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 * List of colleges affiliated to University of Calicut *

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 # A ...

* List of colleges affiliated to Kerala University * 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

Law colleges

* Government Law College, Ernakulam * Government Law College, Trivandrum *

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 an ...

* School Of Indian Legal Thought, Kottayam *

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 inst ...

Trivandrum Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its List of renamed Indian cities and states, former name Trivandrum (), is the Capital city, capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as ...

Markaz Law College Markaz Law College, is a centre of higher legal education in Kozhikode, India. The law college is the first project launched under the Knowledge City of Markazu Saquafathi Sunniyya, the college is affiliated to the University of Calicut an ...

* Sree Narayana Guru College of Legal Studies * Aligarh Muslim University, Malappuram Campus * Bharata Mata School of Legal Studies (BSOLS), luva* C.S.I College For Legal Studies Kanakkary,Kottayam * School of Legal Studies (Kannur university, Thalashery Campus ), alayad,Thalashery

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 ...

* Cochin University of Science and Technology * DCSMAT Business School * 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 * Travancore Business Academy, Kollam * UEI Global * Vidya Bharathi Institute Of Management And Technology, Kochi * Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship * Allama Iqbal Institute of Management * Aligarh Muslim University, Malappuram Campus
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 Munnar () is a town and hill station in the Idukki district of the southwestern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. Munnar is situated at around above mean sea level, in the Western Ghats mountain range. Munnar is a ...

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 Ahmed ...

, 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

Maritime

* Euro Tech Maritime Academy,

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indian maritime university kochi

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 * College of Pharmaceutical Science, Thiruvananthapuram, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram * 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 * Aligarh Muslim University, Malappuram Campus

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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