About us
The Scottish Funding Council is Scotland’s tertiary education and research authority. We are a non-departmental public body and are accountable to Scottish Government Ministers and to the Scottish Parliament.
We employ around 130 full-time equivalent staff, and fund 26 colleges and 19 universities. Our annual investment is currently £2 billion which supports:
- Tertiary learning and teaching.
- Skills and apprenticeships.
- Student support and participation.
- Research, innovation and knowledge exchange.
- Data collection and dissemination.
- National quality assurance and enhancement processes.
- Capital and digital infrastructure for the sector.
- Strategic change, responsive provision and research priorities.
