The Nova Scotia Community College, commonly referred to as the NSCC, is a community college

Community college

A community college is a type of educational institution. The term can have different meanings in different countries.-Australia:Community colleges carry on the tradition of adult education, which was established in Australia around mid 19th century when evening classes were held to help adults...

 serving the province of Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

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The college delivers a diverse program of trades, technology, health, human services, applied arts, new media, business administration and adult education through a system of thirteen campuses and six community learning centres located throughout the province.

The NSCC organization includes four nationally recognized specialized instituteshttp://www.nscc.ca/about_nscc/Locations/Special_Institutes.asp: the Nova Scotia Nautical Institute, the School of Fisheries, the Aviation Institute, and the Centre of Geographical Scienceshttp://www.cogs.ns.ca/ which is also internationally-recognized as a leader in Geomatics training.