Sacred Heart College is an affiliated First Grade College of Thiruvalluvar University. It is a minority institution, established and administered by the Salesians of Don Bosco(SDB). The first care of the management is to give Higher Education to the Catholic youth in a Christian atmosphere of peace, justice and social responsibility with a preferential option for the poor among them. The College is also open to students of all castes and creeds other than Catholics. Their religious beliefs are respected in this institution.
Very Rev. Fr. Joseph Carreno SDB, a far-sighted missionary from Spain founded Sacred Heart College in the year 1951. It started functioning with 10 teachers and 81 students and in a short period of six decades, it has grown into a postgraduate and research institution. With the view to cater to the needs of the deserving local students, the college also offers undergraduate courses and postgraduate courses in the Evening College on self-financing basis.
Name of the College | Sacred Heart College (Autonomous) |
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Place | Tirupattur |
State | Tamil Nadu, India |
Institution status | Grant-in-aid and Self Financing |
Type of Institution- By Gender & By Shift | Co-education & Shift System |
Recognized Minority institution | Christian Minority Educational Institution |
Date of Establishment | 25-06-1951 |
Date of grant of 'Autonomy' to the College by UGC | 24-09-1987 |
University to which the college is affiliated | Thiruvalluvar University (State University), Vellore, Tamilnadu (2003) |
2f Recognition of UGC | 02-07-1956 |
12B Recognition of UGC | 23-08-1994 |
AICTE (2023-24) | 15-05-2023 |
Campus Area (in Acres) | 23.9034 |
Built Up Area (in Sq.Mts) | 79,723.43 |
AISHE ID | C - 36411 |
NAAC 4th Cycle | Date: 08-02-2019 Grade: A+ Score: 3.31 |
Extension of Autonomy | 5th & 6th February 2021 valid up to 2024-25 |
NAAC Mentor Institution | PARAMARSH (2019) |