What great things do you want to do?
Prepare for college
High school alternatives and adult education such as the High School Equivalency Diploma.
Earn a degree/certificate
Durham Tech offers over 100 associate degree, diploma, and certificate programs.
Continuing Education
Gain the skills and qualifications you need to move your career forward.
Transfer to a four-year school
An experienced advisor will assist to ensure you take the courses needed to graduate and transfer.
Take a course or two
Students with a bachelor's degree who wish to take courses without pursuing another degree.
Take online courses
Our distance learning program offers over 100 online and hybrid courses.
Build your business
Customized training and our Small Business Center provide the tools to expand your business.
Explore a new interest
Continuing Education courses help you discover hidden talents and add excitement to your life.
Strengthen English skills
Courses are available for beginning, intermediate, and advanced English learners.
Information Sessions
October 22
Pharmacy Technology
4:30 p.m., Tech 9-115. Learn about career opportunities and salary; admission criteria and prerequisites; general program information, admission requirements, and plan of study …
October 23
Dental Laboratory Technology
1:30 p.m., Collins 2-143. Learn what techniques and skills are taught; admission criteria and prerequisite requirements; and general program information and plan of study …
October 23
Health Technologies
5:30 p.m., Tech 9-114. Learn more about the healthcare curriculum options available at Durham Tech. Let us help you decide which Health Technology program is the right choice for you! …
October 24
Biotechnology Continuing Education
3:30 p.m., NDC 115. Learn program information and career path; placement tests and registration; and financial aid opportunities …
October 25
Medical Assisting
Noon, Tech 9-110. Learn about career opportunities and salary; program information, admission requirements, plan of study, and how to apply …
October 25
Nursing
2 p.m., Wynn Multi-Purpose Room. Learn about levels of Nursing and the programs offered at Durham Tech, admissions, careers, and transfer options. …
October 29
Community Spanish Interpreter
3 p.m. and 5 p.m., Phillips 3-201. Learn about the registration process; admission criteria and prerequisite requirements; plans of study; and placement tests. Mandatory for new students …
October 30
Surgical Technology
4 or 5 p.m., Tech 9-102. Whether you are just starting out or are a non-certified surgical technologist, learn more about the field and Durham Tech programs …
November 5
Pharmacy Technology
4:30 p.m., Tech 9-115. Learn about career opportunities and salary; admission criteria and prerequisites; general program information, admission requirements, and plan of study …
November 5
Occupational Therapy Assistant
5 p.m., Tech 9-135. Learn about career opportunities and salary; special skills; admission criteria and prerequisites; general program information, admission requirements, and plan of study …
November 6
Clinical Trials Research Associate and Medical Product Safety and Pharmacovigilance
5:45 p.m., Tech 9-114. Learn about career opportunities and salary; admission criteria and prerequisites; general program information, admission requirements, and plan of study …
November 7
Dental Laboratory Technology
11 a.m., Collins 2-143. Learn what techniques and skills are taught; admission criteria and prerequisite requirements; and general program information and plan of study …
November 7
Respiratory Therapy
3 p.m., Tech 9-131B. Learn about career opportunities and salary; admission criteria and prerequisites; general program information, admission requirements, and plan of study …
November 7
Health Technologies
5:30 p.m., OCC 201. Learn more about the healthcare curriculum options available at Durham Tech. Let us help you decide which Health Technology program is the right choice for you! …
November 8
Health Information Technology
1 p.m., Tech 9-114. Learn about career opportunities and salary; admission criteria and prerequisites; general program information, admission requirements, and plan of study …
November 13
Nursing
5 p.m., Wynn Multi-Purpose Room. Learn about levels of Nursing and the programs offered at Durham Tech, admissions, careers, and transfer options. …
November 14
Community Spanish Interpreter
3 p.m. and 5 p.m., White 1-141. Learn about the registration process; admission criteria and prerequisite requirements; plans of study; and placement tests. Mandatory for new students …
November 19
Pharmacy Technology
4:30 p.m., Tech 9-115. Learn about career opportunities and salary; admission criteria and prerequisites; general program information, admission requirements, and plan of study …
November 27
Community Spanish Interpreter
3 p.m. and 5 p.m., White 1-141. Learn about the registration process; admission criteria and prerequisite requirements; plans of study; and placement tests. Mandatory for new students …
November 28
Occupational Therapy Assistant
5 p.m., Tech 9-135. Learn about career opportunities and salary; special skills; admission criteria and prerequisites; general program information, admission requirements, and plan of study …
Featured Events
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Oct. 22, 11:30 am-12:30 pm, NDC
Oct. 23, 11:30 am-1 pm, OCC
Oct. 24, 11 am-3 pm, Main Campus Plaza
Fall Fest Main Campus
Games, music, dancing, and free food. Join a Durham Tech club or organization and ask admissions counselors questions about transferring. Please bring a donation for the Campus Harvest Food Pantry food drive
Oct. 24, 11 am-1 pm, Main Campus Plaza
Party to the Polls
Board the Party Trolley to the polls, and return in time to enjoy the rest of Fall Fest!
