Women's college
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Women's colleges in higher education
are undergraduate, bachelor's degree
-granting institutions, often liberal arts colleges, whose student populations are composed exclusively or almost exclusively of women. Some women's colleges admit male students to their graduate school
s or in smaller numbers to undergraduate programs, but all serve a primarily female student body.
United Kingdom
http://www.psu.edu.sa/pscw
were primarily founded during the early 19th century. According to Irene Harwarth, Mindi Maline, and Elizabeth DeBra, "women's colleges were founded during the mid- and late-19th century in response to a need for advanced education for women at a time when they were not admitted to most institutions of higher education." While there were a few coeducational colleges (such as Oberlin College
founded in 1833, Lawrence University in 1847, Antioch College
in 1853, and Bates College
in 1855), most colleges and universities of high standing at that time were exclusively for men.
is Canada
's only university-level women's-only educational institution. Brescia is affiliated with and located on the campus of The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario
.
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
are undergraduate, bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
-granting institutions, often liberal arts colleges, whose student populations are composed exclusively or almost exclusively of women. Some women's colleges admit male students to their graduate school
Graduate school
A graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate degree...
s or in smaller numbers to undergraduate programs, but all serve a primarily female student body.
Women's colleges around the world
Women's colleges in Asia
- Asian University for WomenAsian University for WomenAsian University for Women is an international university in Bangladesh. It is located in Chittagong, port city of Bangladesh.-History:AUW's first academic program, the pre-collegiate , opened in March 2008 with a class of 130 young women from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, India, Pakistan and...
, Chittagong, BangladeshBangladeshBangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south... - Bethune CollegeBethune CollegeBethune College is a women's college in India. It was founded as a school in 1849 by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune and in 1879 developed as the first women's college in India. It is located at 181, Bidhan Sarani, Kolkata -700006, just opposite the current campus of Scottish Church College,...
, the first women's college in South AsiaSouth AsiaSouth Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east... - Ewha Womans UniversityEwha Womans UniversityEwha Womans University is a private women's university in central Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the city's largest institutions of higher learning and currently the world's largest female educational institute. It is one of the best-known universities in South Korea, and often considered to...
in South Korea. - Indraprastha College for WomenIndraprastha College for WomenIndraprastha College for Women also known as Indraprastha College or ' is the oldest women's college in Delhi; established in 1924, it is affiliated to University of Delhi....
, DelhiDelhiDelhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
(estb. 1924) - Keisen UniversityKeisen Universityis a private women's college in Tama, Tokyo, Japan, established in 1988. The university is linked to the Keisen School for Young Women, founded in 1929 by Michi Kawai, the National Secretary of the Young Women's Christian Associations of Japan.- Philosophy :...
in Japan. - Lady Irwin CollegeLady Irwin CollegeLady Irwin College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi. Established in 1932, it is women's college and located in New Delhi, India, and offers graduate and post-graduate courses in Home Science.-History:...
, New DelhiNew DelhiNew Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
(estb. 1932) - Lahore College for Women UniversityLahore College for Women UniversityLahore College for Women University is an independent women's university in Lahore, Pakistan, founded as a women's college in 1922. One of the oldest female institutions of Pakistan, the university has approximately 7,000 students and a teaching faculty of more than 330. It admits students at the...
in PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
(estb. 1922) - Jinnah University for Women, KarachiKarachiKarachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
, PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
(estb. 1998) - Sookmyung Woman's University in South Korea.
- Duksung Woman's University in Seoul, South Korea. (estb. 1920)
- Miriam CollegeMiriam CollegeMiriam College is a non-stock, non-profit Filipino Catholic educational institution for girls and young women in Quezon City, Philippines. It offers academic programs from pre-elementary to post-graduate and adult education levels that develop the learning and caring competencies of students and...
in Quezon City, Philippines. - Philippine Women's UniversityPhilippine Women's UniversityThe Philippine Women's University is a non-sectarian academic institution for men and women in the Philippines, founded in 1919 as the Philippine Women's College by Filipino women who envisioned a school that would prepare young women for leadership and service...
, the first women's university in the Philippines and Asia. - Seoul Women's UniversitySeoul Women's UniversitySeoul Women's University is a private women's university in Seoul, South Korea.-History:Seoul Women's University is located in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. The school was founded in December 1960 by the Presbyterian Church of Korea. The original idea was conceived in the 1920s but permission...
in South Korea (estb. 1961)
Women's colleges in Australia
- The Women's College, University of Sydney
- The Women's College, University of Queensland
United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
- Previously Lady Margaret Hall, OxfordLady Margaret Hall, OxfordLady Margaret Hall is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, located at the end of Norham Gardens in north Oxford. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £34m....
(became co-educational in 1979) - Previously St Anne's College, Oxford (became co-educational in 1979)
- Previously St Hugh's College, OxfordSt Hugh's College, OxfordSt Hugh's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. It is located on a fourteen and a half acre site on St Margaret's Road, to the North of the city centre. It was founded in 1886 as a women's college, and accepted its first male students in its centenary year in 1986...
(became co-educational in 1986) - Previously Somerville College, OxfordSomerville College, OxfordSomerville College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, and was one of the first women's colleges to be founded there...
(became co-educational in 1994) - Previously St Hilda's College, OxfordSt Hilda's College, OxfordSt Hilda's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.The college was founded in 1893 as a hall for women, and remained an all-women's college until 2006....
(became co-educational in 2008) - Murray Edwards College, Cambridge (formerly New Hall)
- Newnham College, CambridgeNewnham College, CambridgeNewnham College is a women-only constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1871 by Henry Sidgwick, and was the second Cambridge college to admit women after Girton College...
- Lucy Cavendish College, CambridgeLucy Cavendish College, CambridgeLucy Cavendish College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It is a women-only college, which admits only postgraduates and undergraduates aged 21 or over....
- Previously Girton College, CambridgeGirton College, CambridgeGirton College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. It was England's first residential women's college, established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon. The full college status was only received in 1948 and marked the official admittance of women to the...
- Previously Royal Holloway, University of LondonRoyal Holloway, University of LondonRoyal Holloway, University of London is a constituent college of the University of London. The college has three faculties, 18 academic departments, and about 8,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students from over 130 different countries...
(became co-educational in 1965)
Women's colleges in the Middle East
- Royal University for Women, Kingdom of Bahrain http://www.ruw.edu.bh/main.asp
- Dubai Women's College, Dubai UAE http://dwc.hct.ac.ae/- wonderful program in Applied Media Studies
- Box Hill College, Kuwait http://www.bhck.edu.kw
- College for Women a separate faculty at Kuwait University, http://www.kuniv.edu.kw/c_woman.php
- Prince Sultan University, College for Women offers majors in Interior Design, Computer Sciences, English Language,Law and Business Studies.
http://www.psu.edu.sa/pscw
- Effat UniversityEffat CollegeEffat University is a leading private non-profit institution of higher education for women in Saudi Arabia, operating under the umbrella of...
, Jeddah Saudi Arabia http://www.effatcollege.edu.sa- this private female Higher Education Institution is based in Jeddah- and offers majors in computer science, information systems, kindergarten teaching and more - Future Institute of Higher Education & Training for Girls, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia http://www.future-center.com/portal/
United States
Women's colleges in the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
were primarily founded during the early 19th century. According to Irene Harwarth, Mindi Maline, and Elizabeth DeBra, "women's colleges were founded during the mid- and late-19th century in response to a need for advanced education for women at a time when they were not admitted to most institutions of higher education." While there were a few coeducational colleges (such as Oberlin College
Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. Connected to the college is the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the oldest continuously operating...
founded in 1833, Lawrence University in 1847, Antioch College
Antioch College
Antioch College is a private, independent liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States. It was the founder and the flagship institution of the six-campus Antioch University system. Founded in 1852 by the Christian Connection, the college began operating in 1853 with politician and...
in 1853, and Bates College
Bates College
Bates College is a highly selective, private liberal arts college located in Lewiston, Maine, in the United States. and was most recently ranked 21st in the nation in the 2011 US News Best Liberal Arts Colleges rankings. The college was founded in 1855 by abolitionists...
in 1855), most colleges and universities of high standing at that time were exclusively for men.
Canada
Brescia University CollegeBrescia University College
Brescia University College is a Catholic liberal arts college for women located in London, Ontario, Canada. Affiliated with the University of Western Ontario, Brescia is the only university-level women's college in Canada...
is Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
's only university-level women's-only educational institution. Brescia is affiliated with and located on the campus of The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario
London, Ontario
London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...
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See also
- CoeducationCoeducationMixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
- Men's colleges
- Men's colleges in the United StatesMen's colleges in the United StatesMen's colleges in the United States are primarily undergraduate, Bachelor's degree-granting single-sex institutions that admit men exclusively. The most noted men's colleges are traditional liberal arts colleges, though the majority are institutions of learning for those preparing for religious...
- Single-sex educationSingle-sex educationSingle-sex education, also known as single-gender education, is the practice of conducting education where male and female students attend separate classes or in separate buildings or schools. The practice was predominant before the mid-twentieth century, particularly in secondary education and...
- Gaudy NightGaudy NightGaudy Night is a mystery novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, the tenth in her popular series about aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, and the third featuring crime writer Harriet Vane....
External links
- Hands off women's colleges, say Oxbridge students
- What are Girls Colleges made of? - Deepti Priya Mehrotra, boloji.com
- When women don't talk ... - Jaya Indiresan, The Hindu Business Line
- Women's College Leaders From Around the Globe Meet to Discuss "Women's Hopes and Dreams"