PGP College of Arts and Science, Namakkal

PGP College of Arts and Science for women was started in the year 1994 at Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India. Affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University with NAAC accreditation, the accreditations with All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) confirms the qualification of the college. With a total land area of about 14.

68 acres, PGP College provides seventy-seven split into twelve programmes and sixty-seven specialisations . The student enrolment of the institute is 1426 and the faculty members are 113; thus the ratio between them is 5:1. The college has many students at Admission college level 70% undergraduate and 30% postgraduate students.

PGP College of Arts and Science for women offers host of other fashionable amenities to improve experience of students. The campus has male and female hostels to accommodate up to 1000 and 600 students respectively. A modern and well stocked library “Dr.

Ranganathan Library” with seating capacity of 800 students , has an estimable collection of 49500 books, 500 e-journals and 200 national and international journals and magazines. Education college accords high prestige to sporting activities and exercise with fields for various games and a gym. The specified IT infrastructure is quite sound, for instance; the campus is well supplied with wireless Internet connection.

Other features include fully air-conditioned laboratories, a canteen, a sick bay with ambulance service and a modern auditorium for educational/cultural activities. This college offers almost all faculties in arts and science. Offering 67 education programmes, the institute offers full time undergraduate and post graduate programmes and also research based M. Phil and Ph. D programmes.

College provides the degree in Commerce, Management, Computer Applications, Science, Art and Hotel Management. Among the listed courses, the most sought after courses are B. Com, MBA , MCA, B. Sc in any specialisation and MA. This college also provide some specialisations like B. Com E-Banking & M. Sc Food Processing to fulfill the special demands of the occupations.

Degree Name Total Number of Seats MBA 45 MCA 30 The PGP College of Arts and Science has elaborate admissions procedures in which the main criterion is performance. In case of admissions to undergraduate programmes, student are selected on the basis of their results in the qualifying examination – 10+2 or equivalent.

In admissions for a postgraduate programme, the applicant’s performance in their respective undergraduate programme may be considered. The college also accepts students to various courses throughout the year depending on the set capacities in each course. For instance for MBA programme a total Intake is 45 whereas for MCA programme 30 seats are there.