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Shaping our city’s future by unlocking the potential of its learners.

We offer hundreds of courses at our four campuses across the city: Arundel, Highbury, North Harbour and Sixth Form. You can choose from A Levels, T Levels, vocational diplomas, apprenticeships or higher education qualifications. Apply now for our 2024/25 courses and find your brilliance!

Explore our bursting curriculum

Here at City of Portsmouth College, we have hundreds of courses to choose from, suited to all ages and stages. We offer School Leaver, Adult Learner, part-time and Leisure courses, so you’ll be able to find something that suits you! Browse through our selection of courses below, or better yet come along to one of our Open Events to check out the College and experience our subjects in action.

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Learning opportunities for everyone. Further your skills, explore new hobbies or take a new career direction. Community courses

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Join our dedicated Sixth Form campus and choose from a wide variety of vocational and academic courses to create your perfect timetable. Our Sixth Form

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Whether you need advice with travel, finances or even health and wellbeing, we have the resources on hand to help. Student support

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If you are looking for a vibrant and rewarding career, City of Portsmouth College is the place for you. Work for us

News & Events

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NEWS 05-11-2024

Vote for your Portsmouth hero

While America is at the polls, Portsmouth people are being asked to vote for a different, but no less coveted title - the Portsmouth Hero. We’re asking students and locals to vote for the greatest Portsmouthian of all time. We’ll be running a voting booth, complete with polling cards and ballot boxes, in Gunwharf Quays shopping centre on Thursday, 14 November. Alternatively, you can vote online here.

Mariana seen with some of the bunting she's made at our Arundel Campus.

NEWS 20-11-2024

Sew good!

Meet our lovely student Mariana, from El Salvador. She has been an ESOL student with us for two years. Mariana likes animals and is great at sewing. She even gives up some of her spare time to volunteer at the Repair Cafe in Cascades Shopping Centre.

COPC students at a famous tapas restaurant during their four-day visit to Madrid.

NEWS 12-11-2024

Living la vida

A group of visual arts, media and film students are back from a fabulous four-day trip to Madrid. Their visit took in the Ikono Gallery, a tapas meal at Fatigas Del Querer, a flamenco performance, the Prado museum, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and the Museo Nacional Centro Arte Reina Sofia.

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Katy Quinn, principal at City of Portsmouth College in the studio at Express FM

Katy's voice

Principal Katy Quinn popped into Express FM to talk about all things COPC. She was a guest on Dave Joyce's drive time show, where she chatted about our range of courses and our fantastic lecturers.

With exam season drawing to a close, her latest blog talks about next steps, and why venturing into further education is not as complicated at it may seem.

Listen to the podcast here Katy's blog – next steps