St. Joseph’s College of Arts and Science is a Christian Minority Institution of higher Education, approved by the Government of Tamil Nadu and affiliated to the University of Madras. The College is promoted and managed by the Society of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate, popularly known as the DMI sisters. The society was founded in the year 1984 by Rev.Fr.Dr.J.E.Arul Raj DMI and it manages several educational, technical, health, welfare and social development institutions. The vision of these institutions is to provide a disciplined life with a spiritual base to remain fully alive and fully human. St. Joseph’s College commits itself to promote self-disciplined, holistic, academic excellence among the students who come from the marginalized, oppressed and disadvantaged sections of the society and enable these students to make significant contribution to the development of the society in particular and the nation at large. Our college ensures that its students live up to the high standards of expectation of the institution and develop a well trained person, equipped to benefit the maximum from the emerging opportunities