The Automotive and Engineering department at The Manchester College offers courses, apprenticeships, upskilling programmes and industry accreditation.

If you’re looking for work we can help improve your prospects.

If you’re already working in the industry we can help you enhance your skills and move your career forward.

The department has an excellent reputation among industry professionals. Our training centre at Openshaw Campus is one of the most technologically advanced in the north west. We provide state of the art training vehicles and equipment to give you the best possible practical experience.

We hold Training Quality Standard (TQS) Part B certification for our industry expertise in the automotive sector.

News

Students from The Manchester College's Wythenshawe Campus recently visited Great British Sports Cars in Nottingham to collect a '...

Suttons present the new trailer

Automotive and engineering students at The Manchester College will be able to work on a heavy trailer donated by Suttons. A Suttons apprentice who is training at the college...

Ruth Badger with Jon Douglass of IMI and automotive students

Ruth Badger, former star of The Apprentice, has launched an exciting new community for automotive apprentices. The community, 'Accelerate', gives valuable information and...

College students meet Team GB Bobsleigh

Students at The Manchester College's Openshaw Campus met members of the Team GB Bobsleigh squad during the team’s recent media event, held in the impressive automotive...

Dave Hobin presents the SEAT Altea to The Manchester College

Manchester SEAT has donated a brand new SEAT Altea car to The Manchester College. Automotive students will be able to work on the car at the college's state-of-the-art...

New diagnostic machine

The Automotive department at The Manchester College has bought a new commercial vehicle diagnostic machine, the first of its type to be sold in the UK. The machine can interrogate and diagnose...

New vehicle

A new vehicle has arrived at The Manchester College’s Openshaw campus, for use in the Automotive department’s heavy vehicle section. The department bought the vehicle to replace one that had...

James Acott with Peter Brown, the college's IRTEC assessor

An IRTEC candidate at The Manchester College has received an award at the Commercial Vehicle Show 2011 for outstanding performance. James Acott achieved the highest ever recorded score for the...

Team GB in Austria

Level 2 Paint and Body Refinishing students at the Preston Street Campus were given the exciting opportunity of working on the Great Britain (GB) bobsleigh before it was used at the Winter...

L-R: Richard Reason, Monday Elemah and David Spedding.

Friday 16th July saw the presentation of The Manchester College’s first ever automotive student awards presentation.

The event took place at the Openshaw Campus’ automotive facility, and...

Daniel receives his award certificate from HRH Prince Michael of Kent.

After three years spent training as an automotive apprentice, Daniel Bennett made the college very proud at the motor industry event of the year in June.

Daniel, aged 26 from Tyldesley, was...