City College Hyderabad

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City College of Hyderabad
Established 1921
Type Public
Location Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India India
Campus Urban, 16 acres (6 km²)
Website
Accredited with A level by NAAC

Government City College is located in Hyderabad, India. It has been conferred with autonomy by the University Grants Commission, Osmania University from 2004. It is owned and funded by the State Government of Andhra Pradesh.

History

The Nizam Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI of Hyderabad established the first city school in the name Madarsa Dar-ul-uloom as early as 1865, later Nizam Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, converted it into a City High School. The school moved into the present grand building in 1921. Intermediate sections (F.A) of Osmania University with 30 students were introduced in 1921 under the supervision of the high school with Urdu as the medium of instruction. In 1929, the school was upgraded to a college and was named as City College. It became a constituent college of Osmania University.,,[1][2][3]

Syllabus and changes of name

Consequent to the abolition of the Intermediate course (FA) in Osmania University in 1956, the Pre-University Course (PUC) was introduced.

The Bachelor of Science courses were introduced in 1962 and the institution was named as City Science College. City College was taken over by the government from Osmania University in 1965 and was renamed as Government City Science College. In 1967, B.A and B.Com courses were added and the college became Government City College.[4]

The college offers 22 undergraduate programmes, including B.Sc, B.A., and B.Com.

The college was upgraded as a PostGraduate Center with the introduction of Master of Science Programmes in Biotechnology, and Mathematics, in 2001 and 2003 respectively.[5] The college boasts of a state of the art Biotechnology Lab.[6]

Accreditation

Facilities

  • Central library which possesses rare books, Central Computing and Internet facilities.[6]
  • Cricket/football stadium, NCC and NSS.
  • Health Centre, grievances redressal cell, career guidance cell.[6]
  • Open University centre, auditorium and Seminar Hall.

Architecture

Government City College, architecturally magnificent and imposing, was established in 1919 during the rule of the Nizam, Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII of erstwhile Hyderabad State. The campus is spread over 16 acres and the building is constructed on the banks of Musi River in the Indo-Islamic style facing the open ground (now Quli Qutub Shah Stadium) and the Andhra Pradesh High Court is adjacent to Government City College.[6]

The College building has been declared as a Heritage Monument by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.[7]

The college campus was depicted in several films like Ganesh (film), Naaga, Tere Naam, Boys (2003 film), Vennela etc.

Notable Alumni

Union Ministers

Chief Ministers

Indian Cricketer

Reference List

  1. ↑ http://institutes.ind.in/govt-city-college-hyderabad
  2. ↑ http://www.google.ae/search?q=history+of+city+college+hyderabad&hl=en&biw=1003&bih=590&prmd=ivns&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=hneuTcTgIsHPhAeb0fTdAw&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=11&ved=0CFsQ5wIwCg. Retrieved 2012-08-21.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "Government City College". BioTecNika. 2011-10-15. Retrieved 2012-08-21. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://govtcitycollege.org/pdf/Seminar_Broucher.pdf. Retrieved 2012-08-21.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ http://www.apcce.gov.in/PDF%20Files/JLPromotionsPhase-II/revised/History.pdf. Retrieved 2012-08-21.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Government City College, Hyderabad (Secundrabad) | Colleges in Hyderabad (Secundrabad) Andhra Pradesh". Punjabcolleges.com. 2004-02-15. Retrieved 2012-08-21. 
  7. ↑ "Government City College - Government City College, Hyderabad". Edu.sulekha.com. Retrieved 2012-08-21. 
  8. ↑ http://govtcitycollege.org/alumni.html

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