University College Thiruvananthapuram

• 25th rank in NIRF India Ranking 2021: College Category
  
  
• NAAC Reaccredited (A Grade, CGPA 3.02, III Cycle, 2018)

University College, Thiruvananthapuram is a constituent college of the University of Kerala, based primarily in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. The college was awarded 23rd rank by National Institutional Ranking Framework, NIRF in 2019 and 2020.Mahathma Gandhi Rd, University of Kerala Senate House Campus, Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695034

• Department of Communication and Journalism in collaboration with Doordarshan, AIR and VICTERS Channel ( under IT Mission of the State Government) resulted in production of programmemes targeting school and college students in the State.These productions are available in You-Tube for global consumption
• The faculty members of Department of Library and Information Sciences collaborate with other Departments of Library and Information Science in the state and at the national level in the design of curriculum and syllabi. They also collaborate with public, academic and special libraries in the state in the organization of various programmemes like seminars, conferences and workshops. As a result, the Department is held in high esteem by the library community in the state.
• The first visible and formal collaboration of Department of Political Science was initiated in 2004 when a Fulbright Partnership Programmeme with Claremont Graduate University, USA was signed. The students and teachers of the Department stood to benefit with this programme, which lasted until 2008. Since then the Department has had a series of academic collaborations with Universities in USA, Australia, Canada, Poland, Thailand and Romania. The Department of Political Science is visited by several international students and teachers. The academic exchanges had helped the students immensely. The students of the Department are exposed to the rigour and quality of international education. The cultural value of these exchanges too has a great influence on students.
• Collaborative research with Regional Institute of Ophthalmology on the prevalence of cataract vulnerable sections of society was carried out. This work was carried out with financial support in the form of SARD, KSCSTE.
  Scientific evaluation of a traditional rice variety, Njavara (Oryza sativa) was carried out in collaboration with NIIST. Thiruvananthapuram for its anti-inflamatory properties. This work would scientifically validate the widespread practice of its application in Ayurveda.
• Application of marine biomolecules and biocomposites in tissue engineering of pharmacological importance.
  Collaboration with School of Chemical Sciences, MG University, Kerala. Development of Novel nanoparticles for anticancer applications.
• Collaboration with NIIST and SCTIMST, Trivandrum.
• The University of Kerala is an IMC Member of the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, New Delhi.
  One faculty from the Department got selected for collaborative visit to Nottingham Trent University, UK as part of FLAIR programmeme, Government of Kerala.
• Visit of research scholar from the department for completion of part of the Ph.D. work University of Connecticut, USA (Dr. Niranjana Maulik, 2007-10). This collaboration has resulted in substantial linkage between the two institutions.
• Research collaboration with institutions like Regional Research Institute (RRI), Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Regional Cancer Centre(RCC) AND CENTRE FOR Tiber Crop Research Institute(CTCRI), Thiruvananthapuram has been carried out
  ELT Centres has Linkage with Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent, U.K.
• Indian Association for Common Wealth Literature and Language Studies (IACLALS)

• Thanu Padmanabhan(Indian theoretical physicist and cosmologist)
• T. P. Sreenivasan(former Indian diplomat and is the head of the Council for Higher Education of the State of Kerala)
• Shaji N. Karun(Indian film director and cinematographer)