St. Joseph's College Devagiri

Envisioned by the CMI congregation and established in 1956, St. Joseph's College, popularly known as Devagiri College, was formally inaugurated by the the Governor of Madras. With great visionaries at the apex of its administrative hierarchy and eminent scholars on the teaching staff, Devagiri College set a fast pace of development, adding two prestigious Post-graduate Departments and a sports pavilion to it within five years of its inception. With the cream of students from all over Kerala converging to this premier institution and pride of Malabar, the sprawling campus of Devagiri became an enviable confluence of excellence.

First affiliated to the University of Madras and then to the University of Kerala, this college is now under the University of Calicut.

Maintaining an ideal ambience and striking a delicate balance between curricular and co-curricular activities, this institution has been able to turn out more than 120 toppers in University examinations, come out the University athletic champions seventeen times, produce artists who have won laurels at national level, and nurture sportsmen and professionals of international reputation.

It is for achievements of this sort that the survey conducted by India Today zeroed in on Devagiri as one of the best ten colleges in Kerala, and SS Music Channel, Chennai, singled out this institution for a special episode telecast recently.

With ten Post-graduate Departments, four Research Centres, and separate wings offering M.G.University's off-campus programmes and courses recognized by DOEACC and ICAI, Devagiri