Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada was established in 1953. It is affiliated to Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur.

Andhra Loyola College is managed and administered by the members of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), a Catholic religious order, which has rendered signal service in the fields of education and service to humanity for over 450 years. The College was founded in December 1953 at the request of the Catholic bishops of Andhra Pradesh and began its academic sessions in July 1954. The college offers Intermediate  (+2), Degree and Postgraduate courses as well as conducts research programmes in collaboration with several universities.

Andhra Loyala College (Autonomous), Vijayawada, is a Catholic Christian Higher Educational Institution founded and being administered by the society of Jesus, whose members are popularly known as the Jesuits all over the world.

Madras Presidency of the British India consisted of Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam speaking areas. However, over the years the Telugu people felt the need to have their neglected interests met in their own land-Andhra - and got Andhra University established in 1926 with Sir Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy (Sir C R Reddy) as the founding Vice Chancellor. Subsequently, the Telugu people started agitating for a separate State Called Andhra for themselves during the British era itself to preserve their own identity and have thier needs adequately met. The genesis of the College dates back to this time.

VISION AND MISSION

To impart higher education with integral formation which involves academic excellence, spiritual growth, social commitment and value based leadership.

Our Jesuit education demands that our college forms“men and women for others” and mould them as global citizens with competence, conscience and compassionate commitment. Special concern is shown towards the socially and economically marginalized students.

AIMS

To promote an integrated formation in and through academic, co-curricular and spiritual programmes.

To make the learners do their very best and to always strive for personal excellence in all aspects of life; intellectual, emotional, moral and physical culminating in their holistic formation, and 

To conduct value-based programmes that enhance social commitment among faculty and students.

OBJECTIVES

Creating an ambience for imparting ignation Pedagogical Paradigm - the way of learing and teaching that enables every student to assimilate and understand experiences, reflect on them, evaluate them and again learn from the experiences.

Imparting knowledge and developing the skills that nurture a deep sense of right and Ignatian values among the students.

Helping the students to foster healthy relationships to understand diverse forms of faith and culture and celebrating them to promote communal harmony

Inculcating in the students a sense of inner freedom, to enhance their competencies leading to innovations in new ways of understanding social problems and solving them in creative ways.