The Christian College, Chengannur was founded by the late Rt. Rev. Dr. Mathews Mar Athanasius Episcopa of the Mar Thomas Syrian Church of Malabar in the year 1964. The college, started as a junior college with 3 batches of Pre-Degree classes rose to the Degree level in 1967 and offers at present DegreecoursesinMaths,Physics,Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, History, Economics and English Literature.

The statue of first grade college was conferred in 1995 with the introduction of the Post Graduate course in Economics. The following year M.Sc. Physics also was started. The college also offers B.Sc. Industrial Chemistry and part-time career diploma courses in Computer Applications and Communicative English.

The students of the college have always maintained a uniform high standard in academic matters. First rank in B.Sc. Zoology and B.Sc. Mathematics, Second rank in B.Sc. Mathematics and third rank in B.Sc. Chemistry are a few to mention. They have also brought laurels to the college many a time in sports and games. The NCC and NSS Units of the college are very active. There is a unit of the women's cell in the college. Many of the teachers have published papers in reputed journals and quite a few of them are research guides. The PTA and the Alumini Association give due support to the college.