Union Christian College, Aluva
| Motto | The Truth shall make you free |
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| Established | 1921 |
| Location | Aluva, Kerala, India |
| Website | www.uccollege.edu.in |
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The Union Christian College, Aluva (known as UC College) is an educational institution in Kerala, India. It is situated to the north of Aluva in Ernakulam District.
Founded in 1921 as a centre of Christian Higher Education, UC College is an inter-denominational cooperation venture among four major Kerala Christian denominations, Church of South India, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, and Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church.
The college was affiliated to The Madras University, then Travancore University and is now affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam.
Union Christian College Aluva was founded in 1921 as a premier centre of higher learning in Kerala, South India. The campus is located close to the banks of the river Periyar, five kilometers from Aluva city.
Union Christian College is the only centre of higher education in Kerala functioning on an ecumenical basis. The college is managed by an association of members drawn from the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, the Malankara Marthoma Church, the Church of South India and the Inter Church Fellowship of the College. It became a congregating centre for a host of scholars, theologians and missionaries from the west. The list includes Canon W. E. S. Holland, Rev. L. W. Hooper, Rev. B. G. Crowley and Malcolm Muggeridge. The faculty of the early years was a balanced mix of Christian and non-Christian members. The college has maintained this secular structure to the present.
Union Christian College received A grade from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council. In the history of India, UCC is the first college getting accredited in the third cycle (for the period of 2011-16 ). The NAAC team visited the campus on 16, 17 and 18 March 2011.
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