Scottish Funding Council

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Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council

Comhairle Maoineachaidh na h-Alba
The English-language logo of the SFC, used since 2008.
Non-departmental public body overview
Formed	October 5, 2005 (2005-October-05)[1]
Preceding agencies	SFEFC SHEFC
Jurisdiction	Scotland
Headquarters	Apex 2, 97 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 5HD 55°56′45″N 3°13′25″W / 55.9457°N 3.2235°W / 55.9457; -3.2235
Motto	Promoting further and higher education
Employees	115 FTE (2018-19)[2]
Annual budget	£1.8 billion (2018-19)
Non-departmental public body executives	Mike Cantlay, Chair Karen Watt, Chief Executive
Parent department	Scottish Government
Key document	Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005
Website	www.sfc.ac.uk

The Scottish Funding Council's logo in English and Scottish Gaelic.

The Scottish Funding Council (Scottish Gaelic: Comhairle Maoineachaidh na h-Alba; SFC), formally the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council, is the non-departmental public body charged with funding Scotland's further and higher education institutions, including its 26 colleges and 19 universities.^[3][4]

The council was established by the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005. It supersedes the two separate funding councils, the Scottish Further Education Funding Council (SFEFC) and the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC), which were established by the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992. On its formation, the SFC acquired all employees and assets of those councils.^{[5]: (Sch. 1 ss. 7–9)}