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{{Infobox university
|image_name=Citycollege 3.JPG
|name = City College of Hyderabad
|city =[[Hyderabad, Telangana|Hyderabad]]
|state=[[Telangana]]
|country=[[India]] {{flagicon|India}}
|established =1921
|campus = [[urban area|Urban]], 16 acres (6 km²)
|type= [[Public university|Public]]
|founder =[[Mir Osman Ali Khan]]
|vice_chancellor=
|chancellor=
|website=http://www.govtcitycollege.ac.in
|footnotes= Accredited with 'B++' level by NAAC
}}
The '''City College of Hyderabad''' is an Under Graduate and Post-Graduate autonomous university located in [[Hyderabad]], India. The campus is one of the oldest Heritage structures in Hyderabad.<ref name="apcce.gov.in">http://www.apcce.gov.in/PDF%20Files/JLPromotionsPhase-II/revised/History.pdf</ref><ref>{{cite av media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKDIwKU5-wA|title=Hyderabad Shaan - History of Government City College (26-04-2015)|date=25 April 2015|work=YouTube}}</ref> Government City College has been re-accredited with 'B++' grade by [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]]. It has been conferred with autonomy by the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]], [[Osmania University]] and the [[Telangana State Government]] since 2014. The college has been accredited by CBCS since the academic year 2014-15.

==History==
The [[Nizam]] [[Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI]] of [[Hyderabad, India|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. Its chief engineer was Nawab Khan Bahadur Mirza Akbar Baig.<ref name="apcce.gov.in"/>

==Syllabus and changes of name==
Consequent to the abolition of the Intermediate course (FA) in Osmania University in 1956, the Pre-University Course (PUC) 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".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.punjabcolleges.com/5522507-itemdisplay-NAAC-report-of-Government-City-College-Hyderabad-(Secundrabad).htm|title=Government City College Hyderabad (Secundrabad) Telangana|work=punjabcolleges.com}}</ref> The college offers 22 undergraduate programmes, including [[Bachelor of Science|B.Sc]], [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A]]., and [[B.Com]].

==Post Graduate Research Centre==
The college was upgraded as a Research Center with the introduction of [[Master of Science]] Programs in [[Biotechnology]], and [[Mathematics]], in 2001 and 2003 respectively with 100% placement record. Physics, and Commerce were introduced in 2015 and 2016 respectively.

==Facilities and Activities==
* Central library which possesses rare books, Central Computing and Internet facilities.<ref name="punjabcolleges1">{{cite news|url=http://www.punjabcolleges.com/5522507-itemdisplay-NAAC-report-of-Government-City-College-Hyderabad-(Secundrabad).htm |title=Government City College, Hyderabad (Secundrabad) | Colleges in Hyderabad (Secundrabad) Andhra Pradesh |publisher=Punjabcolleges.com |date=2004-02-15 |access-date=2012-08-21}}</ref>
* Cricket/football stadium, NCC and NSS.
* Health Centre, grievances redressal cell, career guidance cell.<ref name="punjabcolleges1"/>
* B.R. Ambedkar Open University center, auditorium and Seminar Hall.
* State of the art Biotechnology lab, and field visits to [[Genome Valley]].<ref name="punjabcolleges1"/>

==Architecture==
Government City College was established in 1919 during the rule of the [[Nizam]], [[Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII]] of erstwhile [[Hyderabad State]]. The campus is spread over 16 acres and the building is constructed on the banks of [[Musi River (India)|Musi River]] in the [[Indo-Saracenic]] style facing the open ground (now ''Quli Qutub Shah Stadium'') and the [[Telangana High Court]] is adjacent to the college.<ref name="punjabcolleges1"/> The College building has been declared as a [[Industrial heritage|Heritage Monument]] by the Government of [[Telangana]], It has been a pan-India film shooting hub.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edu.sulekha.com/colleges/in/ap/hyderabad/government-city-college/default.htm |title=Government City College - Government City College, Hyderabad |publisher=Edu.sulekha.com |access-date=2012-08-21}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
* [[Shivraj Patil]]
* [[P. Shiv Shankar]]
* [[Marri Chenna Reddy]]
*[[Arshad Ayub]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://govtcitycollege.ac.in/alumni.html|title=.:: Welcome to govtcitycollege.ac.in|work=govtcitycollege.ac.in}}</ref>
* [[M. Prabhakar Reddy]]

==References==
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==See also==
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[[Osmania University]] , [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]
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[[Category:Heritage structures in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Establishments in Hyderabad State]]
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