Specializing Exclusively in Technician Training for the Automotive and Marine Service Industries

ABOUT US

History

For nearly a century, Automotive Training Center, also known as ATC, has turned hard working students into industry leaders. From our beginnings in Philadelphia to our current standing as one of the area’s most well respected technical schools, ATC has always been dedicated to providing our students the best learning experience possible.

1917
Automotive Training Center is established as a division of Spring Garden College in Philadelphia, PA.

1946
Spring Garden College purchases separate facilities for Automotive Training Center (ATC) on North 17th Street in Philadelphia to accommodate the post World War II growth of the automotive program.

1971
ATC relocates and constructs a new 25,000 square-foot facility with 10 specialized automotive shops and classrooms on a five acre campus in Exton, PA, a suburban community 30 miles west of Philadelphia.

1998-1999
BMW begins recruiting at ATC for its specialized "STEP" graduate training program. Mercedes Benz, Jaguar, Audi and Volkswagen follow shortly afterward by accepting ATC’s top graduates into their own manufacturer-specific training programs.

1999
ATC is named the National Winner of the "Award for Excellence in Automotive Training" by the Automotive Industry Planning Council (AIPC) and ASE.

2001
Ford Motor Company partners with ATC to provide maintenance and light repair (MLR) training for ATC students.

2002
ATC is selected as one of three national qualifying sites for the “Engine Masters Challenge” sponsored by Popular Hot Rodding Magazine. ATC partners with Honda Marine to provide technical training on Honda Outboard marine engines to their authorized dealership technicians in the northeast region.

2003
ATC is sanctioned by the Automobile Dealers Association of Greater Philadelphia (ADAGP), becoming an official training school of the association supporting their 250 franchised dealers throughout the five county region.

2005
ATC constructs a new 71,150 square feet training facility on 10.5 acres of land in Warminster, Bucks County, PA. ATC is chosen as the Pennsylvania State Winner and the National Runner-Up of the AIPC/ASE “Award for Excellence in Automotive Training”.

2006
ATC’s Warminster, PA campus is approved to begin training in Marine Service Technology. ATC is the Pennsylvania State Winner and the National Winner of the AIPC/ASE Award for Excellence In Automotive Training. Mercury Marine partners with ATC offering Mercury University dealer service training at the Warminster campus.

2008
ATC’s Exton and Warminster campuses receive the 2007-2008 “School of Merit” and “School of Distinction” awards respectively from the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT). ATC Warminster hosts the Greater Philadelphia Automotive Technician Competition sponsored by the Automobile Dealers Association of Greater Philadelphia (ADAGP) and the Auto Dealers Caring for Kids Foundation.

2009
ATC's Warminster Campus becomes the new training location for Chrysler Academy Technical Training Services. American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) designates ATC, Warminster as a training and test site for their marine certification classes.

EXTON, PA: 888-321-8992 • WARMINSTER, PA: 888-881-8140

All pictures were taken at Automotive Training Center's facilities, either the main school in Exton or the campus in Warminster, PA, (unless otherwise noted) and are representative of the types of equipment and training aids that are used at either campus.