St. Joseph College Trichy Courses

Bellarmine Hostel is meant for students of the Self Financing Courses and M.Phil. scholars. There are 65 rooms (Single and double beds) that can accommodate 150 students. The boarding facility for the students is provided at the Sacred Heart Hostel. A Reading room, a Television cum Music room, a volleyball court are the other facilities provided in the hostel. Meals are taken at Sacred Heart Hostel. At the time of admission, a student has to pay Rs.1300/- to the Director of the Sacred Heart Hostel. Of this amount, Rs.900/- will be refunded at the end of the year. Newspapers and Magazines are available in the Reading Room. NEW HOSTEL has 4 Blocks with 310 rooms (single, double and triple beds) and can accommodate 830 students. The hostel provides 2 messes and there are 2 dining halls with modern kitchen facilities. Visitors’ Room, Reading Room, Music Room, Television Room, Prayer Hall, Meeting Hall, Play Ground (1 Basket Ball Court, 2 Volley Ball Courts, 3 Tennikoit courts) and public address system are the other facilities provided in this hostel.Sacred Heart Hostel has 2 Blocks with 132 rooms (single and multiple beds) and 2 big halls which can accommodate a total of 518 students. The Hostel provides 2 Messes and there are 2 Dining halls with a modern kitchen. Visitors’ Room, Reading cum Library Room, Music Room, Television Room, Indoor Games Room, Prayer cum Meeting Hall, and a Public Address System are the other facilities of the hostel. Clive’s Hostel can accommodate 210 students from various regions of the state this year.

St. Theresa Girls’ Hostel currently the 86 inmates come from different places.

The college has a Gym facility for the students.

The College Library now has collection to over 1,60,000 and over 140 periodicals. Web OPAC-online search facility was launched on 7th Aug, 2006. Access to e-Journals is available through UGC-Infonet Programme of Bharathidasan University and N-List from INFLIBNET through the New Digital Library from 2007. New mega Arrupe Library was inaugurated on 12th December 2008. XEROX Xerox facility is available in the library. Computers are available in the library for OPAC services, library catalogues, journals etc. There are about 124 History and Geography Maps.

Ample facilities are provided to play all the major games. Under the able guidance of specialised coaches for all the games the players are given exposure to tournaments at various levels: State Level and South India Level Competitions. Being a leading college in sports, the Tamil Nadu Government selected St Joseph’s College as one of the Joint Sports Development Centres with Financial Support for Athletics, Volleyball and Football. The Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu is giving scholarships to 38 students in Football, Volleyball and Athletics every year. The joint Sports Development Centre offers special consideration due to the excellence of the sportsmen in the sports field.

The college has a canteen facility for staff and students.

The college has an auditorium facility for events and seminar.

The college has health center with first aid facility for the students.

The college has Wi-Fi facility for the students and staff.

Ehrhart Computer Centre (ECC) has different types of Operating Systems and Hardware Configurations, with 190 latest computers distributed over three different labs. Information and Communication Technology(ICT) in education, the college has established a Centre under the CPE Schemefor the effective utilization of the above technologies in the teaching and learning process so that teachers and students can develop their intellectual capabilities through Information and Communication Technologies. 100 Mbps Internet Bandwidth through Optic Fibre Cable (OFC). Modern Web Servers and Web Servicing Facilities. Secured Networks with Physical Firewall and Antivirus Software. IP based VLAN with L3 Switch. 200 systems Interconnected in the campus for on line access. SONY PCS-1600/1600P(1+3 MultiConference) Video Conferencing Camera. 4 x 128 Kbps ISDN line. A static IP address for IP based Video Conferencing. 40 IBM Systems with Multimedia. LCD with Drapper LUMA Pull Down Screen. Audio Video Studio.

The college has departmental based laboratories facility for the students.

The college has the convenience store facility for students.(like, photocopying facility & stationery etc.)

The college has a good networking for alumni association. The Alumni Association of St Joseph’s College was started in 1983. Rev Fr S M Felix SJ was the first Director. Along with him, a band of committed and generous Executive Committee members invested their time and energy for the welfare and growth of the Association. Seven Jesuits have served as the Directors of the Association and have taken the Association to newer heights with the support of the former Presidents and the members of the Executive Committee.

The college has the Banks/ATM facilities for all students.