Andhra-Christian College, popularly known as AC College, is one of the oldest colleges in India. AC College is part of the educational enterprise of the Protestant churches. The College admits intermediate, under-graduate and graduate students and awards degrees through the Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjunanagar to which it is affiliated. Saint George is the patron saint of the College. At the entrance of the college a statue of the patron saint's image slaying the dragon is found. Priests of the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church administer the College. In Latin, the college motto is Et Cognoscetis Veritatem Et Veritas Liberabit Vos meaning And you shall know the truth: and the truth shall make you free. It was established in 1885 in Guntur City, one of the first colleges in India to offer graduate programs. Missionaries of the Protestant traditions established the College. The then United Lutheran Church in America (ULCA) through Rev. Fr. John Christian Frederick Heyer (known as Father Heyer) established the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church on 31 July 1842 Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC) through its Board of Education administers the College.