The Watford UTC


The Watford UTC is a 14–19 University Technical College in Watford, England that opened in September 2014. The UTC specialises in Event Management, Hospitality and Computer Science.
The UTC's sponsors are the University of Hertfordshire, Hilton Worldwide, and Twin Technology who specialise in server provision and virtualisation.

Courses offered

CORE subjects

The EPQ is a core A-level subject choice that students must undertake.
The student support program is created by staff to help support students with their study.
Students are also required to undertake industry work placements to help bolster their CVs and UCAS application forms.
Specialism
Students must choose one or two specialism subjects to undertake as part of their A-levels.
  • BTEC IT
  • BTEC Travel & Tourism
  • BTEC Business
  • BTEC Media
A-level options
Students may then choose which further A-level subjects to undertake.
  • English Literature
  • Maths
  • Further Maths
  • Computer Science
  • Physics
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Photography
    • Other possible A-level options
    Just as with GCSEs, some students may be able to undertake A-level options that aren't officially offered by the school. This means that the student would be entered for an A level choice due to self-study or already mastering the choice, such as a language. For example, if a student is fluent in Polish, then they would be able to undertake the Polish Language A-level as one of their choices.In addition to that, the school may change which A-levels they will offer. For example, at the start of the school's life, the school offered Sociology as an A-level and later removed it as an option.