Colleges affiliated to Kerala's four general universities by district and management, 2025-26/2026

One row per college affiliated to Kerala's four general universities: 1,024 colleges, of which 430 under the University of Calicut, 268 under Mahatma Gandhi University, 204 under the University of Kerala and 122 under Kannur University. Each row gives the district (LGD code), management (government, aided, unaided, government self-financing or autonomous, with the university's own wording beside it), college type where the university states it, and the year founded where printed. Between them the four universities cover all 14 districts; most colleges are unaided (739), followed by aided (187, of which 14 are Mahatma Gandhi University's own teaching schools, see qa_flag) and government (81). Malappuram (137) and Kozhikode (109) have the most colleges, Wayanad (24) the fewest. Use it to compare the spread of colleges across districts and between Malabar and the south; the programmes and seats each college offers are in PRI-EDU-0052.

Rows

1,024

Columns

12

Time period

2025-26 (Calicut) and October 2026 (Kerala, MG, Kannur)

Last updated

29 Oct 2026