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College in Mumbai, India

Sydenham College of Economics is a college located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is affiliated to the Dr. Homi Bhabha State University. The college offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in management. It was awarded a re accreditation 'A' grade and 3.42 GPA in the second cycle assessment conducted by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council.

Sydenham College was established in October 1913. It was named after the then governor of Bombay, Lord Sydenham of Combe, K. S. Aiyar acted as first honorary principal of the college. The economist Percy Anstey was appointed Principal in 1914, a position he held until his death in 1920. It was only in 1941, twenty eight years after the establishment of Sydenham College, that any other institute started offering courses in the subject. Indian Jurist and intellectual B. R. Ambedkar was a lecturer of the college. On the college's seventy fifth anniversary in 1988, the Indian Post Office issued a commemorative stamp. In the year 2019, Sydenham college was de affiliated from Mumbai University and affiliated to Dr. Homi Bhabha State University.

1913: The college was run from the Elphinstone College premises in Fort. 1914–1922: The college moved to the Whiteway Laidlaw Building on Hornby Road, near the present day Handloom House in Fort. 1922–1955: The college was on the premises of the present day Sir J. J. College of Architecture in Fort, opposite the Victoria Terminus railway station. It was then known as the Indo British Institute. 1955 onward: In 1955, Sydenham College moved to its current location on "B Road" at Churchgate, very near the terminus of the Western Railway section of the Mumbai suburban railway. It is close to the Marine Drive sea front on the Arabian Sea.