Arya College, Ludhiana was established in 1946 on the educational map of the country was the fulfillment of the long cherished desire of the people of Ludhiana and its surrounding areas.

It is one of the premier institutions to impart & provide in the field of higher education for the deserving candidates and prove to be a milestone in the part of progress.

The college is affiliated to Panjab University, Chandigarh and recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) under section 2(f) & 12(B) under Act, 1956.

A few dedicated members of Arya Samaj met in 1945 and decided to raise funds to start a degree college to cater to the needs of the young students. Their mission was to keep aloft the torch of knowledge and awakening kindled by Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati.

It was due to their untiring efforts that Arya College came into existence in Ludhiana in 1946. It was started in a building known as Malerkotla House. The same building was later used to house the Women Section when it was started in 1970.

At present, the college is considered to be a premier post graduate educational institute of higher education of the northern India.

It started a separate Women Section in 1970 for independent studies of girls students in the old campus. Now it has been housed in a spacious building adjacent to the old building of Dayanand Medical College in Civil Lines area.

It has arrangements for Arts, Commerce, Computer Science and Home Science faculties.The College aims at the harmonious all-round development of the students in the field of art, literature, science, commerce, computer education, games, sports, co-curricular and youth activities.

The college aspired to make them enlightened and responsible citizens of the country, capable of contributing effectively to the realization of national goals. The College provides a healthy and congenial atmosphere necessary for the intellectual, aesthetic, physical and moral growth of the students.

It inculcates in them a love for the Indian way of life and traditions.

It inspires its pupils to respect nobler and higher values of universal brotherhood, renunciation and truthful living, as enunciated by Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati.

The college offers three years degree courses in Humanities, Science (Medical & Non-Medical), Commerce & Business Management, Computer Science & Applications, Business Administration and M.A. in Political Science, History, Punjabi, M.Com., M.Sc.(IT) and PGDCA.

It also has contact centre of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Study Centre & Centre for Gandhian Studies to offer Self-fiancing & Add-on courses.

Vision:

• To emerge as a frontline institution in academic excellence empowering the students with an intellectual and emotional strength to meet upcoming global challenges

Mission:

• To create intellectually sharp and highly skilled professionals who can balance the practicalities of modern thought with the warmth of traditional values as enunciated in Arya Samaj by Swami Dayanand Saraswati

Objectives:

• Striving to produce responsible learners who become resourceful, adaptive, independent and productive in their respective areas of learning
• Providing professionally trained graduates and postgraduates for industry, business and government and a private sector
• Encouraging students to achieve personal & professional goals through self-motivation, personal growth and the pursuit of excellence
• Helping students to realize their fullest potential through sports and appropriate co-curricular activities leading to integrated personality development
• Sensitizing the students to the need for playing an active role in the reconstruction of a new equality based social order