Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science is an institution of higher education located in Margao, in the South Goa district of the Indian state of Goa. The college offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the arts and sciences and has been recognised as an autonomous college, allowing it to design its own curricula and conduct its own examinations within the framework of its affiliating university.
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| Type | Autonomous college |
| Location | Margao, South Goa, Goa, India |
| Country | India |
| Affiliation | Goa University |
| Disciplines | Arts, Science, Commerce |
The college is run by the Chowgule Education Society and is named after Parvatibai Chowgule, a member of the Chowgule family that established the trust. It is part of a wider network of educational institutions associated with the Chowgule group in Goa and Maharashtra. The college is affiliated to Goa University, the principal university of the state, established in 1985.
Parvatibai Chowgule College offers undergraduate degrees across the streams of arts, science and commerce, along with selected postgraduate programmes. As an autonomous college, it has the authority to frame its syllabi, introduce new courses, and reform examination patterns subject to oversight by the affiliating university and the University Grants Commission (UGC). The college has adopted a choice-based credit system and has introduced interdisciplinary and skill-oriented programmes alongside its traditional disciplines.
The campus is situated in Gogol, on the outskirts of Margao, the commercial capital of Goa. Margao serves as the administrative headquarters of South Goa district and is a major railway and road junction in the Konkan region, making the college accessible to students from across southern Goa and parts of neighbouring Karnataka.
The college is regarded as one of the leading institutions of higher learning in South Goa and has played a role in expanding access to undergraduate education in the region. Its status as an autonomous institution places it among a small group of colleges in Goa that have attained academic independence, reflecting recognition of its academic standards and administrative capacity.