| Ramjas College | |
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| Location | |
| North Campus, University Enclave, Delhi |
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| Motto | Hindi: ज्ञानात् परतर न हि ("knowledge has no comparison") |
| Established | 1917 |
| Founder | Rai Kedar Nath |
| Principal | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | University of Delhi |
| Website | http://www.ramjascollege.edu |
Ramjas College (Hindi: रामजस कॉलेज) is a constituent college of the University of Delhi located in Delhi, India. The college admits both undergraduates and post-graduates, and awards degrees under the purview of the University. Famous for its rich history and many traditions, Ramjas is widely renowned as perhaps India's one of the most famous higher educational institution offering degrees in the liberal arts and the sciences. Since its founding in 1917, the college has produced a long line of distinguished alumni.
Students and alumni of the college are termed Ramjasians.[1] It has been ranked as one of the best colleges in India and amongst the Top Ten in Delhi in all three streams- Arts, Science and Commerce, in the India Today Best Colleges Survey
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Ramjas is a co-educational institution of higher learning located in University Enclave on the University of Delhi's 'North' campus. In spite of its location in North India, the college has always striven to admit students and select teachers from all communities and from all parts of India. It also admits a small number of students from overseas.
Along with Undergraduate courses and Postgraduate courses, the college also conducts Short-term Add-On courses and Language courses. The college is run by the Ramjas Foundation.[2]
The college provides hostel facility with eighty seats for girls and one hundred twenty seats for boys.
Founded in 1917 by the great educationist and philanthropist, Rai Kedar Nath, Ramjas College is one of the oldest colleges of Delhi. Beginning from the humble precincts of Darya Ganj in Old Delhi, the College today boasts of a spacious campus, state-of-the-art infrastructure and an esteemed faculty of scholars trained at leading universities in India and abroad.
Apart from regular courses, the college also provides short term add-on courses and language courses to cater the specialized needs of students.