Holland College - Definition and Overview

Holland College is the provincial community college for the province of Prince Edward Island. It is named after British Army engineer and surveyor Captain Samuel Holland.

Campuses

The college's campuses across the province are termed "centres" and many are specialized in their program offerings.

• Aerospace Centre, Summerside (located in Slemon Park)
• Atlantic Police Academy, Summerside (also located in Slemon Park)
• Charlottetown Centre, Charlottetown (this campus used to house Prince of Wales College)
• Dalton Centre, Tignish
• East Prince Centre, Summerside
• Georgetown Centre, Georgetown
• Marine Training Centre, Summerside
• Montague Centre, Montague
• Royalty Centre, Charlottetown
• Souris Centre, Souris
• Tourism and Culinary Centre, Charlottetown (containing the Culinary Institute of Canada)

Trivia

The original name for Holland College was intended to be the Samuel Holland Institute of Technology. This was changed to the present shortened name only at the last minute after it was noticed what the acronym derived from the proposed name would be.

External link

• Holland College - official website (http://www.hollandc.pe.ca)

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