Maharani's Science College for Women

Maharani's Science College for Women is a government women's college on J L B Road in Mysuru, Karnataka. By the college's own account it began as a primary school for girls in 1881 and grew into a first-grade college that held its golden jubilee in 1968; in 1979 the institution was divided into Maharani's Science College for Women and Maharani's Arts College for Women. The science college is affiliated to the University of Mysore, is administered by the Department of Collegiate Education, Government of Karnataka, and styles itself autonomous. Its funding comes from the Government of Karnataka, the University Grants Commission and contributions from students, alumni and the College Development Council, and its campus covers five acres in the city centre. NAAC accredited it at grade A (CGPA 3.01) in March 2016, valid up to 16 March 2021; the college website also lists a later certificate dated December 2018.

The college reports 20 departments, 15 in science and 5 in languages, plus an integrated degree course in Home Science, add-on courses and certificate courses. Its published course list names the Bachelor of Computer Applications and 24 BSc subject combinations built from Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Electronics, Computer Science, Statistics, Geology, Botany, Zoology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Food Science, Sericulture and Clinical Nutrition, together with MSc programmes in Applied Zoology, Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics and Zoology. Undergraduate admission for 2022-23 ran through the Karnataka government's online UUCMS portal, and the college published provisional selected lists for BCA seats in May and June 2023.