Women's College, Shillong

Women college, Shillong was set up in 1984 is one of the most recognised women’s college located in the beautiful city of Shillong, Meghalaya. Founded almost four decades ago, this affiliated college has offered the best education to young women within the community.

Located at the Upper New Colony Laitumkhrah on a very small plot of measuring 1 acres, the college has expanded to reach its current number of enrolment of 1,574 students. Being a faculty of 39 members, Women’s College, Shillong provides 10 courses in 3 degrees, stressing humanities and social sciences.

This college boasts of the accreditation by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) evidences the effort of keeping high standards as the implementing agency of education. Women college essential for studying, and a wide set of resources will help students to find all necessary materials.

There is a college and auditorium where various events like seminars are conducted by the students, to encourage the campus life. In regard to this image the institution has positioned itself to do well in the digital age by providing enough and excellent IT infrastructure for students. The campus also has departmental laboratories that enable practical demonstration and therefore practical learning experiences.

For students’ comfort and ease the college has a cafeteria, a health centre with first aid amenities and even a gym for the students’ exercise. Wireless connection to the internet is provided for clients throughout the campus promoting an e-learning environment. To be specific Women’s College Shillong offers a total number of 10 undergraduate programmes all of which are regular.

The college exclusively offers Bachelor of Arts degrees and programmes in humanities and social sciences. Some of the popular courses are offered in Sociology, Philosophy, Political Science, History, Economics, English and Anthropology and the Bachelor of Arts in Sociology .

Also under the College, there is a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) programme which targets student who wants to work in the field of social welfare and development. Though information regarding the complete number of seats for each course is missing, the total number of enrolments of the college is 1574, which points out the fact that there is a broad potential of taking students in every field.

Writing about the admission process, Women’s College, Shillong embraces abilities and talents while being non- discretion about the procedure of the admission process. Since this college gives more emphasis on the education of females, male students who intend to join college should consider joining a college that admires their quality.

Unfortunately, information regarding individual scholarships remains elusive, though students are welcome to approach the college and or other institutions for more information on scholarships that might be available at the college.

Women Education has remained a priority at Women’s College, Shillong and the college continues to prepare young women for leadership and future endeavours in Meghalaya and other parts of the country.