Farook college marks a breakthrough in the renaissance of kerala muslims. The college was founded in 1948 to lighten the darkness that benighted a community crippled by the unprecedented colonial pressure and unjust laws. The Rouzathul Uloom Association, the parent body of the educational complex on the campus, took the lead in transforming the social fabric of the region through the expansion of the secular educational structure. Farook college was the only First Grade College in Central Malabar at the time of its inception and was originally affiliated to the Madras University. Following the states reorganization, the college came under the University of Kerala in 1957 and the University of Calicut in 1968. Farook college is, today, the biggest residential post- graduate institution in the state. It offers 18 undergraduate and 15 post- graduate programmes. Eleven of the P.G. Departments are recognized research centres.

The college is modelled on residential pattern, providing ample opportunities for curricular and co-curricular activities for both mental and moral development of the students. Its special care for the moral standard of the students operated through religious and spiritual discourses helps them enrich their personal as well as social identity. The college and its hostels are open to students of all castes and creeds and facilitate for the creation of a healthy harmonious atmosphere on the campus.

The college has been re-accredited at A+ Grade (CGPA 3.51) by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and adjudged by the Government of Kerala to receive R. Sankar Award for the best special grade (Private) college in the state of kerala for two years . The college has been identified by the UGC as a college with potential for excellence, the first college under the University of Calicut to receive the status. Farook college has won the Moulana Abul Kalam Azad Literacy Award instituted by Moulana Azad Education Foundation, New Delhi under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India for promoting education among the educationally backward minorities. The National commission for Minority Educational Institutions, Govt. of India, has granted minority status to the college. The autonomous status was conferred by the UGC in 2015. The college was ranked 86 by NIRF under MHRD, Govt. of India, for the year 2020.