ISABELLA THOBURN COLLEGE (PROFESSIONAL STUDIES)

Isabella Thoburn College, informally known as IT College, is a private multidisciplinary college for women in Lucknow, India. It began as a school for girls opened by Isabella Thoburn on 18 April 1870 with just six students, and was later renamed the Lucknow Women's College in 1886 before taking its present name after Thoburn's death in 1901. In 1923, the college moved to its current 32-acre Chand Bagh campus. The institution has two units: a degree college teaching humanities, social sciences, commerce, and sciences, affiliated with the University of Lucknow, and a professional studies section offering management and engineering courses, affiliated with Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University. The campus includes hostels, lecture rooms, laboratories, a library, a chapel, and an auditorium. The college offers undergraduate degrees such as BTech, BA, BEd, BSc, BCom, BBA, and BLISc, along with postgraduate degrees like MA, MSc, and MBA. It has produced notable alumnae including Nabia Abbott, Ismat Chugtai, and Qurratulain Hyder. The nearby IT Chauraha Metro Station is named after the college.