Mercy College was started in 1964, as an offshoot of St. Mary’s College, Trichur. In 1946 St.Mary’s College was started and it was affiliated Madras University. Palakkad, a backward district, had only minimum facilities for women’s education. A college exclusively for women was very much the need of the hour. A small contingent of seven sisters from St. Mary’s College, Trichur took up the task of finding the land and means for starting the College. Mercy College is a first grade Post Graduate College for women, affiliated to the University of Calicut. It is managed by the Carmelite sisters of Jai Christo CMC Education Agency. The College comes within the religious jurisdiction of the Bishop of Palakkad.

• Year started 1964
• Affiliation University of Calicut
• Website http://www.mercycollege.edu.in/
• Location Mercy College Junction, Pallippuram, Palakkad, Kerala 678006.
• CourseUndergraduate –
  • BA History
  • BA Economics
  • BA English Lang. & Lit.
  
  Postgraduate –
  • MA English Language & Literature