3 Best Arts Colleges in Agra, UP

“Agra College was established in 1823 A.D. with the pioneering efforts of the noted Sanskrit scholar and astrologer Pandit Gangadhar Shastri. The institution is affiliated with Gautam Buddha Technical University and accredited by NAAC Grade 'A'. The College is a government college, after which a Board of Trustees and a Committee of Management manage the college. Agra College has enjoyed the singular privilege of reaching out to illustrious personalities who have carved out an enviable place in the national and international arena. This college produced the first graduate in Uttar Pradesh and the first law graduate in Northern India. Agra College offers a one-year Mass Communication & Media diploma course, a degree in Commerce, B.Ed, and Biotechnology under a self-financing scheme. The college has a wi-fi campus, central instrumentation lab, computerised library, banking facilities, indoor games and accommodation facilities.”

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“St. John's College was established in 1850 by the Church Missionary Society of England through the efforts of the Agra C.M.S. Association. From 1862 to 1888 the College remained affiliated to Calcutta University and later up to 1927 to Allahabad University. St. John's College is Accredited "A" by NAAC. They provide 40 courses and have a professional team of 248 faculty. From their beginning, the College aimed to extend education, keeping the dispensation of social justice through education and upliftment of the oppressed as one of their central concerns. St. John's College strives for the extension of quality education while keeping the dispensation of social justice and upliftment of the downtrodden as one of their major concerns. They can boast of having one of the most beautiful North Indian buildings, with built-in red sandstone in Indo-Saracenic architecture. The College has a canteen, library, computer lab and playground. The college has formulated their curriculum and conducted their examinations.”

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“Raja Balwant Singh College formerly known as Balwant Rajput College and has made phenomenal progress. Their mission is to keep abreast with innovation frontiers of education, knowledge, research, and development for mentoring rural and urban students to serve society better. The library has a seating capacity of 120 has 115533 books, 15 encyclopedias, 55 Journals, Reference Books, Magazines, Newspapers, CD/DVVD, Thesis, Dissertation, Reports etc. The library in the Department of Education of the college, with a seating capacity of 50, has 12,022 books, 5 encyclopaedias, 10 journals, 887 dissertations, and 133 PhD theses. The College has a bank, cafeteria, faculty research facility, post office, botanical garden, anti-ragging squads and a college complaints committee, CCTV surveillance and a Wi-Fi-enabled campus. They inculcate discipline, confidence, creativity, scientific and moral temper, intellect and self-realisation to attain paradigms of success in life. Raja Balwant Singh College's vision is to be committed to pursuing excellence in higher education, character building, holistic development of personality and knowledgeable citizenship.”

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