About Maharaja's College Maharaja's College, pread over a 25-acre campus, stands right in the heart of the happening city of Kochi, with easy accessibility by road, rail, air, metro rail and waterways. The college campus is refreshingly lush and verdant because of the shady trees and their thick foliage and fresh water ponds that lend a sylvan ambience to the premises. In 2014-15, the college was elevated to the status of an autonomous college. It is the first and the only government autonomous college in Kerala. College offers courses in subject areas ranging from arts, science, humanities, and physical education. It offers 20 undergraduate programs. 22 Post Graduate Programs, and an Integrated Postgraduate Programme in Archaeology and Material Cultural Studies. The college has earned recognition as a Centre of Excellence in the state from the Government of Kerala owing to its rich tradition and enviable triumphs in all areas. The science departments of the college were provided special assistance under the FIST (Fund for improvement of S&T Infrastructure) program of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) in 2010. University Grants Commission (UGC). There are currently 17 departments offering doctoral research leading to Ph.D. National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) reaccredited the college with an A grade in 2021.