Fife College
Dunfermline Learning Campus
Chief operating officer at Fife College, Sue Reekie, said: “This is an incredibly exciting time for the College, and this announcement means we can move on to the next stage of development for our new Dunfermline campus. We undertook an incredibly thorough procurement process to find the team to manage the project going forward, and to undertake the design work. We’re delighted to be working with Gardiner & Theobald, and along with architects Reiach and Hall we believe we’ve got the best possible group to deliver our new campus. Together, I’m sure that we will be able to fulfil our pledge to deliver a first-class, sustainable learning environment for our students.”
Fife College is the first net zero carbon tertiary education building in Scotland - forming part of the new Dunfermline Learning Campus. The new campus provides a collaborative approach to education re-locating the Dunfermline Campus of Fife College with the new St Columba’s RC High School and Woodmill High School (by others) on a shared site at Duloch on the eastern edge of Dunfermline.
The new buildings create an innovative learning campus that provides a streamlined pathway for students from school through to further and higher education. The new centre for Innovation and Events provides state of the art facilities to meet the learning and training needs of businesses and the wider community, with the aim of providing long lasting social and economic opportunities for the local community in Fife for generations to come.
The designs for Fife College adopt a highly progressive approach to mainstream sustainable design, targeting the embodied energy and carbon of the building fabric, the energy in use and future proofs the building through adaptable design. Achieving an embodied carbon outcome of 550kg/m2 the new college building establishes a new low benchmark for college buildings in Scotland.
The building is organised around two key spaces; A civic courtyard and a shared central atrium with connectivity between departments – Places for the community of the college to see and be seen, where students and staff can share ideas and learning and engage with the wider community of Dunfermline and Fife. The third floor learning resource centre and adjacent general teaching areas draw students, staff and visitors up though the building – encouraging interaction and collaborative learning.
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Contract Value
£100M
Area
19,500m2
Completion
2024
Client
Fife College
Contract
n/a
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Architects - Reiach and Hall Architects
Project Manager - Gardiner & Theobald
Landscape Architect - Horner+MacLennan
Acoustic Consultant - New Acoustics
M&E Engineer - Atelier Ten
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Scottish Property Awards 2026 Shortlist: Net Zero Development of the Year
Scottish Property Awards 2026 Shortlist: Development of the Year (Public Buildings)
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Fife College is the first net zero carbon tertiary education building in Scotland - forming part of the new Dunfermline Learning Campus. The new campus provides a collaborative approach to education re-locating the Dunfermline Campus of Fife College with the new St Columba’s RC High School and Woodmill High School (by others) on a shared site at Duloch on the eastern edge of Dunfermline.
The new buildings create an innovative learning campus that provides a streamlined pathway for students from school through to further and higher education. The new centre for Innovation and Events provides state of the art facilities to meet the learning and training needs of businesses and the wider community, with the aim of providing long lasting social and economic opportunities for the local community in Fife for generations to come.
The designs for Fife College adopt a highly progressive approach to mainstream sustainable design, targeting the embodied energy and carbon of the building fabric, the energy in use and future proofs the building through adaptable design. Achieving an embodied carbon outcome of 550kg/m2 the new college building establishes a new low benchmark for college buildings in Scotland.
The building is organised around two key spaces; A civic courtyard and a shared central atrium with connectivity between departments – Places for the community of the college to see and be seen, where students and staff can share ideas and learning and engage with the wider community of Dunfermline and Fife. The third floor learning resource centre and adjacent general teaching areas draw students, staff and visitors up though the building – encouraging interaction and collaborative learning.
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