The North Highland College is a partner of the UHI Millenium Institute and aims to serve the communities of the north through their campuses in Thurso, Wick, Alness, and Dornoch. In addition, they offer flexible outreach training and education opportunities in community learning centres across the area.

Many of the courses available reflect the distinctive needs and strengths of the area, including equestrian studies, gamekeeping, nuclear sciences, veterinary nursing, acting and performance, and Scotland's first golf management degree.

In addition to traditional classroom based teaching there is also a growing number of online and open learning courses for flexible study. The North Highland College's reputation for developing and deploying these courses is spreading far and wide, and have students enrolled nationally.