Dr. John Matthai Centre is a pioneering institute in the fields of Information Technology, Economics, Management, Theatre Arts and Music. Dr. John Matthai Centre is a mini campus of the University of Calicut, situated nearly 5 km away from Thrissur town, within the limits of the Thrissur Corporation. The Centre was started in 1973 in Thrissur, as a Regional Centre of the University, in the name of Dr. John Matthai, a celebrated Economist and the First Railway Minister and subsequently the Finance Minister of Republic India. The centre initially offered the Post Graduate Course of MA (Development. Economics). But with the advent of IT revolution, the institution became a centre of excellence in the field of Information Technology. Thus having introduced the courses MCA, MBA & MSc Comp. Science.