Education in Aberdeen

Originally devoted to the instruction and maintenance of the sons of poor burgesses of guild and trade in the city, it was reorganized in 1881 as a day and night school for secondary and technical education, and in the 1990s became co-educational and a day-only school.

North East Scotland College has several campuses in Aberdeen and offers part-time and full-time courses leading to several different qualifications.

It replaced Aberdeen College which was the largest further education institution in Scotland.

In 2006 the Hilton Campus of Northern College in Aberdeen was sold for housing development and demolished.

Founded in 1263 it is one of the oldest schools in Britain, and is set in a Scottish baronial style building.