Being the highest literate state in India,

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is home to some of the most reputed institutes for higher education in India.

Universities

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system in

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includes both private and

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. Universities in India are recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC), which draws its power from the ''

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''.
The types of universities include:

Central Universities

State Universities

Deemed Universities

Colleges

List of colleges affiliated with Kannur University Kannur University is a multi-campus public university established in 1996 to provide development of higher education in Kasaragod district, Kasaragod, Kannur district, Kannur, Wayanad districts of Kerala, India. It serves the region of North ...

List of colleges affiliated to University of Calicut This is a listing of the undergraduate and post-graduate colleges that are affiliated with University of Calicut as of 24 July 2018. Colleges that have establishment years listed as a range (e.g. 2003–04) are listed with the preceding year ...

List of colleges affiliated with Mahatma Gandhi University Engineering Engineering colleges are affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala till 2014-15. From 2015-16 engineering colleges in Kerala state are affiliated to KTU. # Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kalady # Ad ...

List of colleges affiliated to Kerala University There are 151 colleges affiliated to the University of Kerala, which is in Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala, India. This list is categorised into two main parts, Autonomous colleges and Non-Autonomous colleges. Autonomous colleges are be ...

* List of colleges affiliated to Kerala University of Health Sciences * List of colleges affiliated to Kerala Agricultural University * List of colleges affiliated with Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies *

List of colleges affiliated with Cochin University of Science and Technology Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) is a government owned autonomous university in Kochi (Cochin), Kerala, India. CUSAT is academically structured into 9 faculties: engineering, environmental studies, humanities, law, marine sci ...

Law colleges

Government Law College, Ernakulam The Government Law College, Ernakulam, also known as His Highness the Maharajas Government Law College, Ernakulam is an prestigious institution for undergraduate and post-graduate legal education in , Kerala, India. Founded in 1874, it is the ...

Government Law College, Trivandrum Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram also known as GLC Trivandrum is one of the institutions imparting graduate and post graduate legal education in India. Affiliated to the University of Kerala, it is the second law college in Kerala a ...

Government Law College, Kozhikode The Government Law College, Kozhikode or Kozhikode Law College situated on the outskirts of Kozhikode, India, is owned by the Government of Kerala and affiliated to the University of Calicut. The college caters to the needs of the north Malab ...

Government Law College, Thrissur Government Law College Thrissur, also known as Thrissur Law College ( ml, തൃശ്ശൂർ ലോ കോളേജ്), is situated in Ayyanthole. It is the fourth Government law college in Kerala and is owned by the Government of Kerala and ...

School Of Indian Legal Thought, Kottayam A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compulso ...

Kerala Law Academy Law College Kerala Law Academy (KLA), also referred to as the Kerala Law Academy Law College, is a self financing law college in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Founded in 1967, it is the first, and was for many years the only, self financing law instit ...

Trivandrum Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

* Markaz Law College *

Sree Narayana Guru College of Legal Studies Sree Narayana Trust, also known as the SN Trust, is an Indian educational organisation. The headquarters of Sree Narayana Trust is in Kollam city. It is named after Sree Narayana Guru Narayana Guru, , (20 August 1856 – 20 Septembe ...

Aligarh Muslim University, Malappuram Campus Aligarh (; formerly known as Allygarh, and Kol) is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Aligarh district, and lies northwest of state capital Lucknow and approximately southeast of the capita ...

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Business schools / MBA colleges / management departments

* Amity Business School, Kochi * Amrita School Of Business, Kochi * Asian School of Business, Thiruvananthapuram * Bhavans Royal Institute Of Management, Kochi * Bishop Jerome Institute,

Kollam Kollam (), also known by its former name Quilon , is an ancient seaport and city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. The city i ...

Cochin University of Science and Technology Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) is a state government-owned autonomous university in Kochi, Kerala, India. It was founded in 1971 and has three campuses: two in Kochi (Kalamassery and Ernakulam) and one in Kuttanad, Alap ...

DCSMAT Business School DCSMAT Business School is a business school located in Vagamon, Idukki, Kerala, India. The institution is approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for both Master of Business Administration courses and two-year MBA programs ...

* Farook Institute of Management Studies (FIMS), Calicut * IIM, Kochi (campus of IIMK) * IIM, Kozhikode * IIITM-K,

* Indian Institute of Logistics, Kochi
Marian International Institute of Management (MIIM), Kuttikkanam, Idukki
* Marthoma College of Management and Technology (MCMAT), Perumbavoor, Ernakulam *

Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies Rajagiri College of Social Sciences is an autonomous higher educational institution located in Kalamassery, Kochi in the Indian state of Kerala. History Rajagiri College of Social Sciences was started in 1955 under the University of Madras. In ...

, Kochi * School of Communication and Management Studies, Kochi *

TKM Institute of Management The TKM Institute of Management (TIM) is a business management school in Kerala. TIM which is governed by TKM College Trust offers an MBA program which is approved by AICTE and affiliated to University of Kerala. This MBA program is accredited b ...

* Travancore Business Academy, Kollam * UEI Global * Vidya Bharathi Institute Of Management And Technology, Kochi *

Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (XIME) is a private business school with three fully residential campuses, in Bangalore, Kochi and Chennai, all in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a count ...

* Allama Iqbal Institute of Management *

SCM Hub International Logistics Business School
Kochi Info Park Campus

Hotel management colleges

* Naipunnya School Of Hotel Management, Cherthala * Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Kovalam * Munnar Catering College

Private colleges

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (or Amrita University) is a private deemed university based in Coimbatore, India. It currently has 7 campuses with 16 constituent schools across the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka ...

, Kollam (headquartered in

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) * Lancon Institute of Cyber Security (LICS) ( EC-Council - USA ) NH, Vatakara * V Institute, Kollam * Adi Institute Of Quality Engineers, Kochi

Polytechnic colleges

* List of polytechnic colleges in Kerala

Architecture colleges

*College of Architecture, Thiruvananthapuram, C.A.T *Bishop Jerome School of Architecture, Kollam

Design institutes

Kerala State Institute of Design Kerala State Institute of Design (KSID) , a design institute under Department of labour and Skills, Government of Kerala, is located at Chandanathope, about 8 Kilometers from Kollam city. It was established in 2008 with the support of NID Ahme ...

, Kollam
Creative Hut Institute of Photography
Mattakkara, Kottayam * Terrafirm Global Academy, City Centre Campus, Kadavanthara, Kochi * Terrafirm Global Academy, Riverside Green Campus, Aluva, Kochi
Irohub Infotech
Palarivattom, Kochi
Cindrebay
Kaloor, Kochi

Engineering

List of engineering colleges in Kerala The following is a list of Government, Govt. sponsored Self-financing and Private self-financing Engineering Colleges in kerala. Most of these colleges participate in Kerala Engineering Agricultural Medical Entrance Test. All the engineering c ...

Medical

List of medical colleges in Kerala In the state of Kerala currently there are 1650 govt medical college seats. These colleges impart training in Medicine, Modern medicine. The health education system in Kerala also has Medical college in India, Medical colleges that impart train ...

Maritime

* Euro Tech Maritime Academy,

Kochi Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...

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Pharmacy colleges

Medical laboratory technology colleges

* A.G.M. School OF PARAMEDICALS * Alphonsa Para Medical School * Babes Paramedical Laboratory, Changanassery * Mary Queens Medical Technological Laboratory, Thiruvalla * Queen Mary's Medical Technological Laboratory, Karukachal * S.G Laboratory, Mallappally * St Julian Medical Technological Laboratory, Karukachal

Govt pharmacy colleges

* College of Pharmaceutical Science, Kozhikode,

Kozhikode Medical College Government Medical College, Kozhikode, also known as Calicut Medical College (CMC), is a school of medicine in Kozhikode (formerly Calicut) in the Indian state of Kerala. The college was established in 1957 as the second medical college in Keral ...

* College of Pharmaceutical Science, Thiruvananthapuram,

Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram The Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram (also known as Thiruvananthapuram Medical College or Trivandrum Medical College) is in Thiruvananthapuram (the capital of Kerala), India. Founded in 1951, it was inaugurated by Prime Minister J ...

* Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam * Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences Pariyaram Medical College, Kannur

Private self financing pharmacy colleges

* A.M. College of Pharmacy, Vavvakkavu Post, Karunagappally, Kollam-690 528 * Alshifa College of Pharmacy, Perinthalmanna * Amrita School of Pharmacy, AIMS Health Sciences Campus, Kochi * Crescent B.Pharm College, Madayipara, Kannur * The Dale View College of Pharmacy & Research Centre, Punalal PO, Thiruvananthapuram * Devaki Amma Memorial College of Pharmacy, PO Pulliparamba, Chelembra, Malappuram * Ezhuthachan National Academy Pharmacy, College & Research Institute, Maryamuttom, Neyyattinkara, Thiruvananthapuram * Fathima College of Pharmacy, Kollam * Grace College of Pharmacy, Palakkad * JDT Islam College of Pharmacy, Marikunnu PO, Kozhikode * Karuna College of Pharmacy, Iringuttoor, Palakkad Dist * Malik Dinar College of Pharmacy, Seethagole, Kasaragode * Mar Dioscorus College of Pharmacy, Sreekariyam, Thiruvananthapuram * Naserath College of Pharmacy, Othera, Thiruvalla * Nehru College of Pharmacy, near Lakkdi Railway Station, Thiruvillwamala, Thrissur * Nirmala College of Pharmacy, Moovattupuzha * Pharmacy College of St James Medical Academy, Govt. Hospital Road, Chalakkudy * Pushpagiri College of Pharmacy, Perumthurthi PO, Pathanamthitta * Royal College * Sri Vidyadhiraja Pharmacy College, Thiruvananthapuram * St. Joseph's College of Pharmacy, Muttom, Cherthala * ELIMS College of Pharmacy, Villadam, Ramavarmapuram P O, Thrissur * Hindustan College of Pharmacy, Kanjirapally, Kottayam *KTN college of pharmacy, chalavara, Palakkad

B.Ed colleges

* NSS Training College, Pandalam * Al-azhar Training College, Thodupuzha * Ansar Training College for Women, Perumpilavu, Trichur * Arafa Teacher Education, Attur, Thrissur * Indira Gandhi Training College, Kothamangalam * Farook Training College, Calicut * Kaviyattu College of Education, Pirappancode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala * Mar Baselious Paulose II Training College, Puthencruz * Mt Tabore Training College, Pathanapuram * NSS Training College Ottapalam * Sree Narayana Guru Kripa Trust BEd College, Pothencode, Thiruvananthapuram * Titus II Teachers College, Thiruvalla * Mar Osthatheos Training College, Akkikavu, Thrissur * St. Gregorios Teachers'Training College, Meenangadi *

Teacher training institutes (TTI)

* Darul Uloom Teacher Training Institute, Thootha, Perinthalmanna * Fazfari Teacher Training Institute, Padinjattummuri, Malappuram * Mankada Orphanage Teacher Training Institute, Mankada, Perinthalmanna * T.D. Teacher Training Institute, Mattancherry, Kochi-2

Autonomous institutions

References

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