Defence Technical Excellence College

The Latest news and articles on Defence Technical Excellence Colleges (DTECs). In September 2025, 5 DTECs were announced with a £182M investment as a part of the Defence Industrial Strategy

New funding of £182 million will support a comprehensive package aimed at harnessing the skills needed for the future, from submarine engineers to specialist welders, and the cyber warfare specialists defence will need in the years to come. Defence is the engine room of national renewal, and this investment is focused on the future of the people who will be driving that work.

The DIS will support more opportunities for young people, help our Veterans into employment and equip the UK workforce with the expertise needed to meet the new era of threat set out in the Strategic Defence Review (SDR), and the demands of a rapidly evolving defence sector to innovate at a wartime pace.

The Government’s comprehensive defence skills package centres on establishing five Defence Technical Excellence Colleges, training people in the skills needed to secure new defence jobs in this growing industry, with applications to go live by the end of this calendar year, and successful TECs to be launched in 2026.

There are two types of Technical Excellence Colleges so far (DTECs and the Construction Technical Excellence Colleges – or CTECs).

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