North East Scotland College

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| established = 1 November 2013

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| principal = Neil Cowie

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| students = 21,000

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| city = Aberdeen and Fraserburgh

| country = Scotland

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| former_names = Aberdeen College
Banff and Buchan College

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North East Scotland College (abbreviated as NESCol) was formed on 1 November 2013 from the merger of Aberdeen College and Banff & Buchan College.{{cite web|title=Four new Scottish regional colleges created|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24764739|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=6 November 2013|date=31 October 2013}} The regional college serves an extensive geographical area with its main centres in Aberdeen and Fraserburgh.

The main NESCol campus – Aberdeen City Campus, is based at the Gallowgate in Aberdeen. The college has two other sites in and around Aberdeen - Aberdeen Altens and Aberdeen Clinterty. Outside of Aberdeen, it has a campus located in Fraserburgh and two learning centres in Ellon and Inverurie. It also operates the Scottish Maritime Academy in Peterhead.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nescol.ac.uk/why-nescol/our-campuses-and-centres|title=Our Campuses & Centres}}

The college also provides training in a number of community settings throughout Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire.

North East Scotland College operates across three major subject areas: Engineering, Science and Technology; Creative Industries, Computing and Business Enterprise; and Service Industries. The college has over 7,000 full-time students and 14,000 part-time students.