List of women's colleges

A women's college is an institution of higher education where enrollment is all-female. In the United States, almost all women's colleges are private undergraduate institutions, with many offering coeducational graduate programs. In other countries, laws and traditions vary.

Africa

Somaliland

Barwaaqo University, Baliga cas, Somaliland (est. 2017)

Sudan

Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman
Sudan University College for Women, Khartoum

Zimbabwe

Women's University in Africa, Harare (co-ed since unknown, Wikipedia page lists enrollment policy as 80% women and 20% men)

Asia

Bangladesh

Asian University for Women, Chittagong

China

China Women's University, Beijing
Shandong Women's University, Jinan
Hunan Women's University, Changsha
Ginling Women's University, Nanjing (renamed Ginling College in 1927 and merged with the University of Nanking in 1951)
Guangdong Women's Polytechnic College, Guangzhou
Zhejiang Women's College, Hangzhou
Hebei Women's Vocational College, Shijiazhuang
Fujian Hwa Nan Women's College, Fuzhou

India

Indonesia

Japan

Kazakhstan

Kazakh National Women's Teacher Training University

Pakistan

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Peshawar

Jinnah College for Women in Peshawar
Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University in Peshawar

Mardan

Women University Mardan in Mardan

Swabi

Women University Swabi in Swabi

Bahawalpur

Government Sadiq College Women University in Bahawalpur

Faisalabad

Government College Women University Faisalabad in Faisalabad

Lahore

Fatima Jinnah Medical University in Lahore
Kinnaird College for Women University in Lahore
Lahore College for Women University in Lahore

Multan

Women University Multan in Multan

Rawalpindi

Fatima Jinnah Women University in Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi Women University in Rawalpindi

Sialkot

Government College Women University Sialkot in Sialkot

Sindh

Karachi

Jinnah University for Women in Karachi
Government Elementary College of Education in Karachi

Sukkur

Begum Nusrat Bhutto Women University in Sukkur

Philippines

Philippine Women's University (co-ed since unknown)
Miriam College (since 1999)
Assumption College San Lorenzo

South Korea

Duksung Women's University
Dongduk Women's University
Ewha Womans University
Kwangju Women's University
Seoul Women's University
Sookmyung Women's University
Sungshin Women's University
Baewha Women's University
Busan Women's College
Hanyang Women's University
Kyung-in Women's University
Seoul Women's College of Nursing
Soongeui Women's College
Suwon Women's University

Former

Hansung Woman's University, Seoul (co-ed since 1978)
Soodo Women Teachers' College, Seoul (co-ed and renamed Sejong university since 1979)
Sangmyung Women's University, Seoul (co-ed since 1996)
Songsim Women's College, Bucheon (merged with Catholic College in 1995; co-ed since 1995)
Hyosung Women's College, Daegu (merged with Catholic College of Daegu in 1995; co-ed since 1995)
Armed Forces Nursing Academy, Daejeon (co-ed since 2012)

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Europe

United Kingdom

England

Bedford College, University of London (co-ed since 1965; merged with Royal Holloway in 1985)
Girton College, University of Cambridge (co-ed since 1979)
Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, Oxford (co-ed since 1979)
Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge (co-ed since 2020)
Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge (mixed-sex Fellowship)
Newnham College, University of Cambridge
Royal Holloway, University of London (co-ed since 1965; merged with Bedford College in 1985)
Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge (co-ed since 1973)
Somerville College, University of Oxford (co-ed since 1994)
St Aidan's College, Durham University, Durham (co-ed since 1981)
St Anne's College, University of Oxford (co-ed since 1979)
St Hilda's College, University of Oxford (co-ed since 2008)
St Hild's College, Durham University (co-ed since merged with the College of the Venerable Bede in 1975)
St Hugh's College, University of Oxford (co-ed since 1986)
St Mary's College, Durham University (co-ed since 2005)
Trevelyan College, Durham University (co-ed since 1992)
Westfield College, University of London, Hampstead (1882: co-ed since 1968; merged with Queen Mary's College in 1989)
Queen Elizabeth College, London (co-ed since 1953; merged with King's College London in 1985)
Hillcroft College, Surbiton (1920: as the National Residential College for Women; co-ed since merger to form Richmond and Hillcroft Adult Community College in 2017)

Scotland

Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women, Edinburgh (1886: closed in 1898)
Edinburgh College of Medicine for Women, Edinburgh (1889: co-ed since merger with main medical schools in 1916)

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North America

Canada

Nova Scotia

Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax (co-ed since 1967)

Ontario

Brescia University College, London (affiliated with the co-educational University of Western Ontario)
Ewart College, Toronto (merged with Knox College of the University of Toronto in 1990)

United States

Middle East

Iran

Alzahra University, Tehran
Refah University College, Tehran

Saudi Arabia

All universities in Saudi Arabia must have a separate campus for women. Men are not allowed to study or work at female campuses, with the exception of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. There is one women's university, without a male campus, which is: