City College Hyderabad

The Government City College is an Under Graduate and Post-Graduate college located in Hyderabad, India. It has been conferred with autonomy by the University Grants Commission, Osmania University from 2004 and re-accrediated in 2012 with A Grade by NAAC. It is owned and funded by the State Government of Telangana. The campus is one of the Heritage structures in Hyderabad, India.HistoryThe Nizam Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI of Hyderabad established the first city school in the name "Madarsa Dar-ul-uloom" as early as 1865, later Nizam Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, converted it into a City High School. The school moved into the present grand building in 1921. Intermediate sections (F.A) of Osmania University with 30 students were introduced in 1921 under the supervision of the high school with Urdu as the medium of instruction. In 1929, the school was upgraded to a college and was named as "City College". It became a constituent college of Osmania University.Syllabus and changes of nameConsequent to the abolition of the Intermediate course in Osmania University in 1956, the Pre-University Course was introduced. The Bachelor of Science courses were introduced in 1962 and the institution was named as "City Science College". City College was taken over by the government from Osmania University in 1965 and was renamed as Government City Science College. In 1967, B.A and B.Com courses were added and the college became "Government City College".