Colleges in Chennai

Some of the known alumni are from St. Joseph's College of Engineering:
Kenneth Douglas Stewart Anderson: A British author and hunter who wrote books about adventures in South India's jungles.
Indrajit Lankesh: an Indian filmmaker, producer and the director of Kannada and Telugu and Hindi movies
Ravi Shankar: An Indian spiritual guru
St. Joseph's College of Engineering is an institution that is well-rated by several ranking bodies. In 2021, NIRF ranked it at 183 amongst the engineering colleges. As of 2024, NIRF ranked it in the #201-300 'Engineering' category.

To apply for a B.E. or B.Tech programme at St. Joseph's College of Engineering, you can:
Visit the official website of the college
Find the application form and fill it
Upload the required documents
Pay the application fee
Submit the form
Admission to St. Joseph's College of Engineering is based upon merit for a few, and entrance examination scores have been considered in the cases of others. The National and State Level Entrance tests such as GATE, TANCET, TNEA, etc. have been accepted. For the B.E in Computer Science and Engineering program, scoring 45% in your 12th standard makes you eligible, and INR 200,000 is the total tuition cost.

To seek admission to B.E. or B.Tech at St. Joseph's College of Engineering, the candidate must submit the following with the application form:
Duly filled application form
Registration fees
Photocopies of mark sheets in qualifying examination
Conduct certificate
Transfer certificate of previous institution
Community and nativity certificates
Passport and three stamp size color photographs
Applications shall be rejected if they are incomplete or without necessary certificates.

Cut offs varies year by year based upon numbers of applicants, the severity level of TNEA and the number of available seats in St. Joseph's College of Engineering

You can check the cut off for the previous year from Shiksha.com, but it will always be more reliable to check for the official cut offs announced after the TNEA counselling process.

No. Right now, the way forward for B.E./ B.Tech admissions into the St. Joseph's College of Engineering is the entrance through TNEA itself. They do not permit college-based admissions, too.
TNEA admissions- ranking and seat allocations through 10+2 and JEE Main Scores where applicable. Apply TNEA during application process preferably in May-June period itself.

Generally speaking, direct admissions to the St. Joseph's College of Engineering are not possible. Admission to the undergraduate courses in engineering, SJCE, is available through counseling based on rank obtained at the Tamil Nadu Engineering Admission (TNEA). This means one has to appear for the TNEA exam and get good rank, thereafter participate in counselling to be granted admission to colleges.

The quality of the food in the mess is generally good in the hostels of St. Joseph's College of Engineering. The mess offers varied items, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian ones, and is prepared under strict hygiene conditions. Even its taste and quality are largely appreciable by the students themselves.

Yes, the St. Joseph's College of Engineering (SJCE) maintains a very strong placement cell for students and thus acts as a significant facilitator of students in approaching the possible employers. The placement cell is proactive and arranges recruitment drives, workshops, and training programs for making the students fit for placement. The industry network they maintain also proves to be strong to bring placement to the students. Placements are going great, with lots of students being placed in top companies from different industries.