On 1st August 2007, Northern Ireland’s 16 Further Education colleges merged into six new super colleges.

The creation of these larger and more influential colleges is just one aspect of the government’s future strategy for further education - get all the facts about this new development by dowloading the pdf 'Sixteen into Six - A New Era for Further Education Colleges in Northern Ireland'.

The six new super colleges are:

Belfast Metropolitan College - incorporating Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education and Castlereagh College of Further and Higher Education.

North West Regional College - incorporating North West Institute of Further and Higher Education and Limavady College of Further and Higher Education.

Northern Regional College - incorporating Causeway Institute of Further and Higher Education, North East Institute of Further and Higher Education and East Antrim Institute of Further and Higher Education.

Southern Regional College - incorporating Armagh College of Further and Higher Education, Newry and Kilkeel Institute of Further and Higher Education and Upper Bann Institute of Further and Higher Education.

South West College - incorporating East Tyrone College of Further and Higher Education, Fermanagh College and Omagh College.

South Eastern Regional College - incorporating East Down Institute of Further and Higher Education, Lisburn College of Further and Higher Education and North Down and Ards Institute of Further and Higher Education.