Aberdeen College was one of the largest further education colleges in

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

. It was formed on 7 January 1991 from the amalgamation of the former Aberdeen Technical College, Aberdeen College of Commerce and Clinterty Agricultural College which were renamed the School of Science and Technology, the School of Arts and Business Studies and the School of Rural Studies respectively within the larger college.{{Cite news , url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005300/19910228/179/0009 , title=New Names , date=28 February 1991 , access-date=14 June 2025 , work=The Ellon Times & East Gordon Advertiser , page=9 , via=British Newspaper Archive , url-access=subscription In November 2013, Aberdeen College merged with Banff & Buchan College to form

North East Scotland College North East Scotland College (abbreviated as NESCol) was formed on 1 November 2013 from the merger of Aberdeen College and Banff and Buchan College, Banff & Buchan College. The regional college serves an extensive geographical area with its main c ...

. The new regional college will serve an extensive geographical area with its main centres in

Aberdeen Aberdeen ( ; ; ) is a port city in North East Scotland, and is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, third most populous Cities of Scotland, Scottish city. Historically, Aberdeen was within the historic county of Aberdeensh ...

and

Fraserburgh Fraserburgh (; ), locally known as the Broch, is a town in Aberdeenshire (unitary), Aberdeenshire, Scotland, with a population recorded in the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census as 13,100. It lies in Buchan in the northeastern corner of th ...

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