Fifteen new University Technical Colleges (UTCs), which includes institutions based in Warwick and Coventry, are to open within two years.
Around 200 employers are linked to the new institutions, which offer pupils aged 14 to 19 a technical and engineering focus alongside academic study.
The 15 new state-funded colleges are all linked to institutions including universities and businesses and will open in 2013 and 2014. They will join a network of 17 UTCs due to open this September or next.
Each of the colleges is focused on a local industry or trade - with a UTC near Heathrow centred on aviation engineering, and another in Salford close to the MediaCityUK complex, which houses BBC North and other media firms.
Schools Minister Lord Hill said the new colleges would be a boost for both pupils and the economies of each area where they are to be created.
He said: "I am very pleased to be announcing another wave of strong UTC proposals. Right around the country there is a lot of enthusiasm from employers, universities, pupils and parents for high quality rigorous technical education."
Curriculums include about 60% of material on core academic subjects via GCSEs and A-Levels, and 40% on specific technical skills and qualifications. The technical side is tailored by the locally involved company and university.
Among the new wave of UTCs is Warwick, which will offer business education, on business hours, to 640 pupils alongside the University of Warwick and Jaguar Land Rover.
In Cambridge, a UTC will focus on biomedical and environmental science and technology, with input from Cambridge University Health Partners, local business and Cambridge Regional College. Elstree UTC in Hertfordshire will train 600 pupils in two specialisms - entertainment technologies and crafts, and electronic engineering and digital technology.
The Government target was to have 24 UTCs approved by 2014/15 and following Tuesday's announcement the Department for Education said 32 will be either open or in the pipeline.
