Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science is a premier educational institution in the State of Goa, offering courses at the Graduate, Postgraduate and PhD levels

Accredited by NAAC with Grade ‘A’ (CGPA of 3.41 on a 4-point scale on the 3rd cycle), it was adjudged Best Affiliated College by Goa University at its Silver Jubilee celebrations in 2009 and was given the Best Educational Institute award by Business Goa in 2014. Having been conferred upon the autonomous status by University Grants Commission in June 2014, this is the first Autonomous College in the State of Goa.

Our recent achievements include placing in the Rank Band of 101-150 in the India Rankings 2018, for Colleges in the National Institutional Ranking Framework conducted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, being selected under the DBT Star Scheme of Government of India, and being honoured with the Best Internship Partner award by Goa Rugby Union at the Goa Rugby Awards 2018.

The College has always been at the forefront of educational innovation. In 1986, the College started a Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Application, pioneering Computer Science education in Goa. In 2004, the College initiated Postgraduate programmes in Information Technology and Geography. In subsequent years, based on prevalent societal needs, the College introduced courses Biotechnology and Psychology at the undergraduate level, Postgraduate diplomas in Geoinformatics, and Human Genetics & Pathological Techniques. The College now offers courses leading to Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Genetics, Postgraduate Diploma in Analytical Instrumentation, M.A. degrees in Geography, Applied Economics, Hindi, Child Psychology and Development and English as well as M.Sc. degrees in Information Technology, Analytical Chemistry, and Geoinformatics Systems. It also offers PhD programmes in Botany, Hindi and Geography. The College introduced a Bachelor of Vocational course in Software development in 2017-18 and Multimedia and Digital Filmmaking, 3D Media and Virtual Reality-VFX, ITES (Business Processes and ERP Operations) courses in 2018-19. To ensure that its students develop a professional edge besides academic knowledge, the College introduced the Honours Programme that continues to run since its inception in 2010-2011. Today, the College has twenty-seven Undergraduate and eight Postgraduate departments, offering a wide variety of programmes and courses, some of which are unique to Goa.

The Chowgule Education Society has initiated massive infrastructural development at the College. As a result, it has state of the art infrastructure for curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. The College added new infrastructure over the last ten years- a science laboratory block, multimedia-equipped auditoriums, classrooms, conference room, campus-wide Wi-Fi network and additional computer labs. It also added web-based virtual infrastructure for teaching-learning (C-LAAP/Google Classrooms, C-mail, Online Library), a computerized library and well-equipped faculty offices.