Bolton Business College and Computer Studies (trading as Bolton Colleges) is a private further education and training college registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training (registration number 2019/FE07/030), with campuses in Bloemfontein (Free State) and Polokwane (Limpopo). It is organised into a Business School, Engineering School, NCV School, Machine School, and a short-courses division, specialising in NATED N4-N6 business qualifications (business management, financial accounting, human resource management, marketing management, office administration, medical secretary, public relations, and Educare/ECD), National Certificate (Vocational) programmes including Information Technology and Computer Science (levels 2-4), and N1-N3 engineering studies. Its Bloemfontein campus holds Umalusi accreditation (18FET02 00/28/PA), a DHET exam centre number, QCTO accreditation, and TETA/CETA accreditations; the Polokwane campus holds separate DHET and QCTO accreditation numbers. An exact founding year could not be confirmed from available sources, though its registration documentation dates from 2019.
Qualifications & Programmes
- Business Management (N4-N6)
- Financial Accounting (N4-N6)
- Human Resource Management (N4-N6)
- Marketing Management (N4-N6)
- Office Administration (N4-N6)
- Medical Secretary (N4-N6)
- Public Relations (N4-N6)
- Educare / Early Childhood Development (ECD) (N4-N6)
- National Certificate (Vocational): Information Technology and Computer Science (Level 2-4)
- National Certificate (Vocational): Safety in Society (Level 2-4)
- Engineering Studies (N1-N3)
- Building and Civil Technology (N1-N3)
- Building Science (N1-N3)
- Diesel Trade Theory (N1-N3)
- Supervision in Industry (N1-N3)
- Electro-Technology (N1-N3)
- Engineering Drawing (N1-N3)
- Engineering Science (N1-N3)
- Industrial Electronics (N1-N3)
- Industrial Organisation and Planning (N1-N3)
- Industrial Orientation (N1-N3)
- Mathematics (N1-N3, engineering stream)
- Mechanotechnology (N1-N3)
- N3 Technical Matric (full-time, part-time and correspondence)
- Machine School courses (heavy equipment / plant operator training – specific course titles not published)
- Short courses (various; specific titles not published on available pages)