• Orkney College UHI was founded in 1995 through a merger of Kirkwall and Stromness Colleges of Further Education.
• The main Orkney College UHI campus, on the outskirts of Kirkwall, was completed in January 2000 with a further extension opened in 2003.
• The college originally started out as an Agricultural College.
• There are approximately 1,500 students at Orkney College UHI each year.
• Kirkwall is the largest town on Mainland Orkney, with a population of approximately, 7,500.
• The Pickaquoy Centre is a multi purpose sports facility also based in Kirkwall whilst the newly re-furbished Pier Arts Centre in Stromness (15 miles distant) is a highly popular cultural facility.

Orkney College UHI
East Road
Kirkwall
Orkney
KW15 1LX

Tel: 01856 569000
Fax: 01856 569001

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Website: www.orkney.uhi.ac.uk
Email: orkney.college@uhi.ac.uk

Principal - Dr Bill Ross

Orkney College UHI has outreach learning centres on the islands of:

• Eday
• Flotta
• Hoy
• Rousay
• Sanday
• Shapinsay
• Stronsay
• Westray

• The Institute of Agronomy, a crop research based unit, is based at the college
• The Centre for Nordic Studies is a newly-established research centre and will, in future, offer research opportunities in the field of Nordic culture, heritage and languages.