 College gate in 2011 | |
| Motto | Lighted to Lighten |
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| Type | Aided |
| Established | 1915; 110 years ago (1915) |
| Principal | Dr Lilian I Jasper[1] |
Academic staff | 156 |
| Undergraduates | 2646 |
| Location | ,, India 13°4′8.76″N80°14′55.36″E / 13.0691000°N 80.2487111°E /13.0691000; 80.2487111 |
| Affiliations | University of Madras |
| Website | wcc.edu.in |
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Women's Christian College is a reputed interdenominationalwomen's college on College Road, Nungambakkam, inChennai,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 fighterRukmani Lakshmipathy was a first batch student.
Mount Holyoke College inSouth Hadley, Massachusetts, U.S., has been Women's Christian College's sister college since 1920.[4] BothMount Holyoke Culturals[5] andMount Holyoke Hostel (dormitory) at Women's Christian College refer to this.
| College rankings | |
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| General – India | |
| NIRF (Colleges) (2022)[6] | 72 |
The college is ranked 67th among colleges in India by theNational Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024.[7]
