University Technical College Wigan (or Wigan UTC) was a

university technical college A university technical college (UTC) is a type of specialist secondary school in England that is led by a sponsor university and has close ties to local business and industry. These university and industry partners support the curriculum developm ...

(UTC)

sixth form In the education systems of England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and some other Commonwealth countries, sixth form represents the final two years of secondary education, ages 16 to 18. Pupils typically prepare for A-l ...

that opened in

Wigan Wigan ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas, Lancashire, River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. Bolton lies to the nor ...

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, England in September 2013. Wigan UTC specialised in process engineering and

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, and was located in the historic O & C Rushton Warehouse building in Wigan town centre. Sponsors of the UTC included the

University of Central Lancashire , mottoeng = "From the Earth to the Sun" , established = as Institution for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledgere-established 1992 (University status granted) , type = Public , chancellor ...

and Wigan & Leigh College. Wigan UTC had an initial intake of students aged 14 and 16 (academic years 10 and 12) in 2013, however from 2015 the college stopped enrolling under 16's and only offered a sixth form provision. The college closed in July 2019 as a lack of students made it financially unviable.

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* Defunct schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan Defunct University Technical Colleges University of Central Lancashire Educational institutions established in 2013 2013 establishments in England Educational institutions disestablished in 2019 2019 disestablishments in England Buildings and structures in Wigan {{GreaterManchester-school-stub