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St. Joseph's College of Engineering

college in Chennai, India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ7589148 ↗
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St. Joseph's College of Engineering is a higher education institution in Chennai, India. It is under the administration of the Jeppiaar Educational Trust. The college is granted with Autonomous Status.

Location

The college is next to Sathyabama University in Semmancheri, OMR and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Adyar in Chennai. It is accessible by the Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR).

Academic departments

St.Joseph's College of engineering consists of the following academic departments.

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering

Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering

Department of Instrumentation and control engineering

Department of Information Technology

Department of Bio-Technology

Department of Chemical Engineering

Department of Artificial intelligence and Data Science

Department of Artificial intelligence and Machine learning

In addition, SJCE has the following courses for master's degrees:

Master of Engineering in Power Electronics and Drives

Master of Engineering in Applied Electronics

Master of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering

Master of Science in Computer Technology

Master of Business Administration

Master of Engineering in Power Systems

Master of Engineering in Software Engineering

Master of Engineering in Manufacturing Engineering

Master of Engineering in Control and Instrumentation Engineering

M.B.A. - Stands for Master of Business Administration.

Master of Computer Applications

Master of Technology in Biotechnology

Rankings

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it 183 among engineering colleges in 2021.

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