St. Joseph's Community College, Bangalore

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St. Joseph's Community College Bangalore

Motto	Fide et Labore Faith and Toil
Type	Jesuit, Catholic
Established	2005; 16 years ago (2005)
Director	Melwyn Lobo
Location	23 Vittal Mallya Road, Bangalore – 560 001 India
Campus	St. Joseph's Indian High School
Website	StJoeComCol

St. Joseph's Community College was founded in 2005 by the Society of Jesus and shares a campus with St. Joseph's Indian High School in Bangalore, India. Its focus is on employability and entrepreneurship skills for those who are not pursuing an university education.

History[]

Fathers of the Paris Foreign Missions Society opened a school for European boys on Museum Road in 1904 after a few decades opened a school for the native Indian Catholics. They established an Indian boys boarding school at St. Joseph's College of Commerce on Brigade Road. In 1972 this St. Joseph's Indian High School moved to its present campus.^{[citation needed]}

In 2010 the Community College courses were all certified by Indira Gandhi National Open University, and since 2013 further diploma courses were certified by the University Grants Commission.^{[citation needed]} In 2021, the college launched a 6-month certificate and 1-year diploma course in journalism^[1] in collaboration with Bengaluru-based NGO, Lead Trust.

See also[]

• List of Jesuit sites

References[]

Coordinates: 12°58′9.26″N 77°35′42.55″E / 12.9692389°N 77.5951528°E / 12.9692389; 77.5951528