Government College of Art¸ Chandigarh

PHONE No.: 0172 2740309, ,

EMAIL: [email protected]

WEB SITE: www.gcart.edu.in/#skip

APPROVED BY/ AFFILIATED TO: Panjab University¸ Chandigarh

GENERAL HELPLINE NO.: 9899104337

COURSES:

BFA - Bachelor of Fine Art
MFA - Master of Fine Art

(College in Chandigarh)

DESCRIPTION :

Government College of Art is one of the leading colleges of Fine Arts in India and the only one in North India beyond Delhi. It has history and heritage of 142 years and has been in existence over 55 years in the present building. It came up on 16th August¸ 1951 as a splinter of Mayo School of Art¸ Lahore in Pakistan after partition. It was first established as Govt. School of Art and Crafts at Shimla¸ the then capital of Punjab and subsequently Govt. College of Art and Craft in Chandigarh was established by the Puniab Government on 16th August 1951. Following the reorganization of the Punjab State with effect from 1st November 1966¸ the control of this institution came under Chandigarh Administration. Govt. College of Art is an institute for advance training in Visual Arts (Creative and Applied) leading to the professional Degree programme of Bachelor of Fine Arts & Master of Fine Arts from Panjab University. The objective of the teaching programme and training in the college is to achieve overall refinement of the students' perception not confined to the skills of the profession alone but also to create the right kind of intellect¸ as well as emotional cultivation to arrive at a level of composite creativity and thought.