History

Started as an off-campus centre of the Department of English, the University of Calicut at Thalassery in 1974. Transferred to Kannur University in 1996.  The first Department of the newly formed Kannur University named as  Institute of English and Foreign Languages. Renamed as Department of Studies in English under the School of English and Foreign Languages in 2004. The Department library has a total collection of 14406 volumes. The library subscribes to 17 journals.

The Department of Studies in English was accorded the status of one of the Centres of Excellence of the University.