Exeter College is a large, thriving and growing tertiary college which places teaching, learning and student success as our top priority. We enjoy an excellent regional reputation. The College was judged as outstanding by Ofsted in a pilot “no notice” inspection in 2012, and again in a full inspection in 2014. We were awarded the Times Educational Supplement ‘Outstanding Provider of the Year in 2012 and BTEC College of the Year in 2014.
We have high expectations of our students and staff and each year their combined efforts result in excellent exam grades, outstanding training successes and brilliant music, art, sports and community achievements. We welcome students of all ages and abilities and our tutorial and learner support programmes are designed to meet their needs, challenging them to reach their full potential.
Exeter College provides tertiary education for around 10,000 – 12,000 students. The college was established in 1970 as the first tertiary college in the UK, bringing together the former grammar schools’ sixth forms and Exeter Technical College.
Our recent successes
In Jan 2014, Ofsted awarded the college Grade 1 ‘Outstanding’ for Outcomes for Learners, Teaching, Learning and Assessment, Leadership and Management and Overall Effectiveness which makes Exeter College one of the top performing colleges in the country. Click here to find out more on our Ofsted grading. Click here to read the Ofsted report.
In November 2012, Exeter College won two prestigious Times Educational Supplement Further Education Awards for Outstanding Provider of the Year and Outstanding Leadership of Learning and Skills Awards.
The college continues to record course pass rates above the national average and each day we hear about individual student and staff success. To keep up to date with ALL the success of the college follow us on Twitter and Facebook or to find out more on our achievements and recent successes click here
What do we offer?
As a successful tertiary college we now offer a wide range of courses and students can choose those that reflect their individual ability, aspiration and interest.
We offer:
over 40 AS and A2 subjects,
the prestigious International Baccalaureate,
a wide range of over 90 vocational and industry led courses (entry level to level 3)
the largest choice of apprenticeship frameworks in Devon for young people and adults
a number of programmes designed to support those young people and adults not in education, employment or training
adult learning courses – from leisure to professionally accredited programmes
bespoke training and development courses for employers and employees
over 30 university-level courses, including Foundation Degrees, in partnership with the Universities of Plymouth, Exeter, Marjon and Kingston and BTEC.
The college continues to serve the city of Exeter but we also attract students from across Devon with over 60% of our 16 – 18 learners coming from across Devon and the south west.
The college boasts a number of specialist academies providing training for sports, enterprise, journalism, music, academically gifted and hospitality and catering students. We have developed very strong employer links through our curriculum and through Business Solutions, the college’s dedicated employer engagement team, with leading local and international employers, such as Flybe, Met Office, Michael Caines and many small and medium enterprises, ensuring our vocational courses and apprenticeship training mirrors current industry trends and initiatives.
We recognise the importance of working closely with local authorities, national, community and employer groups in order to support the local community and economy and we deliver key initiatives particularly with Princes’ Trust, Careers South West and the local Chambers of Commerce.
Investing in the future
The college facilities are based either in the city centre or in two specialist training centres on the outskirts of Exeter. We continue to invest in an ambitious property strategy to answer the growing demands of our students, which has seen in the last ten years
New Centre for Creative Industries including theatre, art gallery, photographic dark rooms, TV and sound studios and the new college radio station Spark Radio with Conservatory Café as social space
New Hele Building for Health, Care and Public Services with dedicated learning resource centre
New Laurence Building for Hospitality, Hair and Beauty with commercial restaurant, salons and spa and brand new MC Academy Skills Kitchen
Refurbished Ted Wragg Building providing first class accommodation for our expanding Foundation Studies
New purpose-built Nursery in Victoria Yard
Extension to Construction facilities at Sowton
New Centre for Music and Performance at Queen Street with recording studios and performance space
New Technology Centre at Monkerton housing Aerospace, Automotive and Engineering workshops, labs and lecture spaces
New Gym – Central Fitness – for all college use
Refurbished and updated Learning Centres across all sites following student feedback
Exeter College is an exciting, friendly and purposeful college where we are committed to ensuring all our students’ success. We are particularly proud of being recognised as the leading further education college in the country after winning Outstanding Provider of the Year (Times Education Supplement), as well as being judged as Outstanding by Ofsted in January 2014.
We look forward to welcoming you to Exeter College.
International Fees for 2016/17
Academic Courses
Annual Fee
A levels (3 or 4 subjects)
£6500
International Baccalaureate (IB)
£7000
Vocational courses
£6500
International Foundation Diploma (Access to University)
£7700
Higher Education – Foundation Degree/ HNC/D
£7700
English Language Courses
Price Per Week
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
15 hours
£175
£2100
£2100
£1925
21 hours
£210
£2520
£2520
£2310
English Plus
£210
£2520
£2520
£2310
Study Abroad
£210
£2520
£2520
£2310
*including 2 hours of English Language per week throughout your first year.
Please note that the tuition fees listed do not include book and material fees. Students must be over 16 years of age at the start of their course. The minimum number of weeks study is 4 weeks in terms 1, 2 and 3. These fees have been retained from the 2015/16 academic year.
Further Information
Tuition fees due must be paid in full prior to commencement of studies.
For all English and English Plus courses we require the full tuition fees to be paid within 2 weeks of an offer of place being made.
Students who require a Tier 4 must pay a deposit of £2000 before receiving the CAS. This will be offset against the final payment in settlement of your tuition fees.
Students returning for the second and third year attract a 10% reduction in fees if paid by 30th June.
Scholarships – up to 50% are available for applications from Vietnam and Thailand only. We require a completed application form including a school transcript, with predicted or actual grades to date, a letter of application and to have successfully completed a Skype interview. All applications go our College Management to award these scholarships.