Caritas College of Pharmacy was established in 23rd March 1981 under the eminent guidance and vision of His excellency Mar Kuriakose Kunnassery , the then Bishop of Kottayam. Now the new building located at 101 Junction, Kottayam, nearly 1.5 kms from the Caritas Hospital, is the new educational institution, where classes are slated to start the degree program as well as diploma program too, to provide quality education, which is the need of the hour.

This college offers D. Pharm and B. Pharm courses, recognized and approved by Pharmacy council of India, All India Council for Technical Education 
and affiliated to Directorate of Medical Education and Kerala University of Health Sciences, Thrissur. This institution was started with an intention to create professionally qualified, technically competent, spiritually matured, psychologically integrated and socially acceptable pharmacists with professional ethics, good human values and national outlook.