The college offers a broad curriculum to over 4,000 learners as the island's major provider of further and higher education.

[6] In 2021, following over 15 years of offering higher education, the college was awarded university centre status by the Department of Education under the title of University Centre Isle of Wight.

[7] Campus facilities include the Learning Resources Centre, childcare provision, a gym, a dance studio and a coffee shop.

The main campus is sited in a central location on the outskirts of Newport, the county town of the Isle of Wight and the island's principal retail centre.

A secondary campus, the Centre of Excellence for Composites, Marine and Advanced Manufacturing (CECAMM), is located in Whippingham.