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Both are NAAC-accreditated ‘A’ grade colleges.The College of Art and Crafts conducts four-year degree courses in painting, applied art, sculpture, photography and graphics for the Class XII passouts.More than a dozen ‘sunrise’ courses have been started by different colleges in the city in recent years, said Patna College sociology department head Randhir Kumar Singh.The three-year degree vocational courses running in different colleges of PU are Functional English (Patna College and B N College), Advertising, Sales Promotion and Sales Management (Patna Women’s College), BCA (B N College, Patna Science College, Magadh Mahila College, Patna Women’s College and Directorate of Distance Education), BBA (Patna College, B N College, Magadh Mahila College and Patna Women’s College), Biotechnology (Patna Science College and B N College), Communicative English (Patna Women’s College), Industrial Microbiology (Patna Women’s College), Mass Communications (Patna Women’s College and Patna College), Environmental Science (Patna Science College), Social Work (Magadh Mahila College) and gemmology (B N College).The now Patliputra University colleges have also been running several vocational courses under self-financing scheme for the last several years. Besides, B N College offers degree courses in arts and science.For girls only, Patna Women’s College and Magadh Mahila College offer courses in arts, science and commerce streams. The entrance test for BSc honours course in different PU colleges will be held on May 30.Patna Science College is the top destination for science students, while students of humanities and social science streams make a beeline for admission in Patna College. J D Women’s College runs courses in BCA and electronic equipment maintenance at the graduation level.Ganga Devi Mahila College imparts vocational training in tour and travel management and functional English, while Arvind Mahila College has started vocational courses in computer applications and business administration. College of Commerce runs courses in biotechnology, computer applications, business management, bioinformatics, besides some add-on courses like journalism, mass communications and counselling and rehabilitation.A N College has been running vocational courses in biotechnology, business management, computer applications and environment and water management..