About James Watt College
Summary: General information about James Watt College, our history, background and a summary of our services.
With 43 further and higher education colleges to choose from in Scotland, James Watt College is the most dynamic and progressive.
Whatever your background, your ambitions or your current abilities we can offer you a range of options to develop your skills, knowledge and understanding - to help you learn for life.
With four campuses located in the west coast of Scotland, the college offers a diverse range of programmes that allows students to choose the location that suits them.
Our courses tend to be 'vocational' or work related, with a strong practical element where students gain hands-on experience to take into the workplace, further enhancing job prospects.
Our flexibility allows you to choose to study part-time, full-time, day-release, through open learning, online learning, or at one of our evening classes.
Our students come from wide ranging and diverse backgrounds, including people who have been away from education for many years, people who have been working and are looking to change the direction of their careers, people with disabilities or learning difficulties, school leavers, adult returners and unemployed people wanting to develop new interests or enhance their employment opportunities.