East Durham College offers a very special experience.

East Durham College is home to a genuine and supportive community of students and staff and we believe you won’t find a more supportive and friendlier College.

We offer a wide range of courses that will help you develop the skills and knowledge you need for a complex and rapidly changing world, helping to enhance you future career prospects.

Our state-of-the-art Peterlee Campus is one of the newest custom-built educational facilities in the north east. Our massive £40m investment ensures you have what you deserve – a wonderful facility fit for the 21st century.

Needless to say the new complex is the most modern purpose-built facility in the region and one which staff, students and the public at large are justifiably proud of. Along with its specially designed state of the art classrooms and work areas, the College also showcases a 500 seater sports arena and the area's only dedicated specialist theatre.

If you are thinking of enrolling on a course at our Houghall Campus there’s great news too. Set in over 400 acres of stunning grounds and with its own working farm, not only is the campus a great place to study, Houghall also has an outstanding reputation as the region’s leading provider of land based courses and training.

Facilities at Houghall also include an arboretum, pinetum, all weather equine arena, stables, glasshouses, labs and garden centre all set amongst stunning grounds and countryside. This coupled with lecturers who share a passion for the outdoors, students with an interest in land based studies can be assured they have come to the right place.

For anyone wanting to get ahead in the world of construction The Technical Academy at East Durham College offers one of the region’s best training facilities. The 37,000 sq ft. training centre on Peterlee’s South West Industrial Estate is fast become the place to train if you want to make in it the trade.

If you have any problems finding the information you are looking for on the website please call Student Services on 0191 518 8222.