Govt. Victoria College has been recognised as a Research Center of University of Calicut with five Research departments offering Ph D degree in Science and Humanities. Five Ph.Ds have been awarded and currently a total of 49 Research scholars are pursuing Ph D under 27 Research guides in various disciplines. Various departments received grants for carrying out  major and minor research programmes.

We have been regularly collaborating with national Institutes of international standards such as TIFR , Indian institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, IIT Palakkad, NIT Calicut, BARC, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Raman Research Institute  etc.

One of the teaching faculty has filed an indian patent ((Appl. No.201841005500, date of filing: 14/02/2018). 

The Faculty of the Department of Botany could find nine new plant species as part of the biodiversity documentation studies across the Palghat Gap.

The college has been sponsored by DST, Govt. of India, under the DST-FIST programme for augmenting facilities for Science research. A sum of 2.5 Cr has been mobilised through four Major Research Projects and thirty eight Minor Research projects undertaken by faculty members and also through research awards received by various faculty. Many of the research scholars received fellowships from various funding agencies such as CSIR, UGC, KSCSTE, etc

There are initiatives to express science in native languages by publishing science books and conducting talks at schools in Malayalam.

Around 160 research papers and more than 100 book chapters/ books have been published during this period. The faculty members have received various Research awards /post-doctoral fellowships including Raman Fellowship instituted by UGC. Assistance by way of collaborations as part of post doctoral research and for participation in international conferences are also received by faculty members. Every year, we are conducting seminars or workshops to foster scientific temper and faculty members delivered invited talks in National and International seminars.

Conducted outreach programmes “Sastrajalakam” and “Sastrapatham” for school students to develop aptitude in science and mathematics. “Sastrayan- V-Know” a mega exhibition sponsored by MHRD under RUSA was successfully organised in the year 2018. Various other government departments were also participated in the event.