Agra College

The college offers graduate and postgraduate degrees in the following subjects: Hindi, English, Sanskrit, philosophy, political science, history, economics, psychology, military studies geography, law, engineering, physics, chemistry, mathematics, statistics, zoology and botany. It also offers a one-year diploma in mass communication & journalism, degree course in commerce, B.Ed., BCA, MCA and biotechnology under a self-finance scheme. The college offers Ph.D. programs in the field of arts and sciences.

The college has 242 faculty positions out of which 185 permanent faculty under-grant-in-aid and two contract teachers and one from J & K are in place. Seven teachers have D.Sc. / D.Litt., 126 have Ph.D., and 11 have M.Phil. degrees. The college has 117 administrative staff and 14 technical staff, though total sanctioned positions are 223. Total enrolment of the college is 9,005 for undergraduate, 1,960 for post graduate and 486 for Ph.D. programmes. There are 2658 students under self financing scheme. The college follows an annual system of examination. The Unit cost of the college is Rs. 1449 excluding salary and 6352 including salary component. Total working days of the college have been 257 while teaching days were 176 days. The total number of books in the library is more than 140250.

Faculty of law offers three-year LL.B. (300 seats) after graduation in any stream and five-year integrated BALLB course (300 seats) after 10+2 as well as LL.M. Faculty of Law of this college serves as Faculty of Law of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, (Formerly Agra University, Agra), Agra so it conducts all the academic works of university related to law such as conducting moot courts, practicals, overseeing law exams conducted by university.[2]

The majority of faculty members have doctorates in their respectful fields, having a teacher-to-student ratio of 1:25. The faculty is just 4 kilometers away from District & Session Court, Agra which is a plus point for law students for training & practice purpose.

Adding to the fact this college is awarded 'Heritage Status' in 2015 by UGC among 19 institutes in India under which UGC provides grants for the maintenance of buildings of heritage nature. For this an institute must be older than at least 100 years.[3] This college has been awarded 'A' grade by NAAC. It has also been awarded with coveted 'College with Potential for Excellence' (CPE) status.

Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET) which offers B.Tech. in computer science and engineering, electronics and communication and mechanical engineering, civil engineering. It also offers M.Tech. in computer science and engineering. All the engineering courses are affiliated to Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), Lucknow. Except this all other courses of this college are affiliated to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar university, (Formerly Agra University, Agra), Agra.

The college is located on Mahatma Gandhi (MG) Road of Agra which is the prime location of Agra. The college campus has an area of about 66.5 acres (26.9 ha), which includes various departments, residential quarters and sports complex. The buildings with its Gothic architecture, symmetrical parapets and battlements give a majestic look. There are spacious buildings on the campus and these include academic, library, hostels, guest house, auditorium and administration blocks. It has seven hostels out of which six are for boys and one for girls. The college has taken steps towards computerization. It aims to provide at least one computer to each department. However, there is a UGC funded Network Resource Center housing nine computers with broad band internet connectivity, which is too insufficient for all the students and teachers. The college has a health center with a part-time doctor and a compounder which provides basic medical facility to the students. In case of emergency students are taken to the nearby hospital i.e. Sarojani Naidu Medical College (SNMC) and Hospital, Agra which is also one of oldest medical school of India. This medical College is sandwiched between playground and main building of Agra College. The college has a branch of Canara Bank which collects fees and maintains accounts of staff members.

The central library is located in a separate building measuring 1585 sq. metre. The total collection of the library books is more than 140250 out of which 60,000 are text books. The library has collection of some rare books. The Library has a Text Book Bank from which a student can borrow up to four books. The college subscribes a few national journals and periodicals.

Latest editions of some of the textbooks, reference books and journals are kept in some of the departments for the convenience of the staff and students. The central library is equipped with xerographic facilities. The library has spacious reading hall, stack rooms and a reference section for postgraduate students. There are separate cubicles for teachers and research scholars. It is suggested that a reorganization of library facilities with computerization is done. It is suggested that the stacks have open access for the students. The Library can also subscribe to INFLIBNET of the UGC for making on line journals available to the staff and students.

The college has very good sports facilities which include play fields for outdoor games like cricket, tennis, football, volleyball, basketball, indoor games and Indian games. The play ground is provided with a boundary wall. Track records of the sports persons in various sports at the state/ national events are good. Several students have participated in the inter university tournaments. A few students were selected to represent at the National level. There is a Guest House for the teams who come to participate in various sports events. Facilities of indoor games like table tennis and badminton is provided.

There are advisory committees for library, sports, garden, buildings timetable, cultural etc. which help in the decentralization of administration. Constitution of some committees like Research and Consultancy committee may help the college in better research and consultancy output. The college may utilize many rooms which currently house condemned equipment. The effective use or use of spare capacity of infrastructure may help the college to mobilize additional resources. There is a Proctorial board to ensure proper discipline and administration in the Women's wing.

• R. Barkley Dunken (-1836)
• E. Lodge (1842–1844)
• J. Midolton (1844–1858)
• T.B. Kain (1858–1859)
• W. Enderson (1859–1862)
• C. Piyerson (1862–1864)
• K. Dieton (1864–1882)
• A. Thomson (1882–1901)
• T.C. Johns (1901–1925)
• Frederick J. Fieldon (1925–1937)
• H. Croll (1937–1945)
• Dr. Karamchandra Mehta (1945–1950)
• Dr. Nihalkaran Sethi (1950–1954)
• Dr. Haranarayan Singh (1954–1960)
• Dr. Manohar Ray, D.Sc. (1960–1970)
• Dr. Shaligram Sinha (1970–1973)
• Dr. Satyanarayan Dubey (1973–1977)
• Dr. Rajesh Parasad Verma (1977–1979)
• Dr. S.N. Srivastava, M.Sc. (1979–1982)
• Dr. Rajeshwar Prasad Verma (1982–1984)
• Dr. Gokul Chand Sharma (1984–1985)
• Dr. Mukhtar Singh (1985–1985)
• Dr. S. N. Srivastava (1985–1990)
• Dr. Mukhtar Singh (1990–2001)
• Dr. (Smt.) RajKumari Sharma (2001–2002)
• Dr. A.V. Singh (2002–2002)
• Dr. Santosh Kumar (2002–2003)
• Dr. K.M. Garg (2003–2003)
• Dr. A.V. Singh (2003–2008)
• Dr. A.K. Johari (2008–2008)
• Dr. U.C. Sharma (2008–2009)
• Dr. Manoj Kumar Rawat (2009-2016)
• Dr. A. K. Gupta (2016–2018)
• Dr. Vinod Kumar Maheshwari ( 14 Dec 2018-25 July 2020)
• Dr. Rekha Patsariya ( 26 July 2020 - 27 September 2020)
• Dr. S. K. Mishra ( 28 September 2020 - 2021)
• Dr. Anurag Shukla ( December 2021-Current)

• Ajit Doval, fifth National Security Adviser of India
• Bhagwan Singh, former High Commissioner in Fiji
• Charan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
• Sir Chhotu Ram, Unionist leader in the pre-independence era.
• Era Tak, Filmmaker, Author and Painter
• Moti Lal Nehru, Lawyer & President of the Indian National Congress
• Raj Babbar, film actor and politician
• Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India
• G. Taru Sharma, N-Bios laureate[4]
• Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru a famous lawyer and leader of Moderates
• Yatendra Kumar Gupta, Pro Chancellor Sharda University, Greater Noida
• Shankarlal Dwivedi, Famous Poet of Hindi & Brajbhasha