St Joseph’s University

About the University
St Joseph’s University (SJU) is a Jesuit university at the heart of Bengaluru, the Silicon city of India. Established in 1882 by Paris foreign Fathers, the management of the college was handed over to the Jesuit order (Society of Jesus) in 1937. The college was first affiliated to the university of Madras and later to the Mysore and Bangalore universities. In 1986, St Joseph’s College became the first affiliated college in Karnataka to offer postgraduate courses. In 1988, it became the first college in Karnataka to get a research center and in 2005, it was one of five colleges in Karnataka that was awarded academic autonomy. In February 2021, St Joseph's University bill was presented in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and was subsequently passed by the Legislative Assembly and Karnataka Legislative Councill. The college received its University status on 2nd July 2022 and was inaugurated as India’s first public-private university by the President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu on 27 September 2022.

Vision
To form women and men for and with others, who through holistic education, strive for a just, secular, democratic, and ecologically sensitive society which empowers the poor, the oppressed and the marginalized

Mission
In keeping with the Jesuit heritage, the university aims at an integral formation of the staff and the students, to be men and women who will be agents of societal change, by enabling them to attain academic and human excellence in a teaching-learning environment that fosters intellectual curiosity, ceaseless enquiry, personal integrity, social commitment, creativity, critical thinking, and innovation.