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St. Xavier's College (Autonomous) , Kolkata
A Christian Minority Jesuit Higher Educational Institution, St. Xavier's was founded in 1860 by a Catholic Minority Religious body, the Society of Jesus, and was affiliated to Calcutta University in 1862. The college was granted autonomy in 2006 and was awarded the status of College with Potential for Excellence in the same year by UGC. The college received College of Excellence status in 2014 followed by the College with a Special Heritage Status in 2015. It received the highest ever NAAC rating of A++ with 3.77 CGPA. St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, has secured the 4th rank in India Ranking 2021 for colleges, conducted by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) under Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. Xavier's College offers UG and PG courses under five faculties: Arts, Science, Commerce, Business Administration, and Education. It also offers various professional certificate and diploma courses under Career Oriented Programmes and Computer Centre. St. Xavier's offers Ph.D. in Physics, Biotechnology, Microbiology, and Commerce. Xavier's College (Autonomous) has been certified as meeting the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 on 3rd July 2019. New feathers get added year after year to the cap of this great institution whose only objective is “for the greater glory of god”.
Our Vision
Inspired by the Vision of St. Ignatius of Loyola (Founder of the Jesuit Order) of forming “men and women for and with others”, St. Xavier’s continues to strive to promote a humane society based on love, freedom, liberty, justice, equality and fraternity.
Our Mission
- To become a center of all-round academic excellence
- To acheive international standards of quality education
- To extend the boundaries of knowledge through research and development
- To provide access to educational opportunity to the poor and marginalized regardless of caste and creed
- To reach the benefits of education to the rural poor and under-privileged
- To motivate and inspire with the noblest human principles through value-added education
- To promote cultural harmony and understanding
- To encourage and nurture the arts and culture
- To form young men and women of competence, conscience, commitment and compassion
- To create nation builders in the spirit of the Xaverian motto, Nihil ultra, Nothing beyond
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