Oct. 31, Noon-1:45 pm, Collins Bldg Foyer
College Fair
Meet with dozens four-year university representatives. Stop by and ask your questions about programs, courses, housing, financial aid, job placement after graduation, and more
November 14, 3:30 pm, Collins 2-178
Science Seminar
Retired NASA engineer Dr. Christine Darden
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Recent News
October 8
Durham Tech director transforms lives in Triangle’s automotive industry
The Wells Fargo Foundation recently granted $10,000 to the Durham Technical Community College Foundation to fund work-based learning scholarships. The grant will provide 20 scholarships for students in the Career and Technical Education program …
September 24
Durham Tech students gain access to work-based learning scholarships thanks to Wells Fargo
The Wells Fargo Foundation recently granted $10,000 to the Durham Technical Community College Foundation to fund work-based learning scholarships. The grant will provide 20 scholarships for students in the Career and Technical Education program …
September 21
Durham Tech partners with children’s nonprofit, Durham Public Schools to provide free eyeglasses to kids
Elyse Yooley remembers what it felt like to wear her first pair of glasses. “It was like, ‘Whoa, there are actually leaves on those trees,’” she said. As a second-year opticianry student …
September 18
Durham Tech students build tiny house for Habitat family
In six-hour shifts every Saturday for four semesters, students hammered, nailed, and caulked their way to build a one bedroom tiny home to be donated to Habitat for Humanity of Durham to serve someone in need. It’s really awesome to know this house will impact someone’s life,” said Donna Bauer …
September 10
Designing the future of Durham Tech
Kevin G. Montgomery peered down at a miniature model of the Durham Tech main campus and pointed to a number of places where future buildings and a plaza are slated to go. Montgomery, the President and Chief Operating Officer at O’Brien Atkins Associates, has been involved in nearly 30 years of renovation …
September 3
Switching Gears: From Durham Tech to Tesla, two automotive students land dream job
Two Durham Tech students are now on the road to Tesla after finishing at the top of their Tesla START program class. With assisted job placement after the program, Patrick Myers and Brendan Sanders started as Service Technicians at the Tesla Service Center …
August 22
Durham Tech, Duke Energy launch new Electrical Line Technician program
The new Electrical Line Technician program at Durham Technical Community College was officially launched at an event at the College’s Northern Durham Center campus on Tuesday, August 21. The program was created in partnership with Duke Energy …
August 6
Advanced Manufacturing pilot course first step in new career pathway program at Durham Tech
Patrick Wynn watches closely as the LR Mate 200iD robotic arm picks up a plastic blue disc and moves it through the mock production line in the Mechatronics Lab at Durham Tech where students are learning the basic skills required to become an entry-level manufacturing …
August 3
Durham Tech, Women’s Business Center help pave the way for Cheung’s great escape
There’s 60 minutes on the clock. Friends, families, and colleagues are locked in a room and must work together to find clues, solve puzzles, and crack codes to find the key to the outside. They’re called escape rooms and they’re on an upward trend in entertainment …
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