PG College Ghazipur is a postgraduate college situated in

Ghazipur Ghazipur is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Ghazipur city is the administrative headquarters of the Ghazipur district, one of the four districts that form the Varanasi division of Uttar Pradesh. The city of Ghazipur also constitute ...

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, India. The college was established in July 1957 as the first Degree College of Ghazipur. Initially it was affiliated with

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but currently its affiliation is with

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, Jaunpur. Currently it offers courses in four main streams: arts, science, agriculture, Commerce and education.

Location

The college is situated on the western edge of

. Near the college is the famous

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tomb of Lord

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. The college has some large farms in its surroundings which are owned by the college's agricultural department. Its campus has a

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grove and a garden which has many varieties of Gulab flower.

History

The college was founded as a degree college in affiliation with

Gorakhpur University DDU Gorakhpur University (simply known as University of Gorakhpur) is located in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The University of Gorakhpur is a teaching and residential-cum-affiliating University. It is about . from the d ...

in 1957. Before becoming a college, it was a secondary school run by Theosophical Society Affiliates.

Courses

Courses are offered in the arts (both bachelors (B.A.) and masters (M.A.)), sciences (B.Sc. and M.Sc.), agriculture (B.Sc.Ag.and M.Sc.Ag) and education (B.Ed.). Commerce( B.com and M.Com. ) The college has a new wing which is offering technical and professional courses (BCA, MCA, BBA and MBA), which are currently being run as a separate institution named TERIPGC. Degrees are offered from PTU.

Alumni

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External links

Official Website of college
Post Graduate College, Ghazipur

References

Postgraduate colleges in Uttar Pradesh Science colleges in India Arts colleges in India Colleges of education in India Commerce colleges in India Agricultural universities and colleges in Uttar Pradesh Education in Ghazipur district Ghazipur Educational institutions established in 1957 1957 establishments in Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-university-stub