MACFAST Tiruvalla Facilities Details: Hostel, Campus, Infrastructure, Library, Canteen

The students of Campus are provided with well-appointed hostel rooms on the campus. Separate hostel facilities are available for the boys. The hostels have 24X7 internet connectivity, student mess facilities, study halls, television and telephone facilities. the hostels are managed and run by Rev. Fathers and Sisters.

The students of Campus are provided with well-appointed hostel rooms on the campus. Separate hostel facilities are available for the girls. The hostels have 24X7 internet connectivity, student mess facilities, study halls, television and telephone facilities. the hostels are managed and run by Rev. Fathers and Sisters.

The college has a Gym facility for the students.

The Campus has a fully equipped library. MACAFST Library and Information Centre (MLIC) consist of the main library and various department libraries of the college. MACFAST Library accommodates 38,776 books, 114 journals, 2198 projects, 51 periodicals, and 3670 bound volumes. Faculties, students and research scholars can utilize the library from 6:00am to 10:00pm; to read newspapers, magazines, prepare notes and study materials. Students can access e-journals 24 x 7. MACFAST Library in association with EBSCO and ProQuest (Elton B. Stephens Company) facilitates e-library, which helps the user access research databases, e-journals, e-books, magazines and DSpace online. 

The college has three fully centralized air conditioned computer labs which can accomodate 60 students at a time. These labs are equipped with 180 high end computers powered with Intel Core i5 processors and 8GB RAM. Computer labs, Server room and rack room are managed and operated by efficient administrators. The entire computers are protected with advanced firewall system to ensure safe and uninterrupted services.  New versions of 70″ touch screen ‘Senses Interactive Boards’ are installed in the labs for revolutionizing the learning experience of the students. The facilities of computer labs are utilized by faculty members and  students from all the departments. The computer labs are also used for research purposes, recruitment drives and to conduct online examinations of various testing agencies.

The college has a separate cafeteria owned and managed by MACFAST PTA. The canteen caters quality foods and beverages at reasonable rates to the students, staff and visitors of the college. Canteen also facilitates snack bar, coffee vending machine, cool bar, and stationary.

The college has a good networking for the alumni association.

This College provides Wi-Fi with 10 Mbps leased line internet connection with more than Four Class-C private addresses connected to over 230 Desktop computers.

The college has five full-fledged laboratories for the programmes of Biosciences such as Plant Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Food Processing, Biochemistry and Microbiology. The college has also installed a high throughput Computational Biology laboratory. These laboratories have state-of-the-art equipments like the thermal cycler for PCR, electrophoretic units, UV and white trans-illuminators, rotary evaporator, -20° C freezer, electronic balances, shakers, laminar air flow hoods, fruit pulping machine, mixing tank, blanching chamber, vacuumetric liquid filling machine, crown corking machine, two-stage pulveriser, fermenter, BOD incubator, incubator and shaking incubator, autoclave, high speed cooling centrifuge, UV spectrophotometer, Leica binocular LED Microscope etc.

The college has well furnished and fully air-conditioned auditorium with a seating capacity of 400. It is equipped with LCD projectors, high quality audio system, internet connectivity, etc., which makes it the best venue for conducting cultural activities, international/national seminars and webinars, meetings and other gatherings. The college also has conference halls, seminar halls, board rooms and lobby to facilitate group interactions, conferences, yoga, communication classes etc., within the campus.

MACFAST College has playgrounds specially built for outdoor games like Basketball, Badminton, Volleyball, Football, etc. There are facilities for indoor games like chess, caroms, table tennis, etc. There are also well-equipped gym facilities for girls and boys in their hostels. Daily outdoor and indoor games for staff and students are organized under the auspices of the MACFAST Health Club. The college also organizes Sports Meet in which games and athletic events are conducted for both staff and students.

The college bus operates from/to town before and after class hours. It also provides for student transport to attend conferences and seminars as well as to make field and factory visits to nearby centres.

The college has a guest house/waiting room facilities for visiting faculty and student family members.

The college infrastructure and classrooms are specially designed to reflect natural and airy atmosphere, comfortable for all academic activities. Such classrooms are outfitted with 70’ touch screen interactive boards, modern furniture, LCD projectors, audio equipment’s and other IT enabled teaching aids. Classrooms are designed in traditional and modern manner to ensure better teaching and learning outcomes. There are classrooms with gallery, grid and paired seating arrangements, which can accommodate 60 students at the same time. There are also U-shaped classrooms to improve the interaction and coordination among students.