Maitreyi College is a women's college in the South Campus of the

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, located in Bapu Dham,

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. It was established in July 1967 and named after the Vedic sage

Maitreyi Maitreyi ( sa, मैत्रेयी) ("Wise one") was an Indian philosopher who lived during the later Vedic period in ancient India. She is mentioned in the ''Brihadaranyaka Upanishad'' as one of two wives of the Vedic sage Yajnavalkya; sh ...

. An all-women's college, it offers various courses in the fields of

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and Commerce. The college was recognised by DBT as a star college, conferring the star status to all four of its science departments namely Botany, Zoology, Chemistry and Mathematics. In 2022, it was ranked 34th among colleges in India by

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. The college has been accredited grade A++ by NAAC. Due to the construction of Pink Line, Maitreyi College is quite accessible via Delhi Metro. The nearest metro station is

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which is around 1 km from the college.

Rankings

It is ranked 34th among colleges in India by

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Academic courses and departments

Maitreyi College offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses. * Three-year undergraduate programme * Two-year post graduate programme

Three-year Undergraduate Programmes

* Bachelor of Arts * Bachelor with Honours in English language , English * Bachelor with Honours in

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* Bachelor with Honours in

History History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

* Bachelor with Honours in

Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

* Bachelor with Honours in

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

* Bachelor with Honours in

Sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of Empirical ...

* Bachelor with Honours in

Commerce Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, nation ...

* Bachelor with Honours in

Botany Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek w ...

* Bachelor with Honours in

Chemistry Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...

* Bachelor with Honours in

Maths Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

* Bachelor with Honours in

Physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

* Bachelor with Honours in

Zoology Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the Animal, animal kingdom, including the anatomy, structure, embryology, evolution, Biological clas ...

* Bachelor with Honours in Commerce * Bachelor of Commerce * Bachelor of Science Programme with

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(Physics, Chemistry / Computer Science, Maths) * Bachelor of Science Programme with

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(Botany Chemistry, Zoology)

Two-year Post-Graduate Programmes

* Master of Arts in Political Science * Master of Arts/Science in Mathematics

Awards

Maitreyi College has won many awards for its lawns. The college was awarded 'The Deshbandhu College Cup' for the Best Lawn and 'The Department of Persian Cup' for the Best Garden at the Delhi University Annual Flower Show 2018. The college won 17 prizes in different cut flower categories. The college's gardener, Shri Ram Bahadur was awarded the title of the Best Mali for the year 2018.

Notable alumni

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, actress and model *

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References

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