The main campus in Orlando opened its doors in 1982, followed by the Lakeland campus in 1990, and the DeLand campus in 1997. Classes began at the Kissimmee, Pembroke Pines, and Tampa campuses in 2011, and the Cutler Bay campus opened in 2015.

After 35 years of serving Florida’s educational needs, Florida Technical College merged with NUC University (NUC), which until now had been a sister institution. NUC brought two other colleges under its umbrella, The Digital Animation & Visual Effects (DAVE) School in Florida and the IBC Technical Division in Puerto Rico, for a combined total of 15 campuses and 20,000 students in both Puerto Rico and Florida.