PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore

PSGR Krishnammal College for Women is an autonomous women's college on Avinashi Road in Peelamedu, Coimbatore, affiliated to Bharathiar University. The GRG Trust of Coimbatore opened it in June 1963, and the UGC granted it autonomy in 2004. It runs both government-aided and self-financing courses on a 10.5-acre campus, and it has been accredited by NAAC in four cycles, most recently with an A++ grade (CGPA 3.71) in 2021. It was the first college in Tamil Nadu to offer a B.Com programme for women and has run an MBA for women since 1993.

More than 8,500 students study arts, commerce, science and management.Aided degrees include B.A. in economics, English and history, B.B.A., B.Com and B.Sc. in botany, chemistry, mathematics, physics and zoology; self-financing options add commerce and computing specialisations, psychology, fashion design, M.Sc., M.Com, MSW and MBA courses, and Ph.D. research is offered in 13 subjects. Undergraduate admission is based on Class 12 marks under Tamil Nadu reservation rules and Bharathiar University norms. The college also has centres for Gandhian, Ambedkar and women's studies. In NIRF 2025 it is ranked 9th in the college category.