Tamralipta Mahavidyalaya, popularly called and known as Tamluk college, is situated in the Head Quarter of Purba Medinipur district, namely Tamluk, which is definitely a place of much historical importance and played a significant role in the freedom movement of the country. Since its foundation on an auspicious day in 1948, just less than year after the Independence of our country, by the dedicated, sincere and concerted efforts of a number of Educationists, Patriots and enthusiastic people from all walks of life, the leading role of which was taken by widely respected Late Sruninath Chakraborty, the college has been disseminating higher education among the students mostly coming from illiterate, semi–literate, rural, agriculture-based and even first–generation-learner sections of the community. It is easy to reach the college by any mode of conveyance as the town is well connected both by road ways and railways.

Since the opening session 1948 – 49, the college was affiliated to the University of Calcutta in English, Bengali, Sanskrit, History, Logic, Civics, Commercial Geography, Commercial Arithematic and Elements of Book Keeping to the I.A. standard and the organizers were motivated to introduce I.Sc. course from the very next session. From the very beginning the Commerce Department the Commerce Department was run in the evening in the interest of the otherwise employed students. But with the increasing tendency of the girl students to study Commerce, the department was shifter from the evening to the morning. In view of the ever-increasing need and demand of the student community and as a result of the active initiative taken by the educationists and the intelligentia of the locality, Calcutta University offered affiliation in Honours courses in Bengali , English , Chemistry , History , Political Science , Mathematics , Economics  and Accountancy at the Degree level in quick succession. But since 1985, the affiliation of the colleges of undivided Midnapore Dist. was changed from C.U. to V.U. by the Govt. policy and affiliation in Honours course was obtained from V.U. in Physics, Zoology, Botany, Physiology, Philosophy and Sanskrit. Recently self-financed courses in Geography, Physical Education, Computer Sc., Electronics have been introduced. The college is now more or less equipped with a good number of Faculty Members, Technical staff & Ministerial staff. It is governed by a well-coordinated Governing Body.