Academic Catalog
Campuses and Centers
Midlands Technical College is a multi-campus college serving Richland, Lexington and Fairfield county residents in South Carolina. The college operates six campuses: Airport Campus (West Columbia, in Lexington County), Batesburg-Leesville Campus (in Lexington County), Beltline Campus (Columbia, in Richland County), Harbison Campus (Irmo, in Lexington County), Northeast Campus (Columbia, in Richland County), and Fairfield Campus (Fairfield County). The college also operates the Fort Jackson Center located at the Army Continuing Education Center, Fort Jackson.
Airport Campus
The Airport Campus is located on 65 acres on Lexington Drive in West Columbia. It was originally the training site for (Gen. Jimmy) “Doolittle’s Raiders” during World War II. Later it housed the South Carolina Area Trade School—Columbia Campus and the Columbia Technical Education Center. The campus now consists of 420,000 square feet of classroom, workshop, library, laboratory and support space. A 45,000 square foot Student Center, which houses all of the student service functions plus the bookstore, cafeteria, and Student Commons, was completed in 1996. Construction was completed on a 34,000 square foot Advanced Manufacturing and Skilled Crafts Center adjacent to Springdale Hall in 2014. Batesburg-Leesville Campus In fall 2007, the college opened the Batesburg-Leesville Campus in western Lexington County. The campus, located on College Street in Batesburg-Leesville, is home to an 8,025 square foot education facility that contains classrooms, faculty and staff offices 35 and student support space. Educational offerings at the campus include general education and career courses as well as corporate and continuing education programs.
Batesburg-Leesville Campus
In fall 2007, the college opened the Batesburg-Leesville Campus in western Lexington County. The campus, located on College Street in Batesburg-Leesville, is home to an 8,025 square foot education facility that contains classrooms, faculty and staff offices 35 and student support space. Educational offerings at the campus include general education and career courses as well as corporate and continuing education programs.
Beltline Campus
The Beltline Campus, located at 316 South Beltline Boulevard in southeast Columbia, was originally established in 1963 as the Richland Technical Education Center. The campus includes 11 facilities with 364,062 square feet on 22 landscaped acres. The 25,000 square foot Student Center was completed in the fall of 1998 and a parking garage/automotive training facility of 117,000 square feet was completed in fall of 1999. In fall 2005, the Student Center was expanded, and a Precision Manufacturing facility was added. In 2017, the new Learning Resource Center was completed to house the Library, Academic Success Center, Life Skills Center, and general purpose classrooms.
Fairfield Campus
The Fairfield Campus, located at 1674 Hwy 321 North Business in Winnsboro, SC, is a 10,600 square foot facility with several classrooms and industrial bays. Programs offered at the site include MTC QuickJobs programs in areas such as health care, information technology, and industrial technologies. Also offered are general education courses and workforce readiness programs.
Harbison Campus
Harbison Campus, located on College Street in Irmo, opened its doors to students in September 1980. The 19 wooded acres and six buildings, consisting of 30,300 square feet, were generously donated by the Harbison Development Corporation. The campus was originally the site of Harbison Junior College, which closed in 1958. Today the campus offers credit courses, short courses, seminars, workshops and conferences to upgrade job skills and enhance professional development. There are also a variety of corporate and continuing education programs for people who want to take courses for personal interest.
The Harbison Campus is also home to Harbison Theatre at Midlands Technical College. This technologically advanced performing arts venue, which opened in 2010, hosts professional touring productions from around the world, contributing to a quality of life in the Midlands that reflects the quality of education offered at the college. Rooted in the performing arts, Harbison Theatre at Midlands Technical College offers programs and productions that encourage reflection, examination and discovery; and that provide entertainment, education and opportunity to professionals, learners and community members in all stages of life. More information about Harbison Theatre may be found at HarbisonTheatre.org.
Northeast Campus
In 1989, Midlands Technical College recognized that current and projected trends in enrollment growth would require a significant expansion of facilities. Studies initiated that year resulted in the eventual purchase, in December 1991, of 150 acres in the northeast sector of Richland County to serve as a regional campus. The site is located adjacent to the Carolina Research Park at 151 Powell Road. The original Master Plan developed in 1992 utilized the entire 150 acre site to house 11 buildings comprised of 387,000 square feet. The college recognized that a more efficient layout of the Northeast Campus was possible. In 1999, the college developed a Master Plan that utilizes only 50 acres but still provides seven buildings with a total of at least 400,000 square feet. In 2003, the Northeast Campus was established with the construction of the 50,000 square foot Center of Excellence for Technology. The facility specializes 36 in information technology and advanced manufacturing training. In 2013, the campus expanded with the Engineering Technology and Sciences Building. This four story state-of-the-art classroom and lab facility houses programs that prepare students for careers in regional technology-based industries. The Northeast Campus is also home to the 150 acre Enterprise Campus at Midlands Technical College. This partnership between the college and the private sector provides an innovative space where work blends with education.
Off-Campus Locations
The Army Continuing Education Center at Fort Jackson offers credit courses in areas such as Management, Criminal Justice Technology, English, history, and more.
Courses for dual credit are offered on-site at many local high schools in the college’s service area.
All off-campus instruction is delivered through the regular full-time faculty of the college and qualified part-time faculty. Staff, resources and facilities are carefully coordinated to provide off-campus students the best possible service.