Government Arts College, Coimbatore

Government Arts College (Autonomous), Coimbatore, on Arts College Road, was established in 1852 by the British Government and is a government college affiliated to Bharathiar University; it was conferred autonomous status in 1987. NIRF 2025 placed it at rank 67 in the College category. NAAC accredited it at grade B++ in the fourth cycle, valid till 10 March 2025. The college's NIRF 2025 submission lists 4,600 undergraduate and 1,129 postgraduate students and a sanctioned intake for 2023-24 of 1,646 UG and 645 PG seats.

Teaching is organised in departments across arts, science and commerce, with many programmes running in two shifts and in English or Tamil medium. The 2026-27 UG rank-list page names 23 three-year programmes: B.A. in Tamil Literature, English Literature, History, Economics, Political Science, Public Administration, Tourism and Travel Management and Defence Studies; B.Sc. in Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Psychology, Geography, Statistics, Geology, Computer Science and Information Technology; B.Com. in Commerce, Computer Applications and International Business; and BBA. The PG list has 20 two-year programmes, including M.A., M.Sc., M.Com. and Tourism and Travel Management. Admission is by counselling run by the college from published rank lists, using cut-off marks out of 400 in four subjects for UG.