Pachaiyappa's College for Men, Kanchipuram

Pachaiyappa’s College For Men, Kanchipuram, was established in the year 1950. Located in a large 68-acre piece of land, this is an all male university that was established more than 70 years ago. The college presents 23 courses in 9 degree programmes to satisfy students’ diverse educational needs.

The college is also privileged to have a faculty of 95 and a total enrolment of 2498 students hence availing a great student teacher ratio so as to be able to offer quality time for our students. The institution’s academic mission is evident in the various courses offered for undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels duly supported by adequate faculty, lectures and other facilities.

Pachaiyappa’s College has is a number of modern facilities for supporting its activities. The library remains one of the most essentials facilities where a big number of books, magazines, and journals are stored and available for borrowing covering almost any subject. In a case of practicals, the college offers appropriately stocked and modern laboratories in different sciences.

The institution also values technological development because it has some of the best computer systems throughout its learning centres to equip the learners for the future. In addition to classroom education, Pachaiyappa’s College for Men provides for complete spritual, mental and physical nurturing in its need based sports facilities, gymnasium and auditorium for cultural programs, meetings and seminars.

It also has health centre that includes first aid service to take care of the health of the students in the college. On the current offering, Pachaiyappa’s College for Men provides for 23 courses in different categories. The institution offers a combination of full courses and short courses depending on the needs of the students.

The course that are offered are classified at the undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels in Arts, Science, Commerce etc. Some of the popular programmes launched include BA in Economics & History, B. Sc Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics , & Zoology B. Com Shift II . The college also teaches postgraduate degree programmes of MA, M. Sc, and M. Com at postgraduate level.

There are few professional courses for print media enthusiasts and for research M. Phil and Ph. D programmes are conducted only in some fields. The college also provides BCA & B. Sc (Computer Science) to focus on the technology placement to cater to the current society need. Degree Name No of Specialization B. Sc 5 BA 2 M. Sc 6 Ph. D 2 B. Com 2 MA 1 M. Phil 2 BCA 1 M.

Com 1 The admission process of Pachaiyappa’s College for Men is not complicated and the college claims to strive for the best in admitting the most deserving candidates for all programmes. Admission requirements for various courses may however differ but in most cases; the college tends to adopt an academic performance based approach .

There are certain programmes to which the college admits students at different seasons of the year following the academic session. It’s importance is reflected in the fact that in case of postgraduate and research programmes, extra conditions and pre-requisites like entrance evaluations or interviews can also be put into consideration