Gobi Arts & Science College

Gobi Arts and Science College, also known as Gobi Arts College, is an autonomous institution located in Gobichettipalayam, Tamil Nadu, India, affiliated to Bharathiar University. The college was established in 1968, initially affiliated to Madras University, Chennai, before later becoming affiliated to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. It functions as a co-educational, grant-in-aid institution managed by the Gobi Arts College Council, which was registered on 25 August 1967 under the Societies Registration Act, XXI of 1860. The college was founded with the objective of opening the doors of higher education to poor and meritorious students, particularly first-generation students from agricultural families. It currently offers twenty undergraduate courses, sixteen postgraduate programmes, and M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes. The institution's vision centers on the social and economic upliftment of people in the area through value-based quality education, with a commitment to serving society with humility and trust, free from exploitation, and imparting higher education especially to socially and economically deprived sections, aiming to make its students worthy citizens of their motherland.