Scottish Funding Council

The Scottish Funding Council (Scottish Gaelic: Comhairle Maoineachaidh na h-Alba; SFC), formally the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council, is the non-departmental public body charged with funding Scotland's further and higher education institutions, including its 26 colleges and 19 universities.

This article is about the funding body for Scotland's colleges and universities. For the student funding body, see Student Awards Agency for Scotland.

Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council
Comhairle Maoineachaidh na h-Alba
The English-language logo of the SFC,
used since 2008.
Non-departmental public body overview
FormedOctober 5, 2005 (2005-October-05)
Preceding agencies
  • SFEFC
  • SHEFC
JurisdictionScotland
HeadquartersApex 2,
97 Haymarket Terrace,
Edinburgh, EH12 5HD
55.9457°N 3.2235°W / 55.9457; -3.2235
MottoPromoting further and higher education
Employees115 FTE (2018-19)
Annual budget£1.8 billion (2018-19)
Non-departmental public body executives
Parent departmentScottish Government
Key document
Websitewww.sfc.ac.uk
The Scottish Funding Council's logo in English and Scottish Gaelic.

The council was established by the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005. It supersedes the two separate funding councils, the Scottish Further Education Funding Council (SFEFC) and the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC), which were established by the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992. On its formation, the SFC acquired all employees and assets of those councils.: (Sch. 1 ss. 7–9) 

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