£ £ Overview

£ £ City College Coventry was launched in February 2002. Although essentially new, the college has a long tradition in teaching and learning having been formed by the merger of Coventry Technical College and Tile Hill College.

£ £ Coventry Technical College can trace its roots back as far as 1828 but its present location was officially opened in 1935 by King George VI.

£ £ Tile Hill College opened in 1969 and soon developed a strong reputation in a number of course areas, particularly engineering.

£ £ City College Coventry is a large, general further education college with 600 permanent staff and another 200 part time teachers at any one time catering to some 14,000 students, of whom 2750 are full time. The annual turnover is £23m.

£ £ Famous for its cathedral and home to the famous Jaguar and Peugeot car companies, Coventry is a friendly, cosmopolitan city with a population of around 300,000. In the late 1940s, the city centre was extensively rebuilt, creating a modern shopping area for pedestrians, whilst acknowledging Coventry¡¯s long history with the preservation of buildings dating back to the 14th century.

£ £ Coventry is close to Stratford Upon Avon, the birth place of William Shakespeare as well as many other places of historical signifiance and beauty. Academic strengths We offer our overseas students a wide choice of courses with the best possible tuition and support. The College aims to improve international students¡¯ English language skills and to prepare them for university or employment.

£ £ Courses taught at the college include A-levels, National Diplomas, Higher National Diplomas, access and degree programmes. Subjects include business administration, computing and information technology, construction, engineering, English language, art, design and fashion, hairdressing and beauty, languages, open learning programmes, science, health and care and teacher training. We also offer University Foundation Programmes for international students.

£ £ The College works in close partnership with Coventry University and Aston University (Birmingham) to offer undergraduate study programmes.

£ £ Facilities

£ £ The College has an extensive range of facilities to support your learning, including a shop and two restaurants at each Centre plus computer workshops, libraries, language centre and a theatre.

£ £ From the start of your course at City College, you will be in the care of our International Office staff. This friendly team will be on hand at all times to help you to settle in to the college way of life. They will also give practical assistance with accommodation arrangements, documentation for opening bank accounts and visa applications.

£ £ We also have a full-time careers adviser to help you choose and apply for a degree course at a British university.

£ £ Student life

£ £ Coventry is a lively, friendly city with a wide range of facilities for a busy social life including city-centre pubs and discos, restaurants, cinemas, theatres and ten-pin bowling. There are large parks around the city to enjoy weekends and evenings outdoors and, of course, the beautiful English countryside is only a few minutes away by bus or train.

£ £ The Butts centre is only 300 metres away from the newly-built Sky Dome with its ice skating rink and cinema complex.

£ £ When you join us, you will be given a thorough induction programme including details of these leisure facilities and we will also ensure that on-going English language support is available to you throughout the year.

£ £ We¡¯ll make every attempt to see that you achieve the maximum benefit from your stay in Coventry, both academically and socially.