Its Twelve Quays Campus, which opened in September 2003, offers recreational facilities for students and comprises a state of the art Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Media STEAM Centre, library facilities, study zone, animal care suite, science labs, media and photography studios and art studios.

[citation needed] Further education at Wirral Met College is designed to prepare students for university education or enable them to acquire necessary skills in their chosen areas, such as engineering, accounting, business, and tourism.

[8] The college's roots go back to 1855 when Birkenhead Arts School was launched.

The Glenda Jackson Theatre, on the Borough Road campus of the college in Birkenhead, opened in 1983.

[9] It closed in 2003, and was demolished by Wirral Council, to make way for a new housing estate in 2004.