Our College

The second government college to be established in the erstwhile Cochin state, Chittur College came to being on the 11th August, 1947. Temporarily housed in government Victoria girls high school buildings and affiliated to university of madras, the college began functioning as an arts college offering courses in Malayalam, mathematics, commerce, accountancy, logic, music and Indian and modern histories for the intermediate and mathematics, philosophy and economics for the BA degree examinations.

The college got affiliated to Travancore University in July, 1949 after the emergence of the Travancore-cochin state. Complying with the regulations of the new University, B.A in mathematics was renamed to B.Sc Mathematics.

The foundation stone of the present building on the serene banks of the River Sokanasini was laid by His Highness the Rajapramukh of Travancore-Cochin on 18 th November 1949. On 28 th June 1954 the new house of learning was declared open by Sree Pattom Thanu Pillai, the then chief minister of the state.

The B.Com degree course was introduced in 1951-52 and intermediate courses in science were started for the in 1954-55. With the introduction of Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology in 1956-57 the college evolved as a full fledged Arts and Science College.

The Pre-university course replaced the Intermediate course in 1956-57. Degree courses were launched in 1957-58. B.A degree course in Music was also introduced in the same year. The University of Kerala, christened after the Kerala state, became the next godmother to the college in March in 1957.

In November, 1958 the spacious and well furnished men's hostel to accommodate 100 boys was inaugurated by Dr. B Ramakrishna Rao, the then Governor of Kerala. Another Governor of Kerala Sri. V V Giri formally declared open an equally equipped hostel for women in the college campus itself in March 1963.

The pre-university course gave way to the pre-degree course in 1964.In 1968 the college was affiliated to the newly started university of Calicut. Since then, particularly during seventies, it has made great leaps in the academic field.

The first postgraduate course in Tamil Language and literature was introduced in 1969-70,and soon followed the M.Com course in 1971-72.The college celebrated its Silver Jubilee in 1973`though it was due in the previous year itself. The jubilee gift to the college was the degree course in Geography. In 1976-77 the college was further honored by the university by raising it to a Research center for Higher studies in Tamil leading to Ph.D. M.A Geography and M.Sc Mathematics courses were started in 1979-80.M.A.Music and B.A History Main courses were started in 1981-82.
After more than decade the M.A Philosophy course was started in 1994 and B.Sc Electronics in 1999.

As a result of pre-degree delinking which took place in various stages from 1998 to 2001, the college now offers only under graduate and postgraduate courses. The student strength of college is now is about 1250.The college had a record number of students on its rolls, about 3000, before Pre-degree was delinked. The semester system was introduced at the P.G level in 2001.With the university proposing to introduce the semester system at the degree level from June 2004, the college looks forward to fresh leaps in academic excellence.

In 2001, one of the cherished dreams of our college-The main gate was inaugurated by Sri. N N Krishnadas MP with the three-lakh rupees assistance from his MP Fund. He named it 'Millennium Gate'. Still it welcomes us to the fort of memories



COURSES OF STUDY
the College offers instruction in the following courses of study under the University of Calicut.
1. B.A., B.Sc.and B.Com (Three years)
(A) B.A. Degree courses
1.Economics
2.Philosophy
3.Malayalam
4.Tamil
5.Geography
6. Music
7.History
(B) B.Sc. Degree course
1.Mathematics
2 .Physics
3.chemistry
4.Botany
5.Zoology
6.Electronics
(c) B.Com Degree Course

M.A (4 Semesters)
1.Tamil Language and Literature
2.Geography
3.Music
4. Philosophy
M.Sc (4Semesters)
1.Mathematics
M.Com(4 Semesters)
Ph.D Degree in Tamil(By Research