Union Christian College, Umnuih

Affiliated college is Union Christian College, established in the year 1952, located at Ri-Bhoi in Meghalaya. Located in a rather spacious 170 acres compound, the institution provides a wide list of undergraduate courses in every speciality. It is affiliated to the National Assessment and Accreditation Council implying that the college cares a lot in offering quality education.

Union Christian College currently has a student populace of nine hundred eighty nine and a faculty count of fifty five, this college gives its students a friendly learning atmosphere with a compact student-faculty ratio. Union Christian College are some of the most developed features currently found in the academic institutions.

These facilities are well equipped laboratories for practical exposure, more than 22000 text books deposited library and various journals and N-List e-resources facility from Inflibnet . Concerning the students’ health and fitness it boasts a gymnasium, facilities for sports and there is even a swimming pool.

Besides, the college own hostels that cater for both male and female students living in out station in order to experience a comfortable stay in hostels. There is health centre which contains first aid facilities on campus for treating minor ailments as and when they occur.

An important factor is that IT facilities in the college enable today’s learning-teaching methods; the college has an auditorium for holding different events, including seminars. Union Christian College has full-time courses amounting to 21 course and these come with 7 degree programmes. Undergraduate programmes offered by the institution include: Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (B.

Sc), and Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com) programmes as well as several honours subjects namely Geography, Philosophy, Political Science, Botany, Chemistry, Mathematics, Zoology, Physics, English, Economics, History, Education/Nutrition. Besides, the college has professional programmes for student interested in social work and home science as well as bachelor of social work (BSW) and B. Sc in home science .

Course Name No of Specialisation Fees Range BA 7 Rs 113340 - Rs 113340 B. Sc 8 Rs 136450 B. Com 1 - BSW - - During the admission of students into the Union Christian College, the college admission process accepts all students in each category depending on their performance merits.

Through participation on among students, the college fosters for the overall human development more so through the National Service Scheme (NSS) and National Cadet Corps (NCC) among College communities.

Union Christian College also has a Training and Placement Cell that is responsible for the conduct of campus placement thus ensuring that the student is well equipped to face the job market after finishing his/her course. I have found the institution to embrace the formation of community through the Username: Marketing-AH001 Date: 21/12/14 Active Alumni Association with a number of students who passed out.

Equipped with all round academic programmes, state of art infrastructure and emphasis on the development of students as a whole, Union Christian College remains one of the leading colleges for higher education in Meghalaya.