St. Thomas’ College, Trichur, is the oldest Catholic College in Kerala, is the first College to
have been established by diocesan clergy in India, is as old as the formal institution of the
earliest of the Catholic Syrian Dioceses in India and is older than all the Universities in
Kerala. It was founded as an educational institution in 1889, in less than two years after the
formation of the Vicariate Apostolic of Trichur, was raised to the rank of a Second Grade
College in 1919, was the earliest First Grade College in the erstwhile princely state of Cochin
in 1925 and is, at present, one of the largest and most reputed of the Arts and Science Colleges
in Kerala. At the national level, the St. Thomas’ College has been accredited with a B + +
stature in 2004 by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, which is an
autonomous organization instituted by the University Grants Commission. On 8th January
2011 The College got reaccredited for a further period of five years with CGPA of 3.58 on a
four-point scale at ‘A’ Grade securing third position in Kerala, on the basis of the physical
verification (2010 September 27 to 29) and study report by the NAAC Peer Team led by Prof.
K.M. Kaveriappa, Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mysore.
- Year started 1889
- Affiliation University of Calicut
- Website http://www.stthomas.ac.in/index
- Location Trichur-Palghat Road, Thrissur, Kerala 680001
- CourseUndergraduate
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Postgraduate
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