St. Andrew’s college, Gorakhpur, named after Saint Andrew, one of the first disciples of Jesus Christ, had a humble beginning in 1828 as a mission school by the Church Missionary Society to provide education not only to Christian children but to other children also belonging to different sections of society who voluntarily joined it. It grew into a college in 1899. The college is presently run by the Lucknow Diocese of the Church of North India and is managed by St. Andrew’s College Association and its Governing Body comprising of experienced educationalists and a few leading citizens of Gorakhpur under the Chairmanship of Bishop of Lucknow Diocese. This college was affiliated to Allahabad University from 1899 to 1927 and to Agra University from 1927 to 1958. Since 1958 it is affiliated to Deen Dayal Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur with faculties of Arts, Science, Law, Education and Commerce.