Minneapolis Community and Technical College (Minneapolis College) is a public two-year college located in the heart of downtown Minneapolis. Minneapolis College enrolls over 11,000 credit students annually and is an active partner in initiatives designed to strengthen the social, economic and cultural vitality of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Created in 1996, and a member of Minnesota State, Minneapolis College is the result of the merger of two institutions: a technical college with a long history of vocational education dating back to 1914 and an open-enrollment community college established in 1965.