St. Albert's College is an autonomous liberal arts college located at Kochi, India. It has twenty three degree courses, twelve postgraduate courses and seven research centres. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has accredited the college at the "A" level with an aggregate score of 3.24. St. Albert's College (Autonomous) was ranked as one among the best hundred autonomous colleges in India. History The college was founded by late Dr. Joseph Attippetty, the first Indian Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Verapoly. St. Albert's College has been granted autonomous status in 2016 by the UGC. Archbishop Attippetty started a new college at Ernakulam, then the capital of the former State of Cochin. In 1946 the authorized setting up a second grade college, which began functioning on 16 July 1946, in the old St. Albert's High School building, situated in front of the present college campus. Now the college is under the patronage of Dr. Joseph Kalathiparambil, Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly. Integrated Five Year (UG+PG) Programmes (1) Integrated M.Sc. Programme in Basic Science - Statistics - 8 Semesters (Afternoon Batch) Undergraduate Programmes (30) Commerce (5) B.Com. Taxation (Bachelor of Commerce) - 6 semesters - Aided (Forenoon Batch) B.Com. Computer Application (Bachelor of Commerce) - 6 semesters - Self Finance (Forenoon Batch) B.Com. Cooperation (Bachelor of Commerce) - 6 semesters - Self Finance (Afternoon Batch) B.Com. Taxation (Bachelor of Commerce) - 6 semesters - Self Finance (Afternoon Batch) B.Voc. (Bachelor of Vocation) Professional Accounting - 6 semesters - Self Finance (Afternoon Batch) Computer Science (2) B.Sc. Computer Science (Bachelor of Science) - 6 semesters - Self Finance (Forenoon Batch) B.Voc. Software Development (Bachelor of Vocation)- 6 semesters - Self Finance (Afternoon Batch) Languages (2) B.A. English Literature (Bachelor of Arts) - 6 semesters (Forenoon Batch) B.A. English Triple Main - 6 semesters - Self Finance (Afternoon Batch) Life Science (6) B.Sc. Botany (Bachelor of Science) - 6 semesters - Aided (Forenoon Batch) B.Sc. Zoology (Bachelor of Science) - 6 semesters - Aided (Forenoon Batch) B.Sc. Aquaculture (Bachelor of Science) - 6 semesters - Aided (Forenoon Batch) B.Sc. Industrial Fish & Fisheries (Bachelor of Science) - 6 semesters - Self Finance (Forenoon Batch) B.Sc. Commercial Aquaculture (Bachelor of Science) - 6 semesters - Self Finance (Afternoon Batch) B.Voc. Fish Post Harvest Technology and Management (Bachelor of Vocation)- 6 semesters - Self Finance (Afternoon Batch) Management (5) B.B.A. (Bachelor of Business Administration) - 6