Course Finder

How to Apply

To apply for a course at EDC, use our course finder to find the perfect one for you! You can view all of our available courses below, or use our filtering system to search by location, age, subject area and more.

Just give the course you’re interested in a click, find the apply button, and submit your application when you’re ready.

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Level 2 Technical Certificate in Equine Care 2025-26

This Level 2 Technical Certificate in Equine Care is for you if you are looking to start a career within the equine industry.
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    2025-2026
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    16 to 18
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Level 2 Technical Diploma in IT

Fancy a career in IT? This course is a great starting point, covering a wide variety of different IT-related subjects including software development, website development and multimedia animation.
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    2025-2026
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    16 to 18
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Level 3 Advanced Diploma in Electrical Installation 2025-26

This Level 3 course, based at The Technical Academy, allows you to acquire advanced knowledge and related skills in electrical installation and become a qualified electrician.
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    2025-2026
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    16 to 18
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Level 3 Advanced Technical Diploma in Animal Management 2025-26

With a Level 3 animal care qualification from EDC, you could move on to university and study a wide variety of animal-related degrees. Study at our state-of-the-art animal care facility at our Houghall campus.
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    2025-2026
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    16 to 18
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Level 3 Advanced Technical Extended Diploma in Forestry and Arboriculture (Arboriculture Pathway)

Train to be a professional arborist (tree surgeon) at East Durham College's stunning Houghall campus, home to a wide variety of rare trees.
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    2025-2026
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Level 3 Advanced Technical Extended Diploma in Agriculture 2025-26

This is the second year of our advanced technical diploma in agriculture, allowing you to learn additional units to further enhance your agricultural knowledge.
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    2025-2026
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    16 to 18
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Level 3 Advanced Technical Extended Diploma in Land and Wildlife Management (Countryside Pathway)

This course focuses on applying principles from the first year of the Level 3 course to specific habitat management and looks into practices that can be used to manage these specific habitats. There is also a theme of planning for and addressing countryside access, recreation and tourism into habitat management activities.
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    2025-2026
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    16 to 18
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Level 3 Applied Certificate in Criminology 2025-26

Learn about different types of crime, investigative techniques which are used to catch suspects and how social control is used in society to make us obey laws.
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    2025-2026
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    16 to 18
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Level 3 Certificate in Mathematics in Context 2025-26

Mathematics in Context is real life maths for real life problems. Explore mathematical concepts the way that the professionals do, exploring theory and immediately applying this to a real life scenario/career where it would be present.
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    2025-2026
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    16 to 18
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Level 3 Diploma for Entry to the Uniformed Services

This Level 3 Diploma for Entry to the Uniformed Services course is ideal if you are thinking of pursuing a careers in policing, fire and rescue or any of the military services.
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    2025-2026
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    16 to 18
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    Vocational