St. Xavier's College

Ref: DIR28

Type : College

St. Xavier’s College, Goa, was founded by the Archdiocese of Goa in June 1963, and was affiliated to the University of Bombay in the same year. In the academic year 1963-64, it conducted only the First Year Arts and First Year Science classes. In the academic year 1964-65, it conducted the intermediate Arts and Science classes as well. In the academic year 1965-66, the BA and BSc courses were added. In June 1969, registration of candidates for MSc in Physics, Chemistry and Botany and MA in English, Philosophy and Portuguese was permitted, followed by doctorate in Portuguese.

In June 1985, Goa University came into existence and its jurisdiction was extended over the whole state of Goa and as such the colleges situated in the state of Goa were delinked from the jurisdiction of the University of Bombay and were affiliated to Goa University in June 1986. Since then St. Xavier’s College is an institution affiliated to Goa University. In June 1993, both Goa University and the Government of Goa granted permission for Commerce faculty at St Xavier's College. Today St Xavier's College is a full fledged college with all the three faculties of Arts, Science and Commerce.

From June 1995, we have been granted affiliation to teach Computer Science and from June 1996, to teach Electronics, both at the BSc level, and with the permission of Goa University, we have introduced Computer Applications (vocational) at the BCom level and Industrial Chemistry (vocational) at the BSc level which is sponsored by UGC, New Delhi, for a period of 5 years.

St. Xavier's College, a religion based Minority Institution, was founded by the Archdiocese of Goa, in June, 1963. It was affiliated to the University of Bombay in the same year. In the academic year 1963-64, it conducted only the FY Arts and Science classes with an enrollment of 159 students and barely 15 faculty members. In the academic year 1964-65, it conducted Inter Arts and Inter Science classes. In the next academic year, the TYBA and TYBSc were started.
Initially the College was housed some two kilometers away from its present location, at a High School in Bastora.

In June 1963 the new campus was ready for occupation. The campus covers an area of 22 acres of land on the heights of Xaviernagar overlooking down town Mapusa city and affording the panoramic view of the surrounding villages.