Scotch Oakburn College (SOC) was created in 1979 with the amalgamation of Oakburn College and Scotch College. The amalgamation successfully brought together two fine traditions that stretch back to 1886 and 1901 respectively. The College has a long and significant connection with the history of the town of Launceston, Tasmania. This project involves a major capital investment by the College in its Penquite Campus and includes three distinct components: A New Health and Physical Education Center (HPC), A New Middle School and the refurbishment of the existing gymnasium building at the Robert Dean Centre into a new Senior Student Centre.
This project is significant in many ways. It is the first school in Australia to feature FNI's signature “studios” – these include the DaVinci Studio, the Einstein Studio and the Julia Child Studio among others. The new HPC and Middle School are located on a dramatically steep site across the road from the main campus and offers magnificent vistas to the valley and hills beyond. The design also calls for a complex terracing arrangement. When it is completed, the new campus will firmly establish SOC as one of the world's foremost leaders in education and innovation.

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