Bharathi Women's College

Bharathi Women's College is a government college for women on Prakasam Salai, near Stanley Hospital in Broadway, George Town, Chennai. It was founded in 1964 as a Government Arts College for women and took its present name in 1981-82, during the centenary celebrations of the Tamil poet Subramania Bharathi. The campus covers eight acres. The college is affiliated to the University of Madras, functions as an autonomous college, and is recognised by the UGC under sections 2(f) and 12(B) of the UGC Act, 1956. NAAC accredited it with grade A (CGPA 3.02) in 2015, in the third cycle, with validity from 1 May 2015 to 30 April 2020.

The college has 13 departments: Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry, Commerce, Computer Science, Economics, English, Geography, History, Mathematics, Physics, Tamil and Zoology. Its course list covers B.A., B.Sc. and B.Com. degrees with matching M.A., M.Sc. and M.Com. programmes, M.Phil. in five subjects and Ph.D. in six. UG courses run in English-medium and Tamil-medium streams, and a second shift (Shift II) offers some UG courses. The college's NIRF 2025 data submission records a sanctioned intake of 1,333 UG and 225 PG seats for 2023-24, and 3,974 UG and 429 PG students enrolled. UG seats are filled by merit rank on Class 12 marks under the Tamil Nadu community reservation, with applications through the TNGASA portal.