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Aberdeen College is 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 college has a number of different centres around Aberdeen, such as Altens and Gordon Centres and also provides training in a variety of areas outside the city.
Aberdeen College – Scotland’s largest college of further/higher education and vocational training – fulfils a critical role in developing the skills base and economy of Aberdeen and the North-east Scotland. Operating across four major subject areas: Arts, Communication & Social Science; Technology, Science, Sport & Leisure; Engineering, Computing and Business Studies and Professional Studies, Care and Service Industries, total full-time and part-time student enrolments currently number around 35,000. Aberdeen College also has a wide range of resources available to students to help them with studies which include;
- BECTA Beacon Award 2007 winning IT/IS infrastructure, soon to be managed by RM plc.
- The IT Centre: Which has over 260 computer workstations in a custom built environment at the Gallowgate Centre, and 22 computer workstations at Clinterty Centre. You can study using state of the art computer based learning packages with the support of experienced instructors.
- 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, Altens and Gordon. The Library at each site holds resources to cater for the courses run at that site, plus general reference material, careers resources and newspapers.
- Other resources include a Multimedia Centre, Hair & Beauty Academy and Video Conferencing facilities.
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