A public meeting was held on 10 October 1977 for starting higher education in Kolasib.
An ad hoc committee was created under the leadership of Vanlalngaia, as the Chairman, and F. Hrangchhuana, as the Secretary.
The Government of Mizoram recognised it as a semi-governmental institute (the status called deficit college) in 1985.
There are eight subjects in arts, namely, English, Economics, Education, Geography, History, Mizo, Political Science, and Public Administration.
[5] Kolasib College is conducting two UGC-funded major research projects from 2014.
"Study of photofield emission by using the projectin-operation method of group theory and band structure calculations" is in the Department of Physics, and "Hydro-geochemistry of Tuichhuahen River - the main source of supply water for Kolasib and Bilkhawthlir towns of Mizoram" is in the Department of Chemistry.