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    About Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai

    Pachaiyappa’s College of Chennai, founded in 1841, is an ancient institution with the multifaceted legacy of more than one eighty years. Being an affiliated college, this institution is situated in the central part of Chennai and provides a vast majority of academic disciplines. The college occupies this spacious thirty-eight acres, thus creating an excellent setting for a college and its college-goers. In this context, with a total student enrolment capacity of 3,653 & supporting a faculty strength of 143, the college offers a perfect student- teacher ratio for proper learning.

    Pachaiyappa’s College boasts of having made additional setups which are elaborated to facilitate learning. This is in view of that the students are provided with well-equipped departmental laboratories for practical purposes. The college library as one known source of information with capability to meet the needs of all students. For those who are interested in sports, there is good provision to develop such characters in the college. The institution also has an efficient information technology system, and makes sure that the students are up to date with the ever growing technologies. With at least an auditorium on the campus, people are in a position to embrace academic activity meant for different events or seminars and seminars. It also has a girls’ hostel where female students from various areas can comfortably datum, as they pursue their college education.

    Pachaiyappa’s College lays out an excellent dissemination of 52 courses in 10 degree programmes making education diverse. It spans across a broad area of knowledge base areas consisting of Arts, Sciences, and Commerce. They include BA in History, Economics, Philosophy ,Tamil and English, B.Sc Math, Physics, Chemistry, Zoology and Botany and B.Com. For the students who wants to proceed further with their studies, there are post graduate courses offered in the college such as MA, M.Sc, and M.Com for a host of disciplines. In addition, M.Phil & Ph.D programmes in various fields is available in the institution to emphasise its revelation to research and Post Graduation.

    Admission at Pachaiyappa’s College has been made easy and selection is based on students’ performance. The college may take into account performance in qualifying tests for admission to the undergraduate course. Thus, if selected students seek postgraduate and research programmes, more requirements may be added like entrance test or interview. As for now, the college keep their alumni engaged and such state reflects the college’s history and their alumni success rates.

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    Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai Highlights

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    Established1841
    Courses 10 Degrees and 52 Courses
    Institute TypeAffiliated College
    Student Count3421
    Faculty Count156
    Campus Size38 acres
    Gender PercentageMale 98% and Female 2%

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    Students Receiving Full Tuition Fee Reimbursement

    UG (3 years): 3037/3037
    PG (2 years): 179/438

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    Pachaiyappa's College, E.V.R. Periyar High Road, Shenoy Nagar, Chennai, Pincode-600030, Tamil Nadu, India

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