St. Joseph Engineering College

Administrative Block

St. Joseph Engineering College (SJEC) is an engineering college in Vamanjoor, Mangalore, India. Being a unit of the Catholic Diocese of Mangalore, it is the only Catholic engineering institute in Karnataka. SJEC is affiliated to Visveswaraiah Technological University in Belgaum and approved by the AICTE, New Delhi and Karnataka State Government. The college is believed to have an excellent standard of teaching along with good social interactions.^[1]

Established in 2002, it offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Engineering, Masters in Business Administration and Masters in Computer Application.

Electronics and Communication Dept.

The college was inaugurated on the 19th of March 2003, on the feast of the Patron St. Joseph, by Cardinal Ivan Dias of Mumbai and presided over by Dr. Ignatius Pinto, Archbishop of Bangalore.

History

The college was established in the year 2002 as St. Joseph Engineering College by Diocese of Mangalore under the guidance of Aloysius Paul D'Souza by Fr Valerian D’Souza.^[2]

Campus

St. Joseph Engineering College campus spread over an area of 25 acres (100,000 m²), is located at Vamanjoor 10 km to the east of Mangalore City centre, which is well connected by train, road and air. City and service buses run every 5 minutes from the city centre to the college campus along the National Highway towards Moodbidri via Kulshekar.

The Main Entrance

There are 3 Academic Blocks in the college,which house all the departments. The Central Library of the college is situated in Academic Block 2.All the books are bar coded and managed using smart card system.The library has book count of 35000 volumes with 8900 titles on Engineering, Management and Humanities and subscribes to 120 technical journals, 3152 online journals and 8 online databases.^[3]

Hostels

There are separate hostels for boys and girls in the campus

Governing Board and Management

• President - Most Rev. Dr. Aloysius Paul D'Souza - Bishop of Mangalore.
• Vice President - Rt. Rev. Msgr. Denis Moras Prabhu - Vicar General of Diocese of Mangalore.
• Director - Rev. Fr. Joseph J Lobo
• Assistant Directors - Rev. Fr. Rohit D'Costa, Rev. Fr. Ajith Menezes
• Principal - Dr. Joseph Gonsalvis
• Vice Principal and Dean of Academics - Prof. Rio D`Souza

Basketball Court,Academic Block-II and Under construction (Academic Block-III

Academic Profile

The following BE courses are Accredited by the National Board of Accreditation, Delhi:Computer Science Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering and Electrical and Electronics Engineering for the Year 2014-2016.

Department and Courses

Undergraduate

These departments offer four-year undergraduate courses in engineering

• Mechanical Engineering.
• Electronics and Communication Engineering.
• Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
• Computer Science and Engineering.
• Civil Engineering

Postgraduate level

• Masters in Business Administration (MBA).
• Masters in Computer Applications (MCA).
• Masters in Technology in Mechanical Engineering (MTech-CAMS).
• Masters in Technology in Electrical Engineering (MTech-PE).
• Masters in Computer Science and Engineering (MTech-CSE)
• M.Sc. (Engg.) by Research in Mechanical Engineering.
• M.Sc. (Engg.) by Research in Computer Science & Engineering.
• M.Sc (Engg. ) by Research in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

Ph.D. in Physics, Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

and Business Administration.

Distribution of seats

The distribution of seats for 2012-2013 are as follows:-

• Mechanical Engineering, 180 seats
• Electronics and Communication Engineering, 120 seats,
• Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 60 seats,
• Computer Science and Engineering, 120 seats,
• Civil Engineering, 60 seats,
• Masters in Business Administration, 60 seats,
• Masters in Computer Applications, 60 seats,
• Masters in Technology in Mechanical Engineering, 18 seats,
• Masters in Technology in Computer Science and Engineering, 18 seats,
• Masters in Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering, 18 seats,
• Masters in Technology in Electrical Engineering, 18 seats.

Student Activities

Technical fest

The technical fest of SJEC is called TIARA.It was conducted on 18 and 19 March 2015.

Sports

The following are the sports played:-

• Athletics-200m track
• Basketball
• Badminton
• Football
• Cricket
• Volleyball
• Throw ball

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