[1] The college provides various pre-university, diploma and degree courses, some of which are twinned with foreign universities.

However, due to the high costs of tertiary courses abroad, the trio soon had to alter their direction to cater to the youth.

The lack of space forced the college to relocate to RECSAM within the suburb of Gelugor, and then to the St. Joseph's Novitiate at Kelawei Road (now part of Gurney Paragon).

In 1995, DISTED College finally moved into its current premises at Macalister Road, occupying a mansion formerly owned by a prominent 19th century tycoon, Yeap Chor Ee.

Students who have graduated with a diploma from DISTED College will have the option of undergoing any one of the transfer programmes with foreign universities.