Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh

Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh (DSCW) is a woman’s only college which was set up in 1991. Chandigarh Group of Colleges was established in the year 2009 in Sector 45-B, Chandigarh, with an area of 8. 025 acres of land. DSCW is an affiliated college that received accreditation from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).

The college provides 32 courses in total, 11 degree programmes with 1,307 total student intake & 69 faculties. It is recognised as a women’s university where, in addition to the regular courses, students can major in arts, commerce, science and computer applications.

Dev Samaj College for Women has well-equipped facilities that play a key role in improving the learning environment as well as the standard of its students. The college library, which is one of the college’s core services, offers more than eighteen thousand books and has access to 82 periodicals, offering a comfortable and segregated reading area for up to seventy-five students.

This centre has modern computer facilities, having modern computer hardware & software and a high-speed internet connection through wireless fidelity connection on the campus. In fine arts college, for artists in the making, a good studio is provided for carrying out aesthetic experiences in fine arts. The institution offers 28 courses, including the full-time undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

Some of them are Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) with 80 intake capacity, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) with 40 intake capacity and M. A. in Economics with 60 intake capacity. The college also has a B. Com course with 140 seats and a B. A. course with a much higher intake capacity of 400 students.

Besides, DSCW offers different diploma as well as advanced diploma programmes in beauty and wellness, event management and computer-based accounting for different careers. Most of the time, Dev Samaj College for Women Trust & Worship has the policy of merit-based admission to ensure the eligible candidates can choose the desired course.

The college adopts a clear admission policy by basing admission standards on performance in qualification exams for degree programmes and previous degree performance for master's courses, respectively. DSCW bears the responsibility for the standardised education and development of its students for fulfilling successful career and leadership challenges in different fields.