

| Ethiraj College for Women Year of Establishment 1948 |
Situated in the heart of the city of Chennai in 9 acres of campus area, the college stands self contained with prestigious structures measuring to a total plinth area of 3,48,751Sq.ft. It is this infrastructural facility and the vision which is kept up by the successive managements, principals, faculty and students which has gained for the college the five star status from NAAC and the college with Potential for Excellence award from UGC. Thousands of students have passed out of the portals of the college, carrying with them the aura and dignity of the institution itself. The students are today occupying enviable positions all over the world from diplomatic circles to law and order to teaching and caring for the under privileged. They have also won national awards for their contribution
... >>The placement cell is an institutional arrangement in the college whose service is primarily extended to secure full time jobs to the final year students community.
The Placement cell provides information regarding higher education in India and abroad, job opportunities available in the market through its notice board, emails and brochures. It also extends its services by offering various trainings to the students on personality development and career development skills, etc. The database of the students are managed by the cell which plays a critical role in getting jobs for the alumni.
The Placement Cell of Ethiraj College has been assisting the students in paving a way to their career since 1998.The cell brought various personalities from various major organisations to
... >>Library:
The Library’s primary mission is to serve the academic community with high-quality resources, services and act as a gateway to information to meet the needs of the institution’s diverse instructional, research and out reach programmes.
The Library housed in a sprawling 32,000 sq.ft.. three storeyed building provides a stunning range of library collections and information services to the teaching, research and service functions of the user community. The Library houses over 91,917 books and 52 print journals and is also sufficiently supported by over 6000 online journals (EBSCO’s ‘Academic Search Elite’ and ‘Business Source Premier’.)The research wing has the doctoral and M.Phil dissertations for rea
... >>Located in sylvan surroundings, the two block hostel facility is a home away from home for many students. The hostel facility of the college was started in 1948, by our beloved founder, Shri. V.L. Ethiraj. In those years, when women’s education itself was rare, hostel founder went the extra mile and thought about the security of the women who take to higher education. So benevolently gave away his house that was situated within the campus premises to be converted to a hostel.
Started for 169 students and teachers, the hostel facility of Ethiraj
College has now been enhanced to include two individual blocks (one each for PG and UG inmates) situated with in the college premises and can accommodate 370 Indian and Foreign Nationals and NRI’s.
In addition
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