Minneapolis Community and Technical College

Minneapolis Community and Technical College (MCTC) is a public two-year college located in the heart of downtown Minneapolis. MCTC enrolls about 12,000 credit students annually and is an active partner in initiatives designed to strengthen the social, economic and cultural vitality of the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

Created in 1996, under the umbrella of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system, MCTC is the result of the merger of two institutions: a technical college with a long history of vocational education dating back to 1914 and an open-enrollment community college established in 1965. Currently, the spacious campus covers 21.6 acres of land and a recent expansion includes a new science building.

The college mission is to make individual dreams achievable by providing access to learning opportunities that prepare students to live and work in a democratic society within a global community.

MCTC students are prepared for high demand jobs or for transfer into four-year colleges. The College's 45 career and technical programs, offered across a broad spectrum of disciplines, culminate with certificates, diplomas, and associate degrees. General education is an integral part of all programs. The 39 liberal arts disciplines prepare students for transfer through the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) and transfer associate degrees.

MCTC has an extensive student support system that includes counseling and advising services, disability services, course selection and degree planning services, career development services, multicultural student services and international student services. In addition, MCTC's five TRiO programs are designed to serve and assist low-income, first-generation college and disabled students to help them progress through the academic pipeline from middle school to post baccalaureate programs.

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