The focus of study at the College is "agronomy, rural merchandise management, wool classing, agricultural education, farm management, research and livestock sales.

"[1] The College is based around a residential campus in the locality of Longerenong.

The college includes a 1070 hectare farm "with cropping, sheep and beef cattle enterprises.

[3] Enrolments however were not sustained and the college was closed from 1898 to 1905, although the farm remained operational during that period.

Oversight of the college passed from the Department of Agriculture to the University of Melbourne in 1993 and then was transferred to Skillinvest in 2005.