Syllabus and changes of name
Consequent to the abolition of the Intermediate course (FA) in Osmania University in 1956, the Pre-University Course (PUC) was introduced. The
Bachelor of Science
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courses were introduced in 1962 and the institution was named as "City Science College". City College was taken over by the government from Osmania University in 1965 and was renamed as Government City Science College. In 1967, B.A and B.Com courses were added and the college became "Government City College". The college offers more than 50 undergraduate programmes, including
B.Sc
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,
B.A
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.,
B.Com
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and
BBA.
Post Graduate Research Centre
The college was upgraded as a Research Center with the introduction of
Master of Science
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Programs in
Biotechnology
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, and
Mathematics
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, in 2001 and 2003 respectively with 100% placement record. Physics, and Commerce were introduced in 2015 and 2016 respectively.
Facilities and activities
* Central library which possesses rare books, Central Computing and Internet facilities.
* Cricket/football stadium, NCC and NSS.
* Health Centre, grievances redressal cell, career guidance cell.
* B.R. Ambedkar Open University center, auditorium and Seminar Hall.
* State of the art Biotechnology lab, and field visits to
Genome Valley
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Architecture
Government City College was established in 1919 during the rule of the
Nizam,
Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII of erstwhile
Hyderabad State
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. The campus is spread over 16 acres and the building is constructed on the banks of
Musi River Musi may refer to:
* Musi River (Indonesia)
* Musi River (India), Telangana
* Moosy River, Andhra Pradesh, India
* Musi language, a Malay language spoken in Indonesia
* Angelo Musi (1918–2009), American basketball player
* Agostino de' Musi, real ...
in the
Indo-Saracenic
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style facing the open ground (now ''Quli Qutub Shah Stadium'') and the
Telangana High Court
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is adjacent to the college.
The College building has been declared as a
Heritage Monument
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by the Government of
Telangana
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, It has been a pan-India film shooting hub.
Notable alumni
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Shivraj Patil
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P. Shiv Shankar
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Marri Chenna Reddy
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Arshad Ayub
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M. Prabhakar Reddy
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Paruchuri Gopala Krishna
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J. K. Bharavi
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Muhammad Ali (actor)
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( ur, شہنشاہِ جذبات), meaning ''The Emperor of Emotions''.[Osmania University
Osmania University is a collegiate public state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad in 1918 , He released a farman to establish OSMANIA UNIVERSITY on the day of 28 August 1918. It ...]
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Hyderabad
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