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
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| Aberdeen College | Aberdeen |
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| Adam Smith College | Kirkcaldy, Glenrothes | Created in 2005 by the merger of Fife College and Glenrothes Colleges
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| Angus College | Arbroath |
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| Anniesland College | Glasgow |
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| Ayr College | Ayr |
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| Banff and Buchan College | Fraserburgh |
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| The Barony College | Dumfries |
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| Bell College | Hamilton, Dumfries | Offers degree courses via the University of Strathclyde, Open University and the University of Paisley.
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| Borders College | Galashiels, Hawick, Duns, Newtown St Boswells, Peebles and Edinburgh |
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| Cardonald College | Glasgow |
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| Central College of Commerce | Glasgow |
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| Clydebank College | Clydebank |
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| Coatbridge College | Coatbridge |
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| Cumbernauld College | Cumbernauld |
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| Dumfries and Galloway College | Dumfries |
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| Dundee College | Dundee |
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| Edinburgh College of Art | Edinburgh |
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| Elmwood College | Cupar |
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| Forth Valley College | Falkirk, Alloa, Stirling | Created in 2005 from the merger of Falkirk College and Clackmannan College
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| Glasgow College of Nautical Studies | Glasgow |
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| Glasgow Metropolitan College | Glasgow |
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| Glasgow School of Art | Glasgow |
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| Inverness College | Inverness | Part of the UHI
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| James Watt College | Greenock, Kilwinning, Largs |
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| Jewel and Esk Valley College | Dalkeith & Edinburgh |
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| John Wheately College | Glasgow |
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| Kilmarnock College | Kilmarnock |
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| Langside College | Glasgow |
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| Lauder College | Dunfermline |
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| Lews Castle College | Stornoway | Part of the UHI
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| Moray College | Elgin | Part of the UHI
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| Motherwell College | Motherwell |
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| Newbattle Abbey College | Dalkeith |
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| North Glasgow College | Glasgow |
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| Oatridge Agricultural College | Broxburn |
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| Orkney College | Kirkwall | Part of the UHI
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| Perth College | Perth | Part of the UHI
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| Reid Kerr College | Paisley |
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| Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama | Glasgow |
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| Sabhal Mòr Ostaig | Sleat, Skye & Islay | Teaches entirely through Scottish Gaelic, part of the UHI |
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| Scottish Agricultural College | Aberdeen, Ayr and Edinburgh |
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| Shetland College | Lerwick | Part of the UHI
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| South Lanarkshire College | Cambuslang, East Kilbride |
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| Stevenson College | Edinburgh |
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| Stow College | Glasgow |
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| Edinburgh's Telford College | Edinburgh |
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| The North Highland College | Dornoch, Thurso, Wick | Part of the UHI
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| West Lothian College | Livingston |
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See also
Further education colleges in Scotland | Higher education colleges in Scotland | Scotland-related lists