [[List of further education colleges in Wales]]
* [[List of universities in Scotland]]
* [[List of further education colleges in Northern Ireland]]
==References==
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