Night College of Arts and Commerce, Kolhapur

Established in 1971, Night College of Arts and Commerce, Kolhapur is one among the premier institutions of Maharashtra, India associated with higher education. The affiliated college is located in the heart of Kolhapur at Bindu Chowk, Ravivaar Peth and has survived over five decades since its inception.

In addition to this, it has also been accredited by NAAC; thus, the managing committee is more serious about providing quality education to their diversified students' body. Spread over a compact 3-acre campus, the college currently enrols 639 students with a remarkable gender distribution of 481 males and 210 female students.

The college is offering 4 courses across 3 degree programmes that are mainly oriented towards the arts and commerce disciplines, with 7 dedicated faculty members. Night College of Arts and Commerce has a chain of facilities that could go a long way in making its students' experiences enriched and provide them help toward academic success.

The centre of all these facilities lies in the college library, which resembles a treasure house of knowledge with rare books, abundant reference materials, and texts sufficient for photocopying. It has an open access policy for staff and postgraduate students, a "New Arrivals" section, and internet-connected computers- thus humming with dynamic activity in learning and research.

As far as boarding students are concerned, there are boys and girls hostels with comfortable accommodation. The health of the students is also well taken care by giving them a health centre where first-aid treatment is provided and a gym for physical well-being. The sports facilities offered by Night College of Arts and Commerce will provide ample opportunities for the sports lovers to follow their interests.

Another characteristic feature of this place is its auditorium that caters to events and seminars steeping the atmosphere in rich culture and intellect. The academic courses are a focused selection at Night College of Arts and Commerce; full-time courses are offered. The undergraduate course of the college consists of three-year B. A. and B. Com .

It is affiliated to the undergraduate programmes, extending up to two years of postgraduate courses: M. A. Marathi and M. A. English . The student-to-programme ratio is such that there is a fine balance of undergraduate and postgraduate students to accommodate as many diverse academic interests as possible in the Arts and Commerce fields.

Admission to Night College of Arts and Commerce, an affiliated college of Shivaji University , has been planned to be an all-inclusive smooth process befitting the very philosophy on which this institution was established, that is, to provide education for one and for all.