The City of Edinburgh

The City of Edinburgh is an exciting place to study. Whether you are interested in having a lively social life, using the impressive sports centres or visiting the many famous museums, galleries and theatres, this proud ancient and royal capital city of Scotland has much to offer students.

The City of Edinburgh - an exciting place to study.

The city has a young profile with many thousands of students studying at University and Colleges around the city ensuring a lively atmosphere throughout the year.

Edinburgh is a compact city, which means you can get around easily and cheaply. It is the home of over 700 pubs from the interesting old pubs of the Grassmarket to the newer cafes and bars around the city and means that deciding where to relax after class is one problem every student can enjoy solving.

Edinburgh invests in the arts and you’ll find a wide variety of cultural events on throughout the year. There are also many theatres, museums and galleries and over 20 cinemas around the city.

Edinburgh's Telford College

Named after Thomas Telford the great Scottish civil engineer, Edinburgh's Telford College was established in 1968. Today the College enjoys an excellent reputation for training and education in the Arts, Sciences and Information Technology, as well as in more traditional fields such as Building, Engineering and Catering.

The College operates from three campuses in North Edinburgh and welcomes some 21000 students each year, making it one of Europe's largest centres of vocational education. Remarkably, after gaining a qualification from the College, 91% of all students are in employment or enter higher education.

The mission of Edinburgh's Telford College is to be accessible, responsive and flexible and to achieve excellence. It aims to meet the education and training needs of individuals, industry and the wider community. In pursuit of these goals, it will work in partnership with a wide range of local, national and international organisations.

Why Choose Edinburgh's Telford College

Cheaper Way to Complete University Degree

On completing the Higher National (HN) courses, students can move directly into employment or onto higher education. Edinburgh's Telford College has a number of agreements with universities, which will accepts succesful HN students into second or third year of a degree course. As studying at th College costs less than at university, students can complete their university degree in the same time more cheaply.

Various Study Options

Telford is a lively, modern Further Education College with a diverse and exciting range of vocational courses. Telford offera a wide range of courses covering everything from Stonemasonry to Business.

The College has many routes into studying the subject of your choice and gaining the qualifications you want. You do not have to have formal qualifications or be used to studying to start on one of the courses. There are also many options of how and when you study, such as full time, part time, evening, Saturday and open learning courses.

Open Learning Courses

Open learning is a flexible way students can study without having to come into college for classes. The courses are designed to allow you to study in your own time, at a place and pace to suit your lifestyle.

Edinburgh’s Telford College was one of the first colleges in Britain to offer open learning courses and now has one of the largest and most successful programmes in the country.

Students joining the course will receive learning materials which have been designed for their course plus the name of their tutor. The tutor will guide them throughout the course and give them individual feedback on their progress by phone, letter or increasingly by e-mail. A growing number of our courses are delivered and supported on-line. This allows students to contact their tutor, and to take part in conference groups and chat groups with other students.

The Halls of Residence in Edinburgh's Telford College.