History
The Union Christian College was found in 1921,in Alwaye (18kms from Ernakulam, on the way to Trichur) by three young men Sri.K.C.Chacko, Sri.C.P.Mathew and
Sri.V.M.Ittyerah who were guided by a pioneering commitment to education as a chosen mission and fired by a sprit of adventure.These men had immense faith in the human sprit,and their sublime lives left no room for sectarian dogma. The founding principles gave primacy to
“Service to the community as a whole”
and
“interdenominational unity (ecumenism)
among the Christians
The Union Christian College was the first such
institution in the part of India, started on an Indian initiative.
Union Christian College had its modest beginning 75 years back atop a hillock overlooking a relatively wild landscape, in building gifted by Maharajah of Travancore. The old court building (cutcherry Malika) in which the college began is now a protected monument of the Dept. of Archaeology, Kerala State. The College was a bold and unique experiment in higher education. What began on a humble scale with a crop of
five teachers and sixty-four students in residence, and next no resources, has now grown into one of the foremost academic institutions in the southern part of India. The College now offers graduate courses in twelve disciplines and postgraduate courses in eight. The eight research department here, are engaged in meaningful academic activity. The College runs enrichment courses in the
frontier areas of Archaeology, Tribal Studies and Wildlife Management, and in technological areas like Information Science and Computer Applications
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