Mount Carmel College (MCC)

Overview

MCC Bangalore is recognized by the University Grants Commission. MCC Bangalore is a women's college located in Bangalore's Vasanth Nagar. The college has been re-accredited by NAAC with an A+ Grade (4th Cycle) and is affiliated with Bangalore City University. According to India Today, MCC Bangalore is among the top three in Karnataka for its offerings undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Arts, Science, Commerce, Business Studies and Management.

At the UG level, the college offers 11 programmes in the faculty of Arts, 19 in the faculty of Science and 8 in the faculty of Commerce, Business Studies and Management. At the PG level, MCC offers 19 programmes under the autonomous system. It also offers 4 evening Postgraduate Diploma Programmes in Business administration, 2 career oriented courses, 6 skill based programmes in Healthcare and Cosmetology, Baking, Garment construction and fashion design as well as two Diploma Programmes in Business Administration. In the year 2017, MCC has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Binary University, Malaysia to provides International Twinning Programme MBA and M.Sc. in Tourism Management along with Industry Specialist Professional (ISP) certification.

In the year 2006, the Commerce Department was recognized as a Research Center by Bangalore City University. This was followed by the Biotechnology, Botany, Electronics, Life Science, Home Science (Human Development, Food Science & Nutrition) and Economics Departments in the year 2015. Further IGNOU has recognized nine of the departments as Research Centers from the academic year 2010 - 2011. Further, the institute has been registered with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) and was recognized as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India (Act 1988). MCC Bangalore has been accorded the status of star college by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India.