St John's College, Agra

St. John's College

Latin: Sancti Ioannis collegium
Motto	The Truth Shall Make You Free
Established	1850
Founder	Rev. Thomas Valpy French
Academic affiliation	Agra University
Principal	Prof. Peter Edward Joseph
Location	Mahatma Gandhi Road, Agra
Campus	Urban
Website	stjohnscollegeagra.in

St. John's College, is a constituent college of the Agra University, located in agra. It is a Christian college under Church of North India and widely regarded one of the oldest, beautiful and prestigious colleges in India, producing a line of distinguished alumni. it was established by Church Mission Society to agra. The college admits both undergraduates and post - graduates and awards degree in liberal arts, Commerce, Sciences, Business Administration and education under the purview of Agra University.

John the Apostle, one of the Twelve apostles of Jesus in whose honour college is built.

St. John's College, Agra, was established in 1850 by the Church Missionary Society (CMS) of England, along with Agra C.M.S. Association, and its first principal was Rev. Thomas Valpy French (1825-1891), a fellow of University College, Oxford. In 1869-70, it had 297 students, out of which 199 were Hindus, 76 Muslims, and 22 Christians.

From 1862 to 1888, the college was affiliated to the University of Calcutta and till 1927, to the University of Allahabad. In 1927, when Agra University (now known as Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University) came into existence, the college became affiliated to it, and its principal Dr. A.W. Davies became the first Vice-Chancellor of the newly formed University. Since 1893, the college has offered post-graduate courses.

The college celebrated its centenary in 1952, on this occasion a new wing of the college was built,The foundation stone of the Centenary Wing was laid by Bharat Ratna Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan former president of India in 1957 and was inaugurated by the Prime Minister, Jawahar Lal Nehru on 9 October 1959.