Shillong, which is the capital city of the state of Meghalaya is fast emerging as an educational hub for the whole north eastern region. The city is acting as the home for a number of popular educational institutions like St. Antony’s College, St. Edmund’s College, The English & Foreign Languages University, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences, National Institute of Fashion Technology, National Institute of Technology and Indian Institute of Management.

Of these institutions, St. Edmund’s college is a century old private institution, which has produced a number of eminent personalities. The list of Government Colleges offering education in the city of Shillong is given below:

Arts & Science Colleges:

• Kiang Nongbah Government College

Institutions established by the Central Government:

• National Institute of Fashion Technology

• North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences

• Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management

Some of the details regarding these government educational institutions in the city of Shillong are given below:

Arts & Science Colleges:

Kiang Nongbah Government College is affiliated to the North-Eastern Hill University and the college is offering UG and PG courses under the faculties of arts, science and commerce. The list of subjects covered under each of these streams is given below:

• Arts:

o Statistics, sociology, civil & social studies, psychology, society & politics, political science, police administration, literature, journalism, history, economics, English, business economics

• Science:

o Statistics, psychology, physics, information technology, hotel & catering management, clinical lab technology, chemistry, chemical technology, biotechnology, plant biology, botany, biotechnology, biochemistry

• Commerce with computer applications and general

Institutions established by the Central Government:

National Institute of Fashion Technology:

National Institute of Fashion Technology was established by the Government of India in the year 2008 and this institution is offering Bachelor’s degree course in designing, with specialization in accessory design and fashion design.

North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences:

This institution is shortly called as NEIGRIHMS and it is an autonomous institution established by the Government of India in the year 1987. It is a post graduate medical institution offering PG Courses in the stream of medicine and also MBBS and Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management:

Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management is shortly called as IIM, Shillong and it is the seventh Indian institute of Management launched by the Government of India. The courses offered by this institution are classified into management development programmes, fellow programmes and post-graduate programmes. The list of courses offered by the institution under these categories is given below:

• Post Graduate Programme in Management

• Short-term management development programme

Even though, the number of government colleges operating in the city of Shillong seems to be lesser, the aforesaid institutions are very much popular for the quality of education offered and students belonging to different states throng these institutions mainly because of the best quality education offered. Most of these institutions are also popular for the placement assistance offered to the students. A number of best private colleges are also operating in this city to offer quality education.