The Jesuit Fathers founded Andhra Loyola College 9th December 1953. It is the fruit of almost ten years of relentless efforts of Bishop Ignatius Mummadi of Guntur for a Jesuit College at the suggestion of Sir Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy, the Founder and then Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University, towards the end of October 1943, as he could not establish Andhra University in the intended Vijayawada area since the required land in this fertile region could not be acquired at that time within the stipulated time. The local leaders too formed themselves as Vijayawada Loyola College Sahaya Sangham to help the Jesuit Pioneers of the College. The first academic session of the College began on 22 July 1954.It started functioning as an Autonomous College from the Academic Year 1988-1989.The UGC awarded it the status of a "College with Potential for Excellence " in September 2004 in the first phase itself along with 46 other Colleges at all India level. The Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, selected it under the Star College Scheme in February 2016; and the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, selected it under Fund for Improvement of Science & Technology (FIST)in January 2018 as the one and only College in Telugu States. It was selected under Component - 8 for "Enhancing Quality and Excellence in select Autonomous Colleges under Rashtriya Utchathar Siksha Abhiyan (RUSA) in June 2018 by the MHRD, Govt. of India. It is the only College that has been getting ranked among the top 150 Colleges from both the Telugu States since the commencement of the National Institute of Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings in 2017 to rank more than 43,000 Colleges at the National Level. The Sports Authority of India sanctioned it the prestigious Khelo India Centre in August 2020 as the one and only College in Telugu States.
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