Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha is a first grade college which has completed 67 years of glorious service to the cause of higher education. The college is managed by the catholic diocese of Kothamangalam and treads on to conquer new heights in the path of academic excellence.
Towering aloft on the peak of a high hill, surrounded by luxuriant vegetation, intermingled with shady trees and distant from the clamour and confusion of the city, stands Nirmala College; the beacon light of learning and scholarship. Renowned for its picturesque landscape and tranquil serenity, the college provides a congenial atmosphere for study and research.
The college is situated in Avoly Panchayat of Muvattupuzha taluk in the district of Ernakulam. It was founded in 1953 by His Grace Most Rev. Dr. Augustine Kandathil, Archibishop of Ernakulam to meet the educational needs of the eastern districts of north Travancore, especially of the Catholic community, at a time when higher education was the wildest dream of the ordinary people living in the villages and the suburbs. In 1955, the college was raised to First Grade by starting B.A., B.Sc. and B.Com courses. Post graduate courses were introduced in 1965 and research facilities are now available in seven departments.
A student must have passed Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (Class XII) of the Central Board of Secondary Education/State Board or an examination recognized as equivalent thereto.
Boys Hostel Hostel accommodation is available for both boys and girls. Admission to the hostel is to be sought separately and sufficiently early. Application forms may be collected from the college office. The forms, after being filled in, should be given to the college office. Admission is confirmed only after remitting the admission fee.
Girls Hostel The college has a girl's hostel facility which provides good hostel accommodation for the students.
Gym The college has a fitness a (gymnasium) (46.47sqm) which is being used by staff and students for maintaining their physical fitness.
Library Nirmala College Library offers students an excellent selection of books, journals and magazines on all subjects and Internet facilities. Hardbound volumes of the back issues of the leading journals and magazines are also available. The Library has a collection of over 80,000 volumes. The Library subscribes to 190 journals and periodicals both national and international. Book bank facilities are provided by the Departments. The Library is fully computerized with circulation, information retrieval and Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC). The Library is open from 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. on all working days and the News House from 6.00 a.m to 6.00 p.m
Sports The college has adequate facilities for sports, games and cultural activities. It has got a spacious play ground (100m x 68m) for athletics and football. The college has a multipurpose synthetic stadium (30m x 20m) which has the facility for playing four games, namely volleyball, hand ball, throw ball and tennis. The college also had a well equipped a basket ball court (28m x 15m) and a shuttle badminton court (10m x 5m).
Cafeteria The college has a canteen facility for staff and students.
Auditorium The college has an auditorium facility for events and seminar.
Medical/Hospital The college has a health center with first aid facility for the students.
Wifi The college has WiFi facility for the students and staff.
IT Infrastructure The college has excellent IT Infrastructure facility for the students.
Laboratories Campus is blessed with full of trees and vegetation. State-of-the-art infrastructural facilities like well equipped scientific laboratories, a splendid library with neraly 80000 books,six auditoriums, 18 conference/ seminar halls, excellent ICT facilities with over 400 computers are advantagesof the institution.
Banks Facilities The college has the Banks/ATM facilities for all students.