The department of Political Science established in June 1986. Political science department is running graduate programme in Political Science in the jurisdiction of Shivaji University, Kolhapur. The department has qualified & experienced staff having high teaching & research profile.

a) Strengths:
1. Department has Good academic culture.
2. Department has qualified staff,
Four SET Qualified
Two NET Qualified
One Ph.D. Completed & 1 Ph.D. Ongoing
3. Department has well equipped Library.
4. Department has start short term course in Indian Constitution and political Campaign.
5. Department has teaching student advance syllabus
6. One of the oldest departments in the vicinity
7. Full-fledged with ICT equipment
8. Crave for research
9. A unique innovative Programme for learners

b) Weakness:
1. They have economically poor and negative attitude to the get admission to self-financed courses or career oriented courses.
2. College runs in rural area so student have not approach to higher education because no availability of nearby PG centers.
3. Department has no separate non-teaching staff to maintain department.

c) Opportunities/Challenges:
1. Indian Constitution and political Campaign short term courses
2. Slow and advance learning course
3. Surveying courses
4. M.A./M.Sc.PG courses.
5. PG Diploma courses in Inter National Relations.

d) Threat:
1. In present globalization are challenges to subject and student to need of change the syllabus advance technology and organized courses of career oriented.
2. As per University level launched program of distance education it is challenges in reduced college student strength.
3. Nearby college campus within five kilometer area start colleges today.