Aberdeen College

Aberdeen College is one of the largest further education college in Scotland. It was formed from the amalgamation of the former Aberdeen Technical College, Aberdeen College of Commerce and Clinterty Agricultural College.

The main college centre is based at the Gallowgate in Aberdeen, but the College has a number of other centres, including Altens, Clinterty (Closing in 2012), Peterhead and Inverurie and also provides training in over 100 community settings throughout Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire.

Aberdeen College fulfils a critical role in developing the skills base and economy of Aberdeen and the North-east Scotland. Operating across four major subject areas: Business, Computing & Landbased; Creative Industries, Sport and Languages; Engineering & Construction, Care, Service Industries & Social Sciences, total full-time and part-time student enrolments currently number around 35,000 to 50,000.

Aberdeen College also has a wide range of resources available to students to help them with studies which include;

BECTA Beacon Award winning IT/IS infrastructure, managed by RM plc.
IT Centres: All College Centres are equipped with their own IT Centres. The Gallowgate houses the largest with over 260 computer workstations in a custom built environment.
The Library: Available to all students and staff on or off campus. The main library is at the Gallowgate Centre and there are also libraries at Clinterty, and Altens. The Library at each site holds resources to cater for the courses run at that site, plus general reference material, careers resources and newspapers.
Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment system
Other resources include a Multimedia Centre, Hair & Beauty Academy and Video Conferencing facilities.