University of Cambridge established only for women. Darwin College, the first wholly graduate college of the university, matriculated both men and women students from its inception in 1964 – and elected a mixed fellowship. Of the undergraduate colleges, starting with Churchill, Clare and King's Colleges, the former men's colleges began to admit women between 1972 and 1988. One of the female-only colleges, Girton, also began to admit male students from 1979, but the other female-only colleges did not do likewise. As a result of St Hilda's College, Oxford, ending its ban on male students in 2008, Cambridge is now the only remaining United
Avvaiyar Govt College for Women Puducherry started Post- graduate courses of M.A. English and M.Sc. Botany in the academic year 1997–98. In the year of 2000–01 M.A. History courses were started for the welfare of the women students. The Avvaiyar Government College for Women is located in Dr. Ambedkar Street, Karaikal. Phone:04368-222454. Avvaiyar Govt College for Women Avvaiyar Govt College for Women is one of the government colleges in Karaikal reserved only for women, by the government of Puducherry. It was started in the year 1972 under affiliation of Madras University. Now affiliated with Pondicherry University. At first the college was started only for Arts