Govt. Sanskrit College, Thiruvananthapuram is a government college. The Maharaja Sri Mulam Tirunal of the Travancore, on the model of the Benares Sanskrit College with title courses in Sanskrit.
University College, Thiruvananthapuram (estd.1866) was built to impart English education to the common folk of the erstwhile Travancore by H.H. Sri Ayilyam Thirunal Rama Varma Maharaja.