City of Glasgow College
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Central College, Glasgow Glasgow Metropolitan College Glasgow College of Nautical Studies |
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| Type | Further Education |
| Established | 15 November 2010 |
| Chairman | Alisdair Barron |
| Principal | Paul Little |
| Students | 32,500 |
| Location | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Nickname | COGC |
| Website | www.cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk |
Coordinates: 55°51′47″N 4°14′38″W / 55.863°N 4.244°W
City of Glasgow College (Scottish Gaelic: Colaiste Baile Ghlaschu) is a further education college in Glasgow, Scotland. The new college was created from the merger of three Glasgow colleges, Central College, Glasgow Metropolitan College and Glasgow College of Nautical Studies. The colleges agreed to merge in March 2009 and signed up to a merger Road Map in September 2009. The new college officially launched on 15 November 2010.
The opening day of the college had been planned for 1 August 2010 but this was postponed. Ministers from the Scottish Government deferred the decision on whether to approve the merger until 1 September 2010 in order to examine the proposals more carefully, and the merger was eventually approved.The College also maintains an international exchange programme with Jacksonville University.
Two new campuses are being built for the college at a cost of £ 228 million. Building work has been completed on a new Marine Skills Centre on the banks of the River Clyde near Thistle Street. The main building work was completed on the Riverside Campus in August 2015, with an official opening by the First Minister later that year. A state of the art campus on Cathedral Street will be completed in August 2016. The new college has the support of Glasgow City Council and the Scottish Funding Council.
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