St Joseph's College of Engineering, Chennai

St Joseph's College of Engineering (SJCE), Chennai was established in 1994 by St. Joseph’s Group of Institution. The college is affiliated to Anna University and is accredited by NAAC. The college offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in engineering and technology. It also offers MBA and integrated MBA.

Location: SJCE is located at Old Mamallapuram Road, Kamaraj Nagar, Semmancheri, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Chennai International Airport is about 24 km away from the SJCE and the nearest railway station is Tambaram, which is about 20 km away from the college. The nearest bus depot is Chmmanchery Bus Depot, which is about 4 km away from the institution.

Accreditation and Collaboration: 

• NBA Accreditation.

Clubs, Societies and Cells:