Exeter College, Devon

Exeter College is a general further education college in Exeter, Devon; it was the first such college in England, and was the highest-ranked in the country in 2017. The college has its origins in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, founded in 1869, and first became an independent institution in 1893 as the Exeter Technical and University Extension College. After using various different sites, the college's preceding institution moved into its current main campus in 1959, and was established in its present form as the first English further education college in 1970.

The college is based around a campus at Hele Road and several other sites around the city, educating approximately twelve thousand students. This includes both sixteen to eighteen-year-olds and mature (adult) students. In addition, Exeter College jointly runs the specialist Exeter Mathematics School with the University of Exeter, with the college providing extra-curricular activities and pastoral support, and with students at the Maths School able to study one A-level at the college. The tower block at the Hele Road campus, completed in 1963, is the third-tallest building in Exeter.