St. Columba's College, Hazaribag established in 1899, is an offspring of Dublin University Mission, Ireland.

The college has a glorious trajectory of excellence in imparting higher education, running a long gamut of 110 years towards the fulfilment of great tasks and realization of noble ideals, blazing the trail for great evocative innovations in the field of education, with distinction of being premier degree college of eastern India.

The college started off with its affiliation from Calcutta University in 1899 as grade 'B' college.

In 1904 it got to grade 'A' college on the merit of its spectacular performance and excellence.

In 1906-1907, it was anointed as "St. Columba's College", the present name, after the name of the famous Irish saint Columba.

In 1952, the college became a part of Bihar University and in 1964, St. Columba's College became a constituent unit of Ranchi University.

The college became the glaring constituent unit of Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag, Jharkhand, in 1992. Meanwhile the college took a leaf of post graduate affiliation from University Grants Commission, New Delhi, in 1987.