Established in 1887 by the amalgamation of Hyderabad School and the Madarsa-i-Aliya, Nizam College is one of the oldest and most esteemed institutions of higher education in South India. It was affiliated to the University of Madras for 60 years after its inception, and was made a Constituent College of Osmania University on 19th February 1947.
Nizam College offers both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the Faculties of Arts, Social Sciences, Commerce and Sciences in addition to professional courses such as MBA, MCA, M.Sc.(IS) and BCA. Several of our students are also pursuing doctoral and postdoctoral research. The college received the status of the College with Potential for Excellence both under the X Plan and the XI Plan period. The College is accredited by NAAC in March 2019 with 'B++' grade with a CGPA of 2.92.
The Placement Centre organises on-campus recruitments involving industries and MNC's like Wipro, Infosys, Cognizant, Satyam, Nipuna, GE, etc. totaling to more than 25 to 50 reputed companies visit the college every year. Students come from a wide range of social status and different regions which creates a healthy atmosphere and an ambience of a global community with rich cultural exchange. Nizam College is foremost in the preference of students from various Asian and African countries. Foreign students constitute 25% of the total strength of the college.
The Nizampur University College was originally the "Mirsarai" of Nawab Safdar Jung Musheer-ud-Daulah Fakhrul-ul-Mulk II the owner of the grand Errum Mnzil palace Fakhar ul mulk and Khan-i-Khanan II, who were the son's of Nawab Fakhar-ul-mulk I, a noble of Hyderabad.
The founder of the college and of several other educational institutions in the Hyderabad State, was Syed Hussain Bilgrami (Nawab Imad-ul- Mulk), who did pioneering work in the field of education as the Director of Education. He scouted and then appointed Dr. Aghorenath Chattopadhyay ( father of Sarojini Naidu, Nightingale of India) as the first Principal of the college. The present building, was a summer palace of Paigah Nawab Mulk Fakrul Bahadur, later he gifted the palace to the college administration.
This college is an autonomous, constituent college of Osmania University. It is located near Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Hyderabad. Nizam College was originally a palace of Fakhrul-ul-mulk II, a noble of Hyderabad.
To continue as a centre of excellence in education and research and consolidate our position as a reputed institution of higher education in the country.
ToBuild across the college a culture of excellence in teaching and learning along with support activities
Enhance college standing as the college of choice for students across the country, and cater to international standards of teaching and learning
• Provide the students with a teaching learning experience that develops in them the capacities for creativity, critical judgement, effective communication, and in-depth knowledge
Enhance interaction with industry/ business /academic in teaching programmes through guest lectures, seminars, adjunct faculty programs, and industrial/business/academic internships for students
Increase the participation of faculty from reputed national and international institutions in symposia/seminars/short-term courses for students and faculty
Ensure effective evaluation of teaching/ learning curricula, co-curricular opportunities of students and teachers
Provide incentives to teachers/learners for research and consultancy
To develop an environment-friendly campus.
• Be able to create innovators, leaders and entrepreneurs
Achieve excellence in application-oriented research in different areas so as to contribute to development of the region and the nation
Promote co-curricular activities for over-all personality development of the students
Develop responsible citizenship through awareness and acceptance of value based education
Simplify procedures and increase awareness towards individual accountability
Provide efficient administration and responsive support for all activities of the college
Provide remedial courses to preferentially admitted students and special attention to the physically challenged
Develop an environment friendly campus
Build alumni family, friends to create a network of allegiance & support for college
Be able to foster among alumni the pride in their alma mater.
Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya Founder Principal-1887 
P.H Hodson 1888-1895
E.A. Seation 1895-1911
P.H. Struge 1911-1918
K. Burnett 1919-1929
B.C. Mc Ewen 1930
W. Turner 1930-1937
Quadir Husain Khan 1938-1943
Syed Ali Akber 1943-1945
Haroonkhan Sherwani 1945-1946
P.K. Ghosh 1946-1952 
Syed Hussain 1952-1957
M. Prasada Rao 1957-1959 
S. Mohd Ali Khan 1959-1960
R. Satyanarayan 1960-1961
S. Raghunathan 1961-1964
P.G. Puranik 1964-1971,1972-1977 
K.V. Krishna Rao 1971
M.M. Taqi Khan 1977-1979
M.L.N. Reddy 1979-1981
Shyam Sunder Simha 1981-1982
M.V. Pattabhiraman 1982-1984
B.P. Rao 1984-1985
Bharath Kumarm 1985-1987
P.K. Sai Prakash 1987-1988
K.S. Upadhyaya 1988-1991
P. Raghuveer Rao 1991-1992
Dhrubash Karan 1992-1993
G. Gopala Krishna 1993-1995
B. Gopal Rao 1995-1997
P. Hanumantha Rao 1997-1999
P. Uma Maheswar Reddy 1999-2003
Kasiram 2003-2005
S. Satyanarayana 2006-2009
Naidu Ashok 2009-2012
TLN Swamy 2012-2016
Syed Rahman 2016-2018
L.B.Laxmikanth Rathod 2018-2021
Prof. B Narayana 2021-2022
Prof. B Bhima 2022 onwards
NIZAM COLLEGE(AUTONOMOUS)Established in 1887 by the amalgamation of Hyderabad School and the Madarsa-i-Aliya, Nizam College is one of the oldest and most esteemed institutions of higher education in South India.
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