The college offers part-time and full-time courses for young students and adults.

It was formed in 1984 by the merger of Hebburn Technical College and the Marine and Technical College, the latter founded in 1861 by a trust created by Dr Thomas Winterbottom, a former surgeon-general in Sierra Leone.

The Marine and Technical College was formerly based in Ocean Road, South Shields, in a purpose-built building opened in 1869.

The former planetarium was closed in 2008, despite much local objection,[1] and the space now houses a multi-faith chaplaincy.

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