About us

PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore (KCW) was established in 1963 with a motto of ‘empowering women through education’.

KCW is an autonomous institution, affiliated to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. It is ranked #4 among colleges in the country in 2023 by the NIRF. The college is accredited by NAAC with the highest A++ grade, certified ‘College of Excellence’ by UGC. KCW is home to 8,500+ students and 425+ faculty members. The college offers 36 Undergraduate, 17 Postgraduate, and 13 Doctoral programmes in Arts & Humanities, Physical & Life Sciences, Computational Sciences, Commerce & Business, Management and Vocational Studies. The MBA programme is internationally accredited by the ACBSP.

The GRG-BIRAC EYUVA Centre has been established with the support of BIRAC. The Centres of Excellence in Life Sciences, Material Sciences, Commerce professionals and Apparels, Made-ups and Home Furnishings are engaged in cutting-edge research in emerging fields of study. All the science departments have been recognised with ‘Star Status’ by the DBT. Interdisciplinary research in sciences is augmented through the support of the DBT-BUILDER, DST-FIST, DST-CURIE. KCW has been recognised as a Nodal Training Institute under the Agri-Clinics & Agri-Business Centres (ACABC) programme launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, in association with NABARD. A Rural Women Technology Park (DST-sponsored) has been launched to empower women in rural areas through technology transfer and entrepreneurship. The College is a recognised Skill Satellite Centre under DSIR.

KCW has established international collaborative partnerships with premier universities and institutions around the world. These include San Diego State University, Oregon State University, University of Michigan-Dearborn, and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Binghamton University in the USA; CETYS Universidad in Mexico; Nottingham Trent University in the UK; University of Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania; Swinburne University of Technology, Asia Pacific University and Universiti Malaysia Pahang in Malaysia. These partnerships are aimed at facilitating study-abroad programmes, faculty and student mobility, and collaborative research.

Over the last 60 years, the GRG Brand has come to signify excellence in education in South India with more than 100,000 alumnae spread across 25+ countries around the globe.

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