Emerald Heights College for Women, Ootacamund

Emerald Heights College for Women is a premier women’s college situated in the Ooty in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu and was set up in 1969. The women’s college is located in Golf Links Road, Finger Post, Udhagamandalam and for the past more than five decades, it has been empowering the young generation.

Emerald Heights College is a NAAC accredited and an affiliated college providing multidisciplinary courses to the students. The total number of students is 656 and a total of 19 faculty members implying a small learner centred institution. Emerald Heights College for Women has made available great facilities with the aim of improving the already existing education standards of the learners.

Practical classes and trainings have been facilitated by well-equipped laboratory for students to engage in. An efficient library also helps students to stock on knowledge base, and gives access to the necessary materials. In terms of sports, the college also has great amenities to help students maintain health in their academics as well as in physical activities.

There exists a well-equipped auditorium in the compound of the college, this supports many occasions, seminars and cultivates cultural life within the institution. The institution also has a health centre with first aid facilities in order to promote the health of its students.

For the facility of learning, Emerald Heights College has well-developed IT facilities which helps the students to stay connected and avail them to the online technologies. There is list of courses offered in the Emerald Heights College for Women, including Humanities, undertaking professional interests.

The institution offers 21 courses comprising of full time undergraduate and postgraduate, part time research degree etc. Subject areas covered by the course include commerce, arts, science and computer applications, among others. This points to the fact that there is a low student-faculty ratio which guarantees individual attention and quality of the degrees offered. The courses offered are BA English Literature, B.

Sc Zoology, BA History, M. Phil Commerce, B. Com, PhD English Literature, BCA and so on. Admission policy at Emerald Heights College for Women is also universal and the admission is offered on merit basis. The establishment of Emerald Heights College for Women is greatly pioneering women’s higher learning in the Nilgiri region.