Swami Swatantranand Memorial College, Gurdaspur was established in 1973 with the sole aim to cater to the need of higher education to this rural area.

Its affiliated to Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar.

Since then an undergraduate college with humanities, Swami Swatantranand Memorial College has made a steady progress and has come up as multidisciplinary co-educational Post-graduate college.

The college volunteered for institutional accreditation by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore.

A Self Study Report for this purpose was prepared and submitted to NAAC.

The college was assessed on the basis of seven point criteria of the NAAC and criterion wise evaluative remarks are detailed in the following sections.