K.J.Somaiya College of Science and Commerce is one of the institutions under the wings of of Somaiya Vidyavihar. The College was formerly known as K.J.Somaiya College of Arts and Science. In 1972, it was bifurcated: one of them being, K.J.Somaiya College of Science. The Commerce Faculty was introduced in 1986 and the College was then rechristened as K.J.Somaiya College of Science and Commerce.
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The college has grown in leaps and bounds in terms of student strength, courses and subjects offered, facilities etc. The college had an opportunity to endorse its standard and class through the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, an autonomous institution of University Grants Commission, in 2004. The college received 'A' grade in the assessment. The college underwent the reaccreditation process in March 2010 and was awarded `A' grade again. Prior to the reaccreditation, the college was shortlisted among three colleges for `The Best College' award in 2009-10.
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The College was awarded `A' grade in the third cycle of accreditation in April 2016.
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The College is recognized as `Centre with Potential for Excellence' by UGC in 2016.
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The College is sensitive to the needs of the students community and hence has started new undergraduates and post-graduate courses in the academic year 2010-11. Those include B.Com. Accounting & Finance, Finance & Management, B.Sc. (Computer Science), B.M.S., Additional Division of F.Y. B.Sc. Information Technology, M.Com. Accountancy, M.Com. in Business management M.Sc. in Environmental Science, M.Sc. in Nutraceuticals, M.Sc. in Applied Statistics and M. Sc. in Polymer Science .
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The college has been identified for support in Level - 0 Category by the Department of Science and technology Government of India, New Delhi based on the recommendations of the FIST Advisory Board. An amount of Rs.90,00,000/- has been sanctioned for implementation of the said project under Research and Development Support 1009.
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Among three hundred fifty science colleges of Mumbai the College has been ranked forth in 2006-2007, third in 2007-2008, fifth in 2008-2009, second in 2010-2011 and forth in 2012-2013 respectively and 36th, 34th, 32nd, 23rd and 24th in India, according to an independent survey conducted by a reputed national publication "India Today".
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The Department of Biotechnology Government of India, New Delhi has sanctioned a financial support of Rs. 69,00,000/- under star college scheme category `Human Resource Development Biotechnology - 046' to the various departments identified by the college. In 2018, five more departments have been sanctioned Rs. 1,00,05,000/- under Star – DBT grant.
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The University of Mumbai vide notification No. Aff/Recog. l / 914 of 2012 dated 22nd October 2012 conferred Autonomous Status to our college in 2012.
The College will abide by the Regulations of UGC notified from time to time.