Dumfries & Galloway College
Choose College to build a greener future
Choose college and get one step ahead. Join our Green Skills Academy and help tackle climate change.
Could you be our Eco Hero?
We want to hear about the big and small things you do (or are planning to do!) in everyday life to help us tackle climate change.
This can be any act to help the environment - whether that be collecting rubbish from the beach to just simply buying and using a reusable coffee cup. Let us know to be in with a chance of winning 1 of 3 £50 Costa Coffee vouchers.
Climate Change Action Plan
At Dumfries and Galloway College we understand that we need to be a leading voice in tackling Climate Change.
We're delighted to be able to launch our Climate Change Action Plan to coincide with Scotland's Climate Week 2021.
FREE Open Learning Care Courses
For a limited time only, Dumfries and Galloway College are offering a selection of health and social studies, mental health courses for FREE!
About the college
We’re the leading provider of education and skills development in southwest Scotland and small institution winner of the UK and Ireland’s Sustainability Institution of the Year for 2020 at the Green Gown Awards.
With Campuses in Dumfries and Stranraer, you can study with us to build your future, to change your career, to prepare for a better tomorrow and get one step ahead.
Study with us
Choose Dumfries and Galloway College to gain the skills you need to take you where you want to go.
Whether you want to build your future, change your career, or learn something new, we have a range of courses in14 different subject areas you can study full-time, part-time or over just a few days.
Join the number 1 college in Scotland for higher-education student pass rate, where 97% of further-education students are satisfied, and where more than 9 in 10 students progress into further study or employment. Get one step ahead.
Flexible Workforce Development Fund - Round 5
FWDF is the Flexible Workforce Development Fund - a gateway to free staff training using Government money.
The Scottish Government, supported by Colleges Scotland, has just launched the latest round (fifth) of the Flexible Workforce Development Fund for 2021/22 and Scottish-based SMEs and UK Apprenticeship Levy-payers who can access the funding through Dumfries and Galloway College.
Take advantage of the chance to train your staff for free.
Be part of our Green Skills Academy
Dumfries and Galloway College is a leading voice in green skills development to help tackle climate change and we've launched our Green Skills Academy to support this.
Grow your knowledge and build your skills in the technology that will help us build a cleaner, carbon-neutral future.
Green emission tour
Dumfries and Galloway College are proud and excited to be the first stop in Scotland for PeddleSmarts 3000-mile zero-carbon tour around the UK using FlexiQuads vehicle “The UrbanDigital”.
PeddleSmart will be demonstrating and training our community to be able to learn the importance of FlexiQuad vehicles with the opportunity to test drive them before they head to market in 2022. This exciting occasion will show you why this technological advanced vehicle is the future of transport.
Workforce Training
Dumfries and Galloway College offers a vast range of training courses and workforce development opportunities that can improve your productivity and competitiveness by ensuring your staff have got the right skills to do the best job.
We offer short courses, vocational qualifications, training via the Flexible Workforce Development Fund, customised training, and Modern Apprenticeships.
COVID Update - Staff and Students
In line with the country moving beyond Level Zero Coronavirus Restrictions from 9th August 2021, we’re changing our coronavirus restrictions at our Dumfries and Stranraer campuses and bringing more students and staff on-site from this date.
In support of this, we will be prioritising practical delivery and continuing to utilise blended learning. We've also implemented a range of safety measures to keep you safe on site.
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College Prospectus Full-Time Courses 21/22
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College Academy Short Guide 21/22
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Green Skills Academy Prospectus 2021
DownloadOur campuses
Our college is spread across two campuses - 75 miles apart - allowing us to meet the needs from across the length and breadth of the region.
Found within the unique multi-institution Crichton Campus, our Dumfries Campus opened in 2008 with the needs of modern learners in mind. It shares the site with the University of the West of Scotland, the University of Glasgow, the Open University and Scotland’s Rural College. It also contains Scotland's first fully integrated FE/HE library and resource centre.
Our Stranraer Campus is the smaller of the two but continues to grow its student numbers and meet the needs of learners in the South West of Scotland.