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St. Teresa College, Ernakulam

St. Teresa College, Ernakulam

Park Avenue Road,

Near Govt. Guest House,

Ernakulam, Kerala,

India - 682011.

+91 484-2351870, 2381312
[email protected]
http://www.teresas.ac.in

St. Teresa College was established in 1925 and is named after St. Teresa of Avila.

St.Teresa's College, a pioneering institution in the field of Higher Education in India.

St. Teresa’s College, Autonomous is committed to enriching the lives of our students by empowering them. We provide holistic education that enables them to actively participate in community life. Womens’ education is a crucial factor that contributes to nation building and for the past ninety eight years we have been educating young women from different strata of our society.
 
The concept of education needs to change keeping in mind the needs of the present generation of learners and we strive to equip them with the necessary skill sets to meet the different challenges that they may be required to meet.
 
St.Teresa’s College, a pioneering institution in the field of Higher Education in India, was established on 15th June in the year 1925, as the first Women’s College of the erstwhile Cochin State and the second in the whole of Kerala by the Congregation of the Carmelite Sisters of St.Teresa. The College started with Sr.Beatrice as its first Principal and Mother Veronica as the first Manager and a student strength of just 41. While high academic standards were maintained in the college from the very start, students were also taught the value and dignity of labour, good social relationship and above all, lasting spiritual values. College was a second grade Arts College affiliated to the Madras University and offered the Intermediate Course with Ancient History, Modern History and Logic under Part lll.

 

The college was the first women's college of the erstwhile Cochin state and the second in the whole of Kerala by the congregation of the Carmelite sisters of St.Teresa.

The college was a second grade Arts College affiliated to the Madras University and offered the intermediate course with Ancient History, Modern History and Logic.

VISION

St.Teresa’s College envisions a life-oriented education that empowers women through a humanizing and liberative process, to be agents of transformation and development at different levels of life. They are empowered to respond actively to concerns and conflicts inherent in today’s world. Our thrust is in the creation of a civilization of love as envisaged and promoted by our Foundress, Mother Teresa of St. Rose of Lima.

MISSION

To promote a College/Community/Society/Nation where spiritual, moral and genuine values are lived and witnessed.
 
To contribute to the transformation of society through an openness to reality and living the challenges of being socially conscious and socially responsible.
 
To synergize women and those prevented from exercising their right to be human, through enlightening them regarding their basic human rights and helping them to achieve the same.
 
To promote inter-cultural and inter-religious harmony and communion through promoting genuine dialogue, whereby we work together for the common good of the human family.
 
To facilitate leadership among the students enabling them to be genuinely other centred, proactively enthusiastic, and spiritually and socially motivated towards personal, group and social liberation.
 
To provide quality, integral education which is life, vocation and career oriented.
 
To work towards the integrity of creation through being conscious of and alert to the state of devastation and destruction of creation and serious perils that humankind is plunged into.
 
We promote programmes/movements that foster inter-connectedness, kinship and eco-justice.
 
To recognize the advantage of using modern tools and technological innovations for teaching- learning and governance and its visible impact in empowering students.
 
GOALS
 
St. Teresa’s, a premier Catholic Institution of higher education for women, provides university education in a Christian atmosphere. The College aims at the integral formation of “Intellectually creative, Emotionally mature, Morally responsible, Spiritually enlightened, Socially committed and Truly liberated” young women who will reposition themselves as self-reliant and responsible individuals, who would transform society.

The mutual trust and cordial relationship of the college community contributes to the effective realisation of our goal – an “empowered woman” who would fearlessly chart the journey of her life.

CORE VALUES
 
The distinctive characteristics of the institution are defined in the Mission statement with regard to the core values mentioned below
 
Addressing the need of society
  • Preference for the economically challenged and marginalized
  • Transforming the self and society
  • Inculcating inter-religious harmony
  • Knowledge sharing with community and  effective social interventions

The students it seeks to serve

  • Holistic Education
  • Value Education and  Character Formation
  • Academic excellence
  • Inculcating intellectual curiosity and aptitude for research
  • Impart life skills such as decision making,  conflict resolution and team work

Institution's Traditions and Value Orientation

  • Upholding an inclusive culture and broad vision for creating a “Civilization of Love”
  • Pursuit of Excellence & Maintenance of Quality
  • Inculcating Gospel values – truth, love, justice, peace,  integrity and faith
  • Facilitating interdependence and collaboration between the Management & Staff

Vision for the future

  • Open new gateways for transforming the institution into an excellent Women’s University
  • Develop new strategies to work together to ensure that the education offered maintains the highest quality
  • Offer an excellent grounding to the students that will equip them as highly sought-after graduates/post graduates and researchers
  • Empower Teresians to become the voice of truth and light with the power to change the world

 

 

 

 

Type of College

Private - Autonomous

Established

1925

Affiliation

Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam

St. Teresa's College, an autonomous college affiliated with MG University, was ranked 37th in the NIRF Rankings 2022. We have 23 Undergraduate programs. Our college aims to provide value-oriented education for the students. We have both regular and self-financing courses conducting on our college campus.

If you are looking for the best institution to get an education, St. Teresa’s is the best choice. We have been empowering women since 1925. Our faculty will help the students to get the best career. The teaching methodologies and other infrastructure and facilities will help the students to think and plan better. The social activities including seminars, talk shows, exhibitions, celebrations, etc make them responsible citizens.

 

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