The red-brick buildings, in the Saracenic style, blend with the natural surroundings constructed by British architect Henry Irwin.

[4][5] The college was visited by eminent people including Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore who delivered a series of lectures on education in 1919.

The American College Main Hall building was constructed by Henry Irwin (who built the Mysore Palace) and principal G.T.

The two-storey building constructed with bricks and mortar has withstood the time, producing thousands of science students from the southern districts.

Krishnan, one of the co-scientists with Nobel Laureate Sir C. V. Raman, and G Rajasekaran, emeritus professor involved in India-based Neutrino Observatory project, are notable alumni of the college and went through the Hall.

Georges Clemenceau who led France in the First World War delivered lectures in Main Hall and contributed the college.

There are other autonomous centres like Department of Applied Sciences (DAS) and The first college to introduce CBCS system and Student foreign exchange programme (Study abroad) in India.

The college has theater groups, social service schemes and NCC units that offer students opportunities to serve society.

programme in Tamil has an autobiography of a trans woman The Truth about Me: A Hijra Life Story by A. Revathi as part of the syllabus for final year students.

[16] In 2013 The American College under graduation English department included Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai as part of syllabus under gay literature and marginalized studies.

[17] In 2009, Red Hen Press published a selection of Avvaiyar's poetry from the 12th century: Give, Eat, and Live: Poems by Avviyar.

SCILET sponsors activities such as lectures, seminars and poetry readings that present some of the best of these writers in person, enabling teachers, students and the research community to interact and become acquainted with them.

The communicative approach of the course helps a student to learn the language with effective and efficient use of modern techniques encouraging independent progress.

Along with level A1 and A2 courses for beginners and those who have learnt the language already, the Madurai branch offers assistance to succeed in French language proficiency tests such as Diplome d'Etudes en Langue Française (DELF) and Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française (DALF) for an internationally valid certificate.

Selected students of any discipline of the American College have the opportunity to pursue undergraduate or postgraduate study for six months to one year in the USA.

[22] The American College has a new satellite campus at Chathrapatti, on the Madurai-Natham highway, to reach out to students and communities in rural Madurai.

The additional campus will enable American College to grow exponentially thereby alleviating the space constraints in starting new courses in the emerging fields.