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Learn moreThe National College for Advanced Transport & Infrastructure has been established to provide highly skilled technicians, project managers and apprentices to lead the UK’s rail, transport and infrastructure sectors.
We are dedicated to producing a new generation of highly skilled professionals to lead the UK’s future rail, transport and infrastructure workforce.
Relaunched in May 2021, we joined the University of Birmingham group and we have new leadership and an exciting and ambitious vision for the future.
At state-of-the-art campuses in Birmingham and Doncaster, there will be an expanded curriculum. We are bringing on board new education partners and industry collaborators to provide a lifelong learning opportunity supported by railway, transport and infrastructure qualifications and competencies.
As part of the University of Birmingham group, we will benefit from the University’s widely recognised rail expertise and sector partners to help tackle the UK skills gap.
Employers and industry groups are an integral part of our ecosystem; they will contribute to advisory groups and our learners’ experience. The College will not only provide much needed capacity in the training market, but our specialist focus and coordinated approach will ensure that key sectors, such as rail, have the right people with the right skills in the right place and time.
Cutting-edge skills
For a diverse range of learners...
COLLEGE COURSES AND PROGRAMMES AVAILABLE IN:
Access to Higher Education (Engineering)
Cert HE in High Speed Rail & Infrastructure
Foundation Degree (FdSc) in High Speed Rail & Infrastructure
BSc (Hons) in High Speed Rail & Infrastructure
(Exciting new curriculum under review)
One college
Two campuses
Countless opportunities
Train at our brand-new college campuses, offering fully installed track and rolling stock, specialist workshops, advanced digital learning and practical classroom teaching.
A college dedicated to the future of the rail industry
We’re working with a number of industry employers on:
curriculum
delivery
specialist kit and equipment
work experience
learners
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Minister for Transport visits the new NCATI
The National College for Advanced Transport & Infrastructure (NCATI) welcomed the Minister of State for Transport, Andrew Stephenson MP, to its Birmingham Campus (Wednesday 7 July). The Minister, whose portfolio includes HS2, Northern Powerhouse Rail, and skills, attended both NCATI and the University of Birmingham to find out more about railway research and expertise in… Read more »
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Relaunch heralds bright new future for National College as part of University of Birmingham group
The University of Birmingham is launching the new National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure (NCATI) in a special collaboration between higher and further education. As part of the University group, the new NCATI will produce a new generation of highly skilled professionals to lead Britain’s future rail, transport and infrastructure workforce. NCATI will draw… Read more »
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‘Significant Progress’ – Ofsted recognises step change at NCATI
24 March 2021 The National College for Advanced Transport & Infrastructure (NCATI) has been judged to be making ‘significant progress’, following a successful Ofsted monitoring inspection earlier this month. The College, which is located in Birmingham and Doncaster, was recognised by the team of Her Majesty’s Inspectors, as making significant improvements in leadership and the… Read more »
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