A large further education college in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, providing vocational courses, apprenticeships, and a growing range of higher education programmes.
Address: Derby Road, Mansfield, NG18 5BH, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Engineering, Health and Social Care, Business
Domains taught:
- AI and Machine Learning, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Software Engineering
Diplomas*:
- Associate Degree, Bachelor, Certificate, Diploma
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Strong links with local employers in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire for apprenticeships, training, and curriculum development. HE courses often validated by partner universities.
Research:
Primarily focused on teaching, skills development, and meeting local economic needs. Limited independent research capacity.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
700
Current students***:
15000
Foreign students***:
2%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Strong vocational and technical training, good for apprenticeships, pathways to HE and employment, modern facilities.
Cons
Mainly an FE college, HE is a smaller part of its provision, not a research-intensive environment.
Best For
Students in West Nottinghamshire seeking vocational training, apprenticeships, or career-focused higher education, often linked to local employment needs.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- Lincoln College overlaps with this school on civil engineering, manufacturing and electrical and electronics, so the two are easy to compare, and it is smaller, enrolling about 10,000 students against roughly 15,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- Both schools build their programmes around manufacturing, electrical and electronics and life sciences, and City of Sunderland College is the one to compare first within the country, since it has almost the same size, at about 15,000 students, and is also a public institution.
- South & City College Birmingham overlaps with this school on civil engineering, manufacturing and life sciences, so the two are easy to compare, and it runs the same bachelor's, associate degree, certificate and diploma programmes, and covers data analytics as well.
- City of Wolverhampton College shares the core fields of this institution, namely civil engineering, manufacturing and electrical and electronics; it runs the same bachelor's, associate degree, certificate and diploma programmes, and is smaller, enrolling about 10,000 students against roughly 15,000 here.
- The comparison with Birmingham Metropolitan College is straightforward on subjects, since both focus on civil engineering, manufacturing and life sciences, and it covers data analytics as well, and is larger, enrolling about 25,000 students against roughly 15,000 here.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Camosun College offers an international parallel to this institution, with civil engineering, manufacturing and electrical and electronics as common ground; it covers data analytics as well, and is slightly larger, at about 19,000 students against roughly 15,000 here.
- If this institution is on your list for civil engineering, manufacturing and electrical and electronics, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Canada deserves a comparison, because it is larger, enrolling about 40,000 students against roughly 15,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- Munster Technological University in Ireland is the nearest foreign match on civil engineering, software engineering and engineering; it covers marine science and agriculture as well, and is slightly larger, at about 18,000 students against roughly 15,000 here.
- In the United States, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo teaches much the same core subjects, civil engineering, manufacturing and life sciences, and it also offers master's programmes and covers agriculture as well.
- Seen from abroad, Turku University of Applied Sciences (Finland) is a close relative on subject matter, since manufacturing, electrical and electronics and life sciences are central to both, and it covers logistics and mechanical engineering as well, and is smaller, enrolling about 10,000 students against roughly 15,000 here.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
- Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality Management, Training
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
- known locally
- known locally and internationally
- is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
- is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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