ABOUT THE COLLEGE

PATNA WOMEN’S COLLEGE is the first institution of higher learning opened to cater to the educational needs of women in Bihar. Bishop B.J. Sullivan S.J., Bishop of Patna (Founder) and Mother M. Josephine A.C. Superior General of the Apostolic Carmel named it Patna Women’s College and presented it as a gift to the Women of Bihar, thereby placing at their disposal an opportunity for higher education. The College is run by the Catholic Religious Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel, an indigenous educational body founded in 1870.

In the year 2024, the College has been re-accredited with the highest grade A++ by NAAC in the fourth Cycle of accreditation.The College whose hallmark has always been Quality and Excellence, has been accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ grade for three consecutive cycles with CGPA 3.51/4 in 2010 and CGPA 3.58/4 in 2015. The college also has been accorded as ‘College with Potential for Excellence (CPE)’ status from UGC in three phases in 2004, 2010 and 2015. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has conferred Autonomous status to Patna Women’s College in January, 2018 which was further notified by the Parent University (Patna University) in July, 2018.