Osmania University College for women is the former British Residency built by James Achilles Kirkpatrick who resided there between 1798 to 1805 . It is also known as Koti Residency or Hyderabad Residency. It also consists of Durbar Hall which is the famous monument built by the Britishers. Recently in the year 2022 this college has upgraded into Telangana state's 1st Women University and renamed as "Telangana Mahila Vishwavidyalayam". This college was started in the year 1924 and in the upcoming year that is 2024 it will turn into 100 years old University. This campus is also a tourist attraction due to it's history. Many foreigners visit this tourist spot . It also has a beautiful campus of 42 acres and have separate blocks for arts, Scienceand commerce departments. There are various kinds of birds and animals like peacocks and squirrels. Apart from this, the campus consists of temples and mosque in it . The college consists of various trees and plants . Durbar Hall is the glory of the campus. Many number of movies shootings takes place in the campus actors from various places comes here for shooting. The faculty in the college are highly qualified and educated who teaches very well. There are the courses offered in this college which we don't find in other colleges such as B.Com honours and ba honours. There's 24×7 security and the whole campus is under CCTV surveillance. There is also a graveyard where the Britishers were buried. The Durbar Hall is constructed with white marbles and has 2lions on both sides. It was Designed by Madras Sappers engineer Lieutenant Samuel Russel and built in 1803 as a symbol of British might in India. It is "220" years old monument which is still preserved. There are still the prisons which were used by the Britishers to imprison the enemies or criminals. There is a cannon which was from the british era. Inside the Durbar Hall there are huge paintings and frames of the British residents. Earlier the Durbar Hall was used as classrooms for the undergraduate students but now it has been renovated and used as tourist attraction and for shootings. There is NCC and NSS for the students. It also has the beautiful garden and a peaceful atmosphere where students can read and relax . There is a huge library of 2 floors, which consists of numerous books of various languages. There are the books of subject related and other epic books, story books etc. Every year there will be convocations and campus placements. The college also encourages sports and has a sports club for the students and a huge playground. And it also has abasketballcourt for the students. It is considered as a top college for graduation. It is unique because of it's history and the quality education they provide. There are induction programs conducted for the freshers. It is very difficult to get admission in the college due to the cut offs and have limited seats for the concerned courses. No men are allowed in the campus not even the relatives of the students . The security guards are very strict. Being a government college it is a well maintained College.
