Modern further and higher education facilities are proven generators of economic wealth and the Campus will play a major role in the future of Inverness and the wider Highlands and Islands regions. It has been estimated that Inverness Campus could ultimately generate in excess of £147 million per annum to the Scottish economy and £38million per annum to the Highlands and Islands.

The proposed development will result in a new population of young people to the east of Inverness through the provision of new educational facilities. Currently many young people leave the Highlands in pursuit of further and higher education elsewhere. The Inverness Campus development specifically aims to help stem this flow. The development will also result in new jobs and will provide new housing, sports facilities and business opportunities for the local population.

Although Inverness is the UK's fastest growing city, the region has never been served by its own locally based, purpose built, higher education facilities. The Campus will help fill this gap and put the city on the Scottish educational map. It will provide opportunities not just for the local communities but also for wider national and international student communities.

Inverness College currently has a student population of 7,300 and Inverness Campus should allow the college and UHI to increase student numbers to nearly 10,000.

In addition to the direct boost to the Highlands and Islands economy from greater education opportunities, the Campus will also attract innovative commercial businesses interested in research and development.