Bihar National College, Patna

Bihar National College, Patna, popularly known as BN College, happens to be among the oldest and finest educational institutions in this country, with its date of establishment flashing back to 1889. This co-educational institute, located near Gandhi Maidan on Ashok Rajpath, Patna, Bihar, has a long history of over 130 years. The institution being a constituent college is accredited by NAAC.

With a campus spread over 8 acres, it houses 1,695 enrolments. The faculty consists of 48 members. It aims to provide a perfect and ideal teaching-learning environment with all modern facilities for the all-round development of students. The campus has separate in-campus boys' and girls' hostel facilities for a comfortable stay of out-station students.

On-campus, there is a main hostel building comprising four large blocks sharing common facilities, and additional hostel facilities are available at the Saidpur Campus. The library is the central hublike Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Geography, Functional English, and Geology.

Bihar National College runs a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate of knowledge in this college, with its vast accumulation of books, periodicals, and research journals. It has a well-maintained reading room, internet facilities, and access to e-content to help students develop the habits of research and self-study. In all, there are 24 courses across the streams of arts, science, and commerce.

It offers full-time courses in some of the popular disciplines like B. Sc. The courses available at this level are BSc (Honours) in Physics, Zoology, Botany, Geology, Mathematics, and Chemistry; BA (Honours) courses include Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Urdu, Geography, History, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Philosophy, and Statistics. The professional courses, on the other hand, include BBA and BCA.

The institute has recently announced its MA in English for postgraduate aspirants. The admission process for Bihar National College is designed to be inclusive and merit-based. BN College, having been committed to quality education over all these years and being one of the oldest institutions in Patna, definitely makes it a favorite with the student community for seeking higher education in the city.