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This is a list of current further education colleges in Northern Ireland, most of which provide both further education and higher education qualifications.

Further education colleges offer courses for people over the age of 14, involving school-level qualifications such as Higher Grade exams, as well as work-based learning and apprenticeships. Some of these colleges also offer undergraduate qualifications and post-graduate qualifications.

Northern Irish colleges are funded the Department for the Economy (DfE).

• Belfast Metropolitan College
• College of Agriculture, Food & Rural Enterprise
• Northern Regional College
• North West Regional College
• South Eastern Regional College
• Southern Regional College
• South West College

References

1. ^ "Universities and colleges in Northern Ireland | nidirect". www.nidirect.gov.uk. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2024. Each college offers a number of Higher Education programmes ranging from GCSEs and A levels to BTECs, HNCs, Foundation degrees, Apprenticeships, Degrees and other specific training programmes.
2. "Universities and colleges in Northern Ireland | nidirect". www.nidirect.gov.uk. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2024. The FE colleges are the main providers of vocational and technical education and training in NI and play a central role in raising levels of literacy and numeracy and in up-skilling and re-skilling through a broad range of courses.
3. "Postgraduate study | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs". DAERA. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2024. MSc study opportunities are available both part-time and full-time, through the College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise at Loughry Campus.
4. Bain, Mark (4 March 2023). "Further and higher education in Northern Ireland braces for funding cuts of 20%". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 8 February 2024. The EA and schools are funded by the Department of Education, but the Department for the Economy funds higher and further education.
5. "Belfast Met". www.belfastmet.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
6. "College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise". CAFRE. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
7. "Northern Regional College". www.nrc.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
8. "From Here To Career | North West Regional College". North West Regional College. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
9. "South Eastern Regional College". SERC. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
10. "Southern Regional College". Southern Regional College. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
11. "SWC". South West College. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

See also

• Education in Northern Ireland
• List of further education colleges in England
• List of further education colleges in Wales
• List of further education colleges in Scotland

External links

• Department for Employment and Learning NI

v t e Education in Northern Ireland
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Institutions	Universities Queen's University Belfast University of Ulster Open University University colleges St Mary's University College Stranmillis University College Further education colleges Belfast Metropolitan College Northern Regional College North West Regional College Southern Regional College South Eastern Regional College South West College Agricultural college College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise Theological colleges Belfast Bible College Edgehill Theological College Irish Baptist College Union Theological College Whitefield College of the Bible Schools Irish medium primary Primary Irish medium secondary Secondary Grammar Integrated Nurseries Irish medium
See also Education in the United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Education in the Republic of Ireland

• Education in Northern Ireland
• Education in the United Kingdom