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
assing time ushers in new ideas, new ideologies, new branches of human knowledge and new perspectives. Accordingly human activities assume a new dimension. The education sector has seen exceedingly prominent changes in the recent times – be it the content, the mode of delivery or the outcome. The riveted focus on student centered methods and technology aided teaching learning has given a new definition to education. Adroitly adapt to the new environs appears to be the watchwords. Sayings such as ‘an educate person of yesterday if stops learning today, will become uneducated tomorrow’ are the warning bells to the impending peril of the system becoming outdated without adaptation.
Read More...The Department of History of St.Philomena College started functioning in 1958, the very year of the inception of the college. Mr. K. Narayan Bhat (1958-59) was the founder faculty of the department. He was succeeded by K. Shankar Bhat who served in the department from 1959-1962.
Read More...The Department of Political Science came into existence in 1958, the very year of the inception of the college. Since then, many eminent professors have served in this department.
Read More...In 2014 St Philomena College has introduced the Department of Journalism with the aim of providing intense theoretical and practical training in order to groom the students to excellence. The Journalism is an optional course for B.A. degree programme under Choice Based Credit System implemented from the academic year 2019-20. The programme is affiliated to Mangalore University.
Read More...If I turn pages of my memories, I can vividly remember my days in the college. The conducive ambience of the college inspired me to be a book lover. How could I forget to thank my teachers and the librarian who genuinely motivated me to learn and opened my eyes to see the world through books?