St. Aloysius College, Thrissur

The St. Aloysius College, Thrissur, commonly known as SACT, is situated in Elthuruth, Thrissur City of Kerala state. It is a first grade college affiliated to the University of Calicut. It is run by the congregation of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI). The college is administered by St. Mary's Monastery, a house under the Devamatha Province of the congregation. [1] The college has Seven undergraduate courses (Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Zoology, Gemmology, Economics and Commerce) and four post-graduate courses (Economics, English, Zoology and Commerce).

For other St. Aloysius Colleges, see St Aloysius' College (disambiguation).

St. Aloysius College, Thrissur (SACT)
സെയിന്റ് അലോഷ്യസ് കോളേജ് , തൃശ്ശൂർ Malayalam
Front side In Aloysius college
MottoSursum Corda (Latin)
Motto in English
Lift up your Hearts
TypePrivate Catholic Research Government Aided Non-profit Coeducational Higher education institution
Established1968 (Kuriakose Elias Chavara)
FounderKuriakose Elias Chavara (Carmelites of Mary Immaculate)
Religious affiliation
Eastern Catholic (Carmelites of Mary Immaculate)
Academic affiliations
University of Calicut
ChairmanRev.Fr.Walter Thelappilly, CMI
PrincipalBetsy Paul
Academic staff
85
Students2000+
Undergraduates8
Location
Elthuruth, Thrissur
,
Kerala
,
India

10°49′59″N 76°18′09″E
CampusSuburban
LanguageEnglish
NicknameSACT
Websitewww.aloysius.in

History
St. Aloysisu College Thrissur campus map

The college was sanctioned by the Government of Kerala by the order G.O. Ms 40/69/Edn dt. 21.1.69 and was given provisional affiliation to the Kerala University on 27 June 1968 and permanent affiliation was accorded to the College by the University of Calicut on 15 March 1971. In July 1978, the college was upgraded with B.A. Economics. The college obtained U.G.C. affiliation in April 1984. The college was accredited at the B+ level in 2004.

The university was ranked 54th among Indian universities by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020[2] and 76th overall.[3]

Courses
  • Gemology
  • Commerce
  • English
  • Statistics
  • History
  • Economics
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Zoology
  • Polictical science
  • Psychology
  • Ornamental fish farming
  • Jewellery designing (JD)
  • Management studies
  • Multimedia

Additional subjects
  • Malayalam
  • Physical education
  • Hindi

Service Wing

Rankings
University and College rankings
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2020)[3]76
NIRF (Universities) (2020)[2]54

The university was ranked 54th among Indian universities by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020[2] and 76th overall.[3]

References
  1. "History". St Aloysius college. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
  2. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Universities)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  3. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Overall)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
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