Gloucestershire College abbreviated GC (formerly known as Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology, abbreviated GlosCAT or GLOSCAT) is a college of further and higher education in the county of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom In 1969, the two branches of Gloucestershire College of Art in Cheltenham and Stroud amalgamated with the Gloucester City College of Art to form the Gloucestershire College of Art and Design (GCAD).Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology was formed in 1980 from the merger of four county (Local Education Authority) colleges, Gloucestershire College of Education, Gloucestershire College of Art and Design, Gloucester City College of Technology, and North Gloucestershire College of Technology.