St Philomena College was founded by Msgr Antony Patrao who felt that a College in this part of the state would save the people of the inconvenience of moving to distant places for higher education. He set out to realize his dream and the mission was accomplished in the year 1958.
St. Philomena College, Puttur is affiliated to Mangalore University and it is managed by the Catholic Board of Education, Mangalore
The college is well known not only for its excellent record in the academic activities but also for the magnificent performance in the sports and games fields. In addition to the extensive and well maintained 400 mtr track sports field, the College has fields for Hockey, Football, and Cricket, courts for Volleyball, Tennis, Kabaddi, Badminton, Basket Ball, Throw Ball and Kho-Kho. Facilities for the in-door games like Table Tennis, Chess and Carom are available in the Hostels. We have very good collection of sports and games equipments that serve the need of the internal sports personnel as well as needy public.