Welcome to St. Joseph's College of Commerce
St. Joseph’s College of Commerce (SJCC), formerly a part of St. Joseph’s College, established in the year 1882, is managed by the Bangalore Jesuit Educational Society (BJES). The BJES is a unit of a Catholic religious order called the Society of Jesus founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola in 1540. The Department of Commerce was established at St. Joseph’s College in the year 1949 which later became an independent college with its own building on Brigade road in the year 1972. The college has in its vision a model for higher education which encourages individuals to dream of a socially just world and in its mission a strategy to empower individuals in realising that dream.
With an objective to impart quality education, the college has been innovating in all aspects of higher education. These innovations were further bolstered with the granting of autonomous status to the college by UGC in September, 2005. The college has undergone four cycles of NAAC accreditation starting from the year 2000 in which it secured ‘five stars’. The college was graded an ‘A’ grade, in the year 2007 and 2012. and recently in February 2021 the college was re-accredited with an ‘A++’ grade and a CGPA of 3.57/4. SJCC is one of the first colleges in Karnataka and the very few institutions in the country to have secured A++ grade in the fourth cycle under the Revised Accreditation Framework (RAF). In 2010, the college was declared a ‘College with Potential for Excellence’. In 2011, SJCC was recognised as a Research Centre by Bengaluru City University. The college is ranked 55th in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ratings of the Ministry of Education, Government of India in 2024
- St. Joseph’s College of Commerce (SJCC) was formerly a part of St. Joseph’s College that was established in the year 1882. The Commerce Department was established in 1942 and it became an independent college with its own building in Brigade Road in 1972.
- With the objective of imparting quality education in the field of Commerce and Management, the college has been innovating in all the aspects of higher education. These innovations were further bolstered with the granting of autonomous status to the college by the UGC in September, 2005.
- SJCC was awarded with ‘five stars’ during the first acreditation cycle of NAAC in 2000. For the next two consecutive NAAC Accreditation cycles conducted in 2007 and 2012, the institution received ‘A’ Grade. In 2021 during the 4th Cycle of NAAC, the institution was Re-accredited with A++ Grade.
- The College was declared as ‘College with Potential for Excellence’ by UGC in the year 2010.
- In 2010, the college established a research centre with the objective of engaging in quality research work in the field of commerce. The Research centre is recognised by Bangalore University.
- The college is ranked 55th in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ratings of the Ministry of Education, Government of India in 2024.
- The college has also consistently been ranked as one of the top ten commerce colleges in the country, as per the survey conducted by India Today, the Week, the Outlook and other reputed magazines.
Vision
- To create a just, secular and democratic society especially in the service of the poor, the oppressed and the marginalized.
Mission
The ‘Mission’ is derived from the Vision and is the raison d’etre of the College.
St. Joseph’s College of Commerce seeks to be the place where search for knowledge complements a sense of responsibility to the life of the community, where understanding is coupled with commitment, and where academic excellence goes with the cultivation of virtue.
The College seeks to be a place which sustains women and men in their pursuit of education and fostering their conviction that life is only lived well when it is lived generously in the service of others.