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1928 - Bridgend Mining and Technical Institute was established with investment from the Miners' Welfare Fund and classes and classes were held at our Cowbridge Road site in the evenings only.
1930 - Junior Technical School was formed to provide Technical Education by day for boys in the aged 13 to 15. The first intake of 50 boys were welcomed by Principal Eynon Davies, and taught by only one other member of staff, Edward Loveluck.
1945 - Senior Technical School is founded as the Junior Technical School is upgraded.
1949 - Bridgend Technical College is created as further education on a full and part-time basis is consolidated. For the next ten years, the School and the College are run alongside each other until, in 1959, the Technical School and nearby Bridgend Boys' Grammar School merge and together with several members of staff move to Ewenny Road to what is now Brynteg Comprehensive.
1975 - Bridgend College of Technology. The College is again upgraded.
2007 - Bridgend College is born and a new corporate identity sees the introduction of ‘campuses' with reference to the four colleges (Bridgend, Pencoed, Maesteg and Porthcawl) and the Business Centre at Queens Road.
Today, Bridgend College has in excess of 15,000 full and part-time students, with over 400 courses in 20 vocational areas delivered across four campuses; Bridgend, Pencoed, Queens Road and Maesteg. We are also the largest provider of Higher Education courses of any FE College in Wales with over 1,000 Higher Education students taking HNCs, HNDs and degrees locally at Bridgend College.