Northern Regional College (or NRC) is a third-level educational institution in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

. The college has eight campuses around the north-east of Northern Ireland (County Antrim

County Antrim

County Antrim is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of 2,844 km², with a population of approximately 616,000...

 and eastern County Londonderry

County Londonderry

The place name Derry is an anglicisation of the old Irish Daire meaning oak-grove or oak-wood. As with the city, its name is subject to the Derry/Londonderry name dispute, with the form Derry preferred by nationalists and Londonderry preferred by unionists...

); Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine, Felden, Larne, Magherafelt and Newtownabbey.

History

The college was set up under the review of Further Education in Northern Ireland. NRC includes campuses from three predecessor institutions:

• Causeway Institute
  Causeway Institute
  The Causeway Institute of Further and Higher Education was a third-level educational institution in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom...
  
  
• East Antrim Institute
• North East Institute

External links

• Northern Regional College official website