.college Domain Registrationfrom £115.62/yr
Why Choose a .college Domain?
Launched in 2014 and operated by XYZ.com (the registry behind .car, .cars and .auto), .college was created as a dedicated namespace for higher education, training providers and academic communities. Unlike .edu, which is restricted to accredited US institutions, .college is open to anyone worldwide — making it useful for tutoring services, online course creators, alumni groups and education businesses that fall outside the .edu eligibility window.
Ideal for:
- Independent colleges, sixth forms and further education providers
- Online course platforms and bootcamps
- Tutoring services and exam prep companies
- Alumni associations and student societies
- Education-sector startups and EdTech projects
Things to know:
- Unrestricted — anyone, anywhere can register, with no proof of accreditation required.
- Premium tiers apply: short, generic or high-value terms (such as subject names or city names) often carry higher registry pricing.
- Registrations can be made for 1 to 10 years.
- Note that .college is distinct from .edu, which remains tightly restricted to accredited US post-secondary institutions.
Creative .college Ideas
- Coding.college — a programming bootcamp or self-paced learning platform
- Bristol.college — a regional further education provider's main site
- Alumni.college — a graduates' network and reunion hub
- Pottery.college — a specialist craft school running short courses
- Career.college — vocational training and professional certification
- Apply.college — an admissions and application support service
Frequently asked questions about .college
Anyone, anywhere. There are no eligibility checks, no requirement to be an accredited institution, and no documentation needed. This makes .college accessible to private training providers, online educators, tutoring businesses and individuals — not just traditional colleges. If you need a regulated education TLD, .edu has strict accreditation requirements that .college does not.
You can register a .college domain for any term between 1 and 10 years. Multi-year registrations are useful for educational projects with long planning cycles, and they help protect the name from accidental lapse. You can also renew at any point during the registration term to extend it further.
Yes. You'll need to unlock the domain at your current registrar and obtain the EPP authorisation code, then start the transfer from our control panel. The transfer typically completes within 5 to 7 days and adds an extra year to your registration. Domains registered or transferred within the last 60 days cannot be moved, per ICANN rules.
After expiry, the domain enters a roughly 30-day renewal grace period during which you can renew at the standard price. After that, it moves into a redemption period of around 30 days where recovery is possible but incurs a significant redemption fee set by the registry. Once that ends, the name is released and may be re-registered by anyone.
For non-US institutions and unaccredited education providers, yes. .edu is limited to accredited US post-secondary institutions and not available to most of the world. .college gives education-focused organisations a clearly relevant, descriptive domain without the eligibility barriers, while still signalling academic intent to visitors.