Colleges in Kerala

Kannur University was established by the Act 22 of 1996 of Kerala Legislative Assembly. The University by the name "Malabar University" had come into existence earlier by the promulgation of an Ordinance by the Governor of Kerala, on 9th November 1995. The University was inaugurated on 2nd March 1996 by the former Hon. Chief Minister of Kerala.

The Government Law College, Kozhikode, 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 Malabar region of Kerala. Students are selected through a state level entrance test. The college offers LL.B and LL.M courses.

The Government Law College, Thrissur started in the year 1992 . It is the forth Government Law College in the State and is affiliated to the University of Calicut. The need for starting a Government Law College at Thrissur was deeply felt by the educationists, intellectuals, lawyers and other eminent personalities of Thrissur in 1970 itself. The first batch of Law Graduates came out in 1993-94 academic year. Sri. R.

Government Law College, Ernakulam is formerly known as His Highness Maharajas Law College. The Government Law College Ernakulam is first Law College in Kerala founded in 1874 in the heart of Metropolitan city Kochi. Those law classes continued as such till 1894 when the institution was re organised entirely on a different footing.The college was raised to the status of an independent college under the designation of His Highness the Maharajah`s Law College, Thiruvananthapuram with WTA.

The University has 16 Faculties and 40 Departments of study and research .

The Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram formed in 1875 is one of the oldest institution imparting legal education in India. Affiliated to the Faculty of Law of University of Kerala, the college is supervised and controlled by the Government of Kerala and was ranked as the 23rd best law college in India in 2007 by INDIA TODAY.