St Joseph's College for Women, Alappuzha Facilities Details: Hostel, Campus, Infrastructure, Library, Canteen

The college hostel provides accommodation to about 150 students Girl's hostel. Those seeking admission to the college hostel shall submit the application in the prescribed application form available at the hostel office to the warden at the time of admission. Admission to the hostel is made only after admission to the college. Only on the remittance of fees and deposits prescribed, will a student be considered and admitted to the hostel.

The college has a canteen is meant only for the bona fide students of this college. Our college canteen is blessed with a family atmosphere, with a variety of delicacies, touched by a homemade flavor, cooked to perfection, and served with great courtesy.

The college has two well-equipped computer labs with the latest model computers and software packages for academic activities as well as for conducting course and training programs. It is a Cyber center also. Teachers and students of this college can avail themselves of the internet and e-mail facilities here. Computer literacy programs for staff and students and various IT courses including certificate courses in DCA are offered. It is glared in such a manner that it can meet the new developments in the information world.  

The College has Laboratories that play a significant role in building an enabling atmosphere to equip students to understand and explore the concepts practically. The science students get an opportunity to conduct practical experiments under the guidance of well-qualified faculty members. It is in these laboratories that the students acquire a sound theoretical and practical knowledge which will equip them to identify, formulate and solve real-world technical problems. 

The college has an auditorium with the capacity to seat 1000 people at a time and has reached its Diamond Jubilee Year. With all the modern amenities and with fine acoustics, it is a hub of all the academic and extracurricular programs.

The College has a sports facility with well-equipped Basketball and Table Tennis Courts.

The college has a health center with a first aid facility for the students.

The college has a Gym facility for all the students.

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

The college has a library that acts as a strong pillar supporting and catering to the wide and challenging requirements of the students and teaching community. A library is computerized using full-featured open-source ILS KOHA and is well equipped with around 46000 books and 75 periodicals spread over almost all disciplines. The library catalog can be accessed online through WEB OPAC. The library also has a network center for internet search and digital library access equipped with computers with an internet facility of bandwidth of 10mbps provided as part of NMEICT. Library also maintains a special collection of ‘works by Canossian Sisters of Charity’, ‘Walk With a Scholar, and ‘Scholar Support Program’. The library participates in a resource-sharing network by subscribing to the N-LIST database provided by UGC- INFLIBNET since 2010. The “Annual Best User” award is given to the best outgoing student every year who makes maximum use of the library resources.

The college has good networking for the alumni association.

The college has 3 smart classrooms set up in the institution for the technology-aided teaching-learning process. 

The college has a Club facility for all the students.