Maharaja College, Ara: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Maharaja College, Ara, came into existence in 1954 as a reputed constituent college situated in the city of Ara, Bihar. This is a co-educational institution with a sprawling area of 16.25 acres that has been accredited by NAAC. The institution has a total student population of 10,091 and a faculty strength of 45, offering a rich variety of courses—32 in number—offered in as many as eight degree programmes. Maharaja College has full-fledged arts, commerce, and sciences at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The institution has a host of facilities to support the learning processes.

The central library of the college stocks 30,000 books and 10 volumes of journals, fully computerised with Web-OPAC and barcode facilities. The whole campus is Wi-Fi enabled and provides students and faculties with uninterrupted internet access. The institution provides an extended sports facility for sports lovers, with football and cricket grounds, along with basketball, badminton, and volleyball courts. The Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, Geography, and Psychology laboratories are well-equipped and properly maintained to provide the students with practical experiences in these scientific subjects.

The Maharaja College, Ara offers a total of 32 courses in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. These courses are full-time courses and offered in multiple disciplines: Arts, Science, and Commerce. Courses at the under-graduate level that are offered by this college include BA Hons in subjects such as English, Hindi, History, and Political Science, B.Sc Hons in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, and B.Com. At the postgraduate level, the college offers MA in subjects like English, Hindi, Geography, and Psychology and M.Sc in Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, and Mathematics. To meet new demands that have come with increased specialisation in the job market, vocational courses like BCA and B.Sc Biotechnology are included.                                                                                               

The admission procedure in Maharaja College, Ara, is based upon principles of inclusiveness and merit. Though admission dates vary every year, the college generally follows the declared academic calendar of its affiliating university.