Patna Women’s College was founded in 1940 by Bishop B.J. Sullivan, S.J., Bishop of Patna and Mother M. Josephine A.C. Superior General of the Apostolic Carmel. It has courses up to the degree level and two postgraduate departments – Home Science and MCA. It was the first women’s college in Bihar as the pioneer of women’s higher education in the state. The college is open to students of all castes and creeds. Though it became a constituent college of Patna University, in 1952.