With the belief that "œNursing is a scientific activity which seeks to describe, understand and accept reality as human beings experience it and to provide professional care in this context", Al Shifa College of Nursing was incepted in the year 2002. Situated in Perintalmanna in the Malappuram district of Kerala, Al Shifa College of Nursing is a premier institute in nursing education and strives to improve student performance in learning and rendering comprehensive, compassionate holistic patient care in the international environment. Al Shifa College of Nursing is affiliated to the University of Calicut Kerala and has been recognized as a Minority Educational Institution by the National commission for Minority Education Institutions, Government of India in the year 2008.

The college provides 2 years MSc Nursing in Medical Surgical Nursing, Child Health Nursing, Obstetrics & Gynaecologic Nursing, Community Health Nursing and Mental Health Nursing, 4 years BSc Nursing and 2 years Post Basic BSc Nursing. The institute's pedagogy ensures of creating nursing professionals
competent in comprehensive nursing care based on scientific principles and the most modern facilities with an exceptional infrastructure needed for nursing education and practice. With a 100 percent success in University examinations where their rank holders make them proud and maintaining high quality equilibrium in academic and extra-curricular activities, the institution has been the prime place of nursing education among the nursing colleges in Kerala.