Women's colleges
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 schools or in smaller numbers to undergraduate programs, but all serve a primarily female student body.
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[edit] Women's colleges around the world
[edit] Women's colleges in Asia
- Asian University for Women, Chittagong, Bangladesh
- Bethune College, the first women's college in South Asia
- Ewha Womans University in South Korea.
- Indraprastha College for Women, Delhi (estb. 1924)
- Keisen University in Japan.
- Lady Irwin College, New Delhi (estb. 1932)
- Lahore College for Women University in Pakistan (estb. 1922)
- Jinnah University for Women, Karachi, Pakistan (estb. 1998)
- Sookmyung Woman's University in South Korea.
- Duksung Woman's University in Seoul, South Korea. (estb. 1920)
- Miriam College in Quezon City, Philippines.
- Philippine Women's University, the first women's university in the Philippines and Asia.
- Seoul Women's University in South Korea (estb. 1961)
[edit] Women's colleges in Australia
[edit] Women's colleges in Europe
[edit] United Kingdom
- Previously Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (became co-educational in 1979)
- Previously St Anne's College, Oxford (became co-educational in 1979)
- Previously St Hugh's College, Oxford (became co-educational in 1986)
- Previously Somerville College, Oxford (became co-educational in 1994)
- Previously St Hilda's College, Oxford (became co-educational in 2008)
- Murray Edwards College, Cambridge (formerly New Hall)
- Newnham College, Cambridge
- Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge
- Previously Girton College, Cambridge
- Previously Royal Holloway, University of London (became co-educational in 1965)
[edit] 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.
- Effat University, 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/
- Princes Nura University,Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
[edit] Women's colleges in North America
[edit] United States
Women's colleges in the United States 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."[1] 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.
[edit] Canada
Brescia University College 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.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Harwarth, Irene. "Women's Colleges in the United States: History, Issues, and Challenges". ed.gov. http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/PLLI/webreprt.html. Retrieved 2006-10-14.
- ^ http://www.brescia.uwo.ca/about/index.html
[edit] 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"
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