Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics

Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics is located on B- Road, Churchgate in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It offers around 3 undergraduate courses. It is the first college of commerce in Asia and was established in October, 1913. It was named after the then-governor of Bombay, Lord Sydenham of Combe, who was instrumental in making the undergraduate degree of Bachelor of Commerce possible in Mumbai. It is affiliated to the University of Mumbai. Admission into the college is on the basis of academics, i.e. marks obtained in 10+2 or equivalent examination. Classes begin in the month of July

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Campus Infrastructure
The college building is a hundred years old and stands tall and wide with unusually big windows, giving excellent ventilation to the classrooms and lecture halls. The classrooms are equipped with air-conditioners and parts of the building are being redone and repainted. Hostel facilities are provided on campus. The college library is situated on the second floor of the building. It has a spacious hall. The college auditorium has a capacity of over 450.
Facilities
Some of the facilities provided to students on campus include:
Library Facilities
The college library is situated on the second floor of the building. It has a spacious hall that provides a quiet, serene environment for study. It has a collection of over fifty thousand classical and modern books. It subscribes to several national and international journals and periodicals of commerce and economics in addition to encyclopedias pertaining to various disciplines. It is one of the few college libraries in the University of Mumbai that provides an open access system to the students. It has a Language Lab that provides facilities to the students in order to make them proficient in English. It also provides photocopying facility to the students. The Library’s reading hall is kept open from 8 am to 8 pm.
Computer Centre
The college has two well equipped laboratories on the ground floor. In these labs the practical of various classes like S.Y.B.Com, T.Y.B.Com, B.M.S and Banking & Insurance are conducted. Third computer lab for B.Com in Banking & Insurance students is opened in the BBI computer lab.
Canteen
The college canteen on the ground floor is spacious and well lit. Its environs are clean and hygienic, food is sumptuous but rates are reasonable. It opens at 7.30 am in the morning & closes as late as 7.30 pm evening, catering also to the students of evening lectures.
Conference Room
The College has developed an air conditioned conference room with modern amenities like LCD projector, internet connectivity and smart board. It has seating capacity for 180 persons. This conference room is used for organizing conferences, symposia, seminars, workshops and invited lectures.
Auditorium
The College has state of the art, air conditioned auditorium, which was renovated and recently inaugurated. It has a capacity of four hundred and fifty comfortable seats. It offers sound and light effects for budding dramatists of the college, besides it serves as the venue for other activities like co-curricular and extra-curricular programmes, seminars, symposia and golden Jubilee Lectures.
College Hostels
The College provides accommodation to its bonafide male students at the Government Colleges Hostel situated right behind the college building on C-Road, Churchgate. Here one hundred and thirty students from Sydenham College get accommodation every year. It has a common room, library, reading room, recreation room, sports hall, a canteen and mess.
For girls the accommodation is available at Telang Memorial Hostel, C-Road, Churchgate, and Savitribai Phule Government Girls Hostel, Marine Drive, Charni Road. However, only limited number of female students gets accommodation here.  
 
Placement Cell
1) We also offer placement assistant to the students trough our own college placement cell.
2) Our students are placed in reputed MNC & Banks.
3) Our students also get summer placement opportunities in Big companies.
Placement Companies which has offered placements to our students are :-
  1. Google
  2. KPMG
  3. Edelwise
  4. J.P.Morgan
  5. Ernst & young
  6. Axis Bank
  7. HSBC Bank
  8. HDFC Bank
  9. RBI (internship program)
  10. Mahindra
  11. Kotak Finance
  12. Protivity
  13. Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
  14. ICICI Prudential
  15. Karur Vysya Bank
  16. ICICI Bank

Contact Details

Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics

B- Road, Churchgate, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 400020

Phone: + 91- 22- 2204-2897
College Website