 College gate in 2011 | |
| Motto | Lighted to Lighten |
|---|---|
| Type | Aided |
| Established | 1915 |
| Principal | Dr Lilian I Jasper [1] |
Academic staff | 156 |
| Undergraduates | 2646 |
| Location | , , 13°4′8.76″N80°14′55.36″E / 13.0691000°N 80.2487111°E |
| Affiliations | University of Madras |
| Website | wcc.edu.in |
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Women's Christian College is a reputed interdenominational women's college on College Road, Nungambakkam, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
The Women's Christian College was founded in 1915 with 41 students and 7 faculty members, as a result of the joint venture of 12 missionary societies of interdenominational and international nature located in England, in Canada and in U.S.A., with a mission to provide higher education to women of India in liberal arts and sciences.The motto of the college is "Lighted to lighten". It was affiliated to the University of Madras and was given recognition as an autonomous college in 1982. [2] [3] At present it is a government-aided minority institution. It has grown to a strength of over 4252 students and 209 members of faculty in the aided and self-financing sections.
India's first female political prisoner and freedom fighter Rukmani Lakshmipathy was a first batch student.
Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, U.S., has been Women's Christian College's sister college since 1920. [4] Both Mount Holyoke Culturals [5] and Mount Holyoke Hostel (dormitory) at Women's Christian College refer to this.
| College rankings | |
|---|---|
| General – India | |
| NIRF (Colleges) (2022) [6] | 72 |
The college is ranked 67th among colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024. [7]
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