Shri Shiv Chhatrapati College, Junnar: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

The Shri Shiv Chhatrapati College, Junnar, was founded in 1970 and is an affiliated college situated in Pune, Maharashtra. It has a campus area of 10 acres, and it has also been assessed and accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council. It offers several courses—as many as 20—approximately, under nine different degree programs for its total student enrolment of 2,172. It has a faculty strength of 71, hence maintaining a good enough student-faculty ratio. The institution is devoted to providing a truly holistic educational experience, having courses in Arts, Commerce, Science and Management at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Some of the facilities that the college offers for the students include a library, which is one of the mainstays of academic resources. It has a massive collection of 109,641 books, 14 newspapers and various periodicals. The total area covered is 3,900 sq. ft., having sections meant for reading, stacking, textbook, periodicals and e-resources. Besides these, the college has a multi-activity indoor sports stadium and a well-equipped gymnasium that helps in conducting table tennis, badminton, wrestling, and basketball games. There is also a playground for outdoor games within the campus. Science students are assisted by well-equipped laboratories across all departments, namely Chemistry, Physics, Botany, and Zoology, having specialized facilities like Tissue Culture Lab and DNA Lab under the DST-FIST scheme. 

Shri Shiv Chhatrapati College is developed to provide students with a wide range of academic programs. In its full-time undergraduate and postgraduate programs, the college offers 20 courses. Popular courses at the undergraduate level include B.Sc, B.Com, BBA, and BBA in Computer Applications. At the postgraduate level, the college offers M.Com, M.Sc in varied specializations, and MA programs offered in English, Geography, and History. It further supports research through the Ph.D. programs in Commerce and Zoology. The total intake approved for all the courses is 2,172, which shows the capacity of the institution to admit a large number of students. 

The admission process at Shri Shiv Chhatrapati College is transparent and merit-based. The college mainly draws its admission criterion from academic performance of qualifying examinations for undergraduate admissions into the respective course of study. For postgraduate programs, the college may consider graduation scores and, in some cases, entrance examinations.