Hello.
Choosing the next stage of your education is a big decision, so I’ m delighted that you are considering coming to join us at Fife College.
The higher education landscape has changed hugely over the last few years, with more and more students now choosing to come to college to study for their higher education qualifications, including pathways towards a university degree. We’ re delighted to be able to offer a full suite of options to help you find the best route to meet your needs.
Colleges now deliver around a quarter of all higher education courses in Scotland, with many students now choosing to enrol on HNC or HND programmes. At Fife College, we offer around 100 higher education programmes, across a wide range of subject areas. The benefits of studying locally are compelling – flexibility, affordability, great facilities and links with local industry to name just a few.
We also offer you a stepping stone to a degree qualification. Through our partnerships with universities across the country, we offer over 600 defined routes mapping HNC / HND qualifications into degree courses, which means you can study locally, gain a qualification for each year of study, and then choose to progress into second year of a degree course at university( with an HNC qualification) or third year( with an HND qualification). In some subjects there is even the option to complete a full university-awarded degree without leaving your Fife College campus.
And don’ t just take our word for it that Fife College is a great place to study. Our most recent Student Satisfaction Survey found that 95 % of our students would recommend us to others. And we’ re immensely proud to be able to say that 92 % of our successful full-time students progress either to employment or on to further study after completing their qualifications with us. We hope you will find your time with us equally as fulfilling.
We look forward to welcoming you in 2026.
Iain Hawker Assistant Principal, Enterprise and Partnerships
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