Government Degree College Shopian also known as GDC Shopian, is an autonomous degree college affiliated with the

University of Kashmir University of Kashmir (UoK), informally known as Kashmir University (KU), is a collegiate university, collegiate public university, public State university (India), state university located in the Hazratbal neighbourhood, on the western side of ...

, located on a 67 kanal () campus in Shopian in the Indian union territory of

Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to: * Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory since 2019 * Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered by India as a state from 1952 to 2019 * Jammu and Kashmir (prin ...

. The college provides admission in more than 146 combinations involving more than 30 subjects. In addition, the college facilitates off-campus education in collaboration with

IGNOU Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is a public open & distance learning university located in Delhi, India. Named after the former prime minister of India, Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of 20 ...

, MANUU and the Department of Distance Education of the

. The college is recognized by the UGC, under sections 2(f) and 12(b).

Location

Degree College Shopian is located in Gagren from the main town

Shopian Shopian (), known as Shupyan () in Kashmiri, is an administrative division of the Shopian district. It is located in southern part of Kashmir Valley, of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Shopian is called the ''Apple town of Kashmir'' as majority o ...

, about south of the state summer capital

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and from Pulwama City.

Establishment

The college was established in 1988 by the Government of J&K

Courses

The college offers three year bachelor courses in Arts, Science, Social Science, Commerce, Computer Science, Business Administration

Bachelor courses

*Bachelors in Arts *Bachelors in Arts (Social Science) *Bachelors in Science *Bachelors in Science (with Mathematics) *BBA *BCA *B.Com * The college has introduced many job oriented subjects in 2018 which include Food Science & Technology, Bio-technology, Bio-Chemistry, Clinical Biochemistry etc. GDC Shopian is the second college in Kashmir valley after Women's College M.A. Road Srinagar to start Food Science & Technology as one of the core subjects in UG. * The GDC Shopian College is the only college in J&K to start Horticulture subject as one of the subject in science stream.

References

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