Wigan & Leigh College Engineering

For more than 70 years we have been working with companies like yours to develop the nation’s engineering and technology specialists, helping to close the skills gap within your industry. You will have ready access to a talent pool of engineering students who have studied full

time with us and are keen to take up an apprenticeship to progress within their chosen field. Our multimillion pound Centre of Excellence in Engineering based at the Pagefield Centre in Wigan is fully equipped with the latest engineering industry standard equipment and facilities. We offer flexible bespoke training programmes to meet your business needs with innovative teaching and learning that supports the nation’s and your business’s future economic growth. As the largest college provider of apprenticeships in Greater Manchester we work with more than 1,500 employers and 2,000 apprentices. We support our engineering apprentices and their employers throughout the journey from Levels 3 through to higher or degree Level 6. We also enjoy strong links with professional bodies including the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Two Engineering degrees (awarded by University of Central Lancashire) are accredited by the IET on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer, and partly meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. The College is the only one of its type in Greater Manchester to gain the award