Mar Ivanios College is a private institute established in the year 1949 and is affiliated to University of Kerala.The institute is NAAC accredited and approved by UGC. The college offers a total of 12 undergraduate courses and 8 postgraduate courses in various specializations such as economics, english, commerce, journalism and mass communication, mathematics, physics, chemistry, zoology, botany and biotechnology.
Mar Ivanios College is the first institute to receive NAAC accreditation in 1999 in the University of Kerala. The College has been awarded Independence standing by the University of Kerala upon instructions from UGC from 13th June 2014. Mar Ivanios College seized 36th position in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2018 among the section of Arts, Science, and Commerce colleges. It also has been ranked 48 in NIRF Rankings 2020.