Mar Thoma College, Tiruvalla is affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. It falls within the administrative jurisdiction of the Deputy Director of Collegiate Education, Kottayam and comes under the 2(f) & 12(b) category of the University Grants Commission.
The College accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in 1998 – the first college to do so in Kerala, also attained the unique distinction of being the first re-accredited College in the Mahatma Gandhi University with ‘A’ Grade in 2005 and again in 2012. Presently the College has an ‘A’ grade (3.09) in the fourth cycle of accreditation since 2019.
The College is also a member of The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) since 2015. The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) is a global initiative that aligns institutions of higher education with the United Nations in furthering the realization of the purposes and mandate of the United Nations through activities and research in a shared culture of intellectual social responsibility.