This is a list of the formal names of the Corporations which operate as colleges in Scotland, as at August 2018 Some Corporations might be referred to colloquially under an abbreviated form of the below
College Region Argyll College UHI Highlands and Islands Ayrshire College Ayrshire Borders College Borders City of Glasgow College Glasgow Dumfries & Galloway College Dumfries and Galloway Dundee and Angus College Tayside Edinburgh College Edinburgh and Lothians Fife College Fife Forth Valley College Forth Valley Glasgow Clyde College Glasgow Glasgow Kelvin College Glasgow Inverness College UHI Highlands and Islands Lews Castle College UHI Highlands and Islands Moray College UHI Highlands and Islands New College Lanarkshire Lanarkshire Newbattle Abbey College N/A North East Scotland College Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire North Highland College UHI Highlands and Islands Orkney College UHI Highlands and Islands Perth College UHI Highlands and Islands Sabhal Mòr Ostaig UHI Highlands and Islands Shetland College UHI Highlands and Islands South Lanarkshire College Lanarkshire West College Scotland West West Highland College UHI Highlands and Islands West Lothian College West Lothian
Source: Scottish Funding Council and Colleges Scotland http://www.sfc.ac.uk http://www.collegesscotland.ac.uk
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Recent mergers: City of Glasgow College (1 Sept 2010 - Glasgow College of Nautical Studies, Central College Glasgow and Glasgow Metropolitan College Edinburgh College (1 Oct 2012) - Edinburgh’s Telford College, Jewel & Esk College and Stevenson College Edinburgh Scottish Rural University College (SRUC) - now HEI (1 Oct 2012) - Elmwood College, Barony College, Oatridge College and the Scottish Agricultural College (HEI) Glasgow Clyde College (31 July 2013) - Anniesland College, Cardonald College and Langside College. West College Scotland (1 Aug 2013) - Reid Kerr College, Clydebank College and James Watt College (Greenock campus). Ayrshire College (1 Aug 2013) - Ayr College, Kilmarnock College and James Watt College (Kilwinning and Largs campuses). Fife College (1 Aug 2013) - Adam Smith College and Carnegie College plus staff from the Elmwood campus of Scotland's Rural College in Cupar. North East Scotland College (1 Nov 2013) - Aberdeen College and Banff & Buchan College Glasgow Kelvin College (1 Nov 2013) - John Wheatley College; North Glasgow College and Stow College Dundee and Angus College (1 Nov 2013) - merger of Angus College and Dundee College New College Lanarkshire (1 Nov 2013 & 1 April 2014) - Coatbridge College, Cumbernauld College and Motherwell College
Recent name changes: Central College, Glasgow - previously Central College of Commerce Carnegie College - previously Lauder College
Other information: A number of colleges 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 as constituent colleges of the University of the Highlands and Islands upon being granted university status (The NAFC Marine Centre, Highland Theological College and the Scottish Association for Marine Science are classed as HEIs): - Argyll College - Highland Theological College - Inverness College - Lews Castle College - Moray College - NAFC Marine Centre - North Highland College - Orkney College - Perth College - Sabhal Mòr Ostaig - SAMS - Shetland College - West Highland College