St. Anthony's College, Shillong a University College worldwide was established in 1934 and managed by Don Bosco Educational Society (R), which was registered under Meghalaya Societies Registration Act.

It is one of the premier colleges established to impart & provide in the field of higher education for the deserving candidates and prove to be a milestone on the part of progress.

The college is affiliated with the North Eastern Hill University, Shillong and it is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) on under section 2(f) & 12(B) under Act, 1956.

It is also recognized and approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi to offer management courses and re-accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with "A" Grade (CGPA Score 3.14 on a 4 Point  Scale in 3rd Cycle) on 10th July 2014.

Apart from UGC & NAAC, the college has received due recognition from Foundation for Academic Excellence and Access (FAEA) and DOEACC Society.

The aim of the college is to provide quality education for all sections of society reaching out especially to the socially, economically, culturally and educationally disadvantaged.

The society has open the schools and colleges in worldwide and works include State University, Engineering Colleges, Professional Degree Colleges, Academic Schools, Technical Centres, Pastoral Institutions, Reach out institutes, etc.

It is a co-educational private institute, providing a regular course which is located in an urban and tribal part of a northeast region of Shillong played a pioneering role in the field of higher education.

The college conferred the status of grant-in-aid college that the fees and all the facilities for the students are fixed by the government. The student's admission is done as per the Admission Criteria prescribed by the affiliating university. Students should have to choose one honor subject with two or more as subsidiary (elective) subjects for all the undergraduate streams.

The college has awarded as the best college by the affiliating university and also a number of awards in publication, offering scholarship & also awarded by the different society.

The college was also recognized & conferred the status as “College with Potential for Excellence (CPE)" by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi.

The college has also a big centralized Institutional Bio-Tech hub and also announced as the best Institutional Bio-Tech hub by DBT, India.

The college offers three years undergraduate courses in Arts, Science, and Commerce streams with various specializations and offers two years postgraduate courses in Science and Management and Science with various specializations under North Eastern Hill University, Shillong.

It also offers Self-financed and Add-On Certificate courses.

The college also has a contact centre with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi to offer various Add-On courses.

Motto:

Striving for excellence is their way of life. The motto tells it all "Ever More Better Ever"

Vision:

• Providing holistic and quality education within the reach of all

Mission:

• To mold intellectually competent, morally upright, socially committed and spiritually inspired persons capable of building a more humane social order within the context of the nation's plurality of religions and diversity of cultures