Bishop Heber College is a religious minority educational institution established by the Tiruchirappalli - Thanjavur Diocese of the Church of South India. Its main objective is to cater for the higher educational needs of the members of the Church of South India and other Christians and specially to provide for them an educational atmosphere in keeping with the Christian ideals of the church. The college however admits students of all faiths and religions and seeks to provide for them the best possible higher education.
The college was accredited with 5 stars by the NAAC on 21st May 2001 and was reaccredited at the A+ Level on 31st March 2007. The University Grants Commission and Bharathidasan University granted autonomy to the college during 2004-05. The department of Computer Science offers BSc. CS, BCA, MSc. CS, MCA, MSc. IT and PGDCA programs and has high configured computing and internet facilities.