The C.M.S College is situated in Kottayam, Kerala, India.It was started by the Church Missionary Society, England, in 1817 when no institution existed in the then Travancore state to teach English.The Rev. Banjamin Bailey was the first principal of "THE COLLEGE, COTTYM", as it was then called and spelt.The government welcomed the College as 'a place of general education whence any demands of the state for officers to fill all departments of public service would be met'.In the early years, the carriculum included the study of Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Mathematics, History and Geogrpahy besides English,Malayalam, Sanskrit and Syriac.In 1838, the College was shifted to the beautifully wooded hillock - her present site - commanding lovely views, especially of the distant Western Ghats.One of the oldest buildings in the campus is Room 52 or 'Grammer School' as it was then named.The college magazine in Malayalam - was started in 1864 by the then principal Richard Collins after whom the College Library is named. Image File history File links CMS College Kottayam, Kerala, India File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Kottayam is one of the 14 districts in the state of Kerala, India. ... ... Malayalam (മലയാളം) is the major language of the state of Kerala, in southern India. ...

In 1857 the College was affiliated to Madras University soon after its incorporation and the College presented students for the Matriculation examination. The College provided free education to all her students until 1855 when the fee of 1 Rupee a month began to be collected from each student. The total no of students in 1870 was only 129. In 1880, the Maharaja of Travancore who visited the College observed: “ Long before the state undertook the humanizing task of educating the subjects, the Christian Missionaries had raised the beacon of knowledge in the land”. University of Madras is one of the three oldest universities in India (along with Bombay and Calcutta), it was incorporated in 1857. ... Travancore (originally called Thiruvithaamcoore or Thiruvitankur in Malayalam) was a princely state in India. ...

In 1890, two-year classes were started and the first batch of students was presented for the F.A Examination in 1892.It was in 1938 that women students were admitted in the College for the first time.

In 1840,the student strength of the College was 220.In 1950, Degree classes were started and by 1960, the student – strength of the college rose to 1250. Post Graduate classes were started in 1959.The college is now affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. In 1981, the Synod of the Church of South India transferred the management of the College to the C.S.I. Madhya Kerala Diocese. Kottayam is one of the 14 districts in the state of Kerala, India. ...

“Thy Word Is Truth” is the motto of the College.