Glasgow Metropolitan College
Merged into the City of Glasgow College in 2010

Glasgow Metropolitan College was a further education college located in Glasgow, Scotland. The College was created on 7 February 2005 by the merger of the Glasgow College of Building & Printing and Glasgow College of Food Technology and itself merged with Central College and Glasgow College of Nautical Studies in 2010. The College of Building and Printing itself was formed from the amalgamation of the College of Building and the College of Printing in 1972. The College of Building has had a presence on the College's current site since 1927. The preceding colleges had a reputation for the provision of courses within the food, hospitality, tourism, construction and the creative industries. The merger and creation of Glasgow Metropolitan College created Glasgow’s biggest college with over 20,000 student enrolments and 500 members of staff. Campuses 

The College had five campuses within the city the largest being in the city centre at North Hanover Street. The Glasgow College of Building had a presence on this site since 1927 although its iconic high rise tower building (later known as the Met Tower) was constructed in 1964. It was announced in 2008 that the College would participate in the creation of a 'super campus' to be built by 2012 and based in Glasgow city centre. This will be the largest college development project ever in the UK and will also be one of the largest in Europe. The five campuses were all located within the City of Glasgow;

 North Hanover Street Campus, 60 North Hanover Street, Glasgow, G1 2BP ()
 Cathedral Street Campus, 230 Cathedral Street, Glasgow, G1 2TG ()
 Rogart Street Campus, 4 Rogart Street, Glasgow, G40 2AA ()
 Dornoch Street Campus, Dornoch Street, Glasgow, G40 2QT ()
 Florence Street Campus, 5 Florence Street, Glasgow, G5 0VX ()

The Cathedral Street campus was chosen as the location for the replacement super campus, and the former Food Technology College and Allan Glen buildings were demolished for its construction. The former College of Building and Printing (Met Tower) and the College of Commerce buildings were protected as Grade B listed structures. The Met Tower was purchased by a commercial development company (Bruntwood), and as of 2023, is undergoing refurbishment as it is repurposed as an office building. Schools 

The College had four schools:

 School of Built Environment
 School of Communication and Media
 School of Design
 School of Food, Hospitality, Sport and Tourism

Notable former students
Martin Docherty-Hughes, Member of Parliament. Future Development

The tower of the Building and Printing College (retrospectively known as the Met Tower), constructed in 1964 - was awarded Grade II listed status, and after the new City of Glasgow College vacated the building in 2015, it has lain empty and unused. For several years it was dubbed "the ugliest building in the UK", due to it being used to display a giant pink "People Make Glasgow" placard owing to its prominent location overlooking George Square. In 2022, it was revealed that a development company had purchased the campus for £16m with a plan to repurpose the tower as office space for new technology start-ups, which will involve the refurbishment of the tower and converting it into office space. A smaller tower containing a hotel will be constructed on the site of the podium structure on the north side of the campus, which was demolished in August 2023. The new site is expected to be open in 2025. References

External links 

 College Website

Further education colleges in Glasgow
Defunct universities and colleges in Scotland