Queen Marys College

About College

Queen Mary's College is an autonomous government college located in Chennai and was founded in July, 1914 as the first college in the city solely for women. It also claims to fall in the list of first three women colleges in the country. It was started as Madras Women’s College with a capacity of 33 students in a building known as Capper house.

College gained its present name in 1917 and permanent status a year later. The college celebrated its Diamond Jubilee with full pomp and vigour in the presence of late PM Mrs. Indira Gandhi. It has been running successfully for more than 100 years and has commemorated each achievement with a building for expanding its education facilities.

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Why to Join Queen Mary's College?

• Rich history: Queen Mary's College falls in the list of the first three women colleges in the country and has been running in full vigour for more than hundred years.
• Autonomous status: The college has gained autonomous status in all its courses except Ph.D. It has the liberty to determine its own courses following the framework of Madras University and evolve examination evaluation methods.
• Affordable fees: Being a government run college, Queen Mary’s College offers degrees to all sections of society in the exchange for an affordable fee. It also has special reservations for different sections of people.
• Age old Library: The college boasts of a huge library housing a rare collection of old and modern books. It has books in different languages and is accompanied by separate departmental libraries. A new building called Digital Library is under construction as well. It gives access to over 94,944 books besides 75,000 e-books and 3,500 e-journals in different languages.