Welcome to Womens College Aligarh

The Womens College, Aligarh Muslim University is a 111 years institution dedicated to the cause of female education in India.  It was started as a small school in 1906 at Upper Court, Aligarh on the initiative of the founder Dr. Sheikh Abdullah (fondly remembered as Papa Mian) and his wife Waheed Jahan Begum.  The high school was established in 1921 and later gained status of an Intermediate College in 1922.  With the passage of time, in 1937 it was elevated to the status of an undergraduate college as part of the Aligarh Muslim University.  It is a pioneer institution of its kind which is providing knowledge to so many deserving communities and in the process it has become a role model and guiding light.  At present, 3095 girls students from various parts of the country including overseas students from Turkey, Malaysia, Thailand, Iran, Indonesia and Afghanistan are studying in Womens College. In all 34 courses are offered under different faculties like Arts, Social Sciences, Science, Life Sciences, Agricultural Science (Home Sc.) & Commerce. Womens College has a total strength of 107 teaching staff helping in achieving the target of imparting knowledge and the current student teacher ratio is 29:1. Besides, this college also has 75 non-teaching staff personnel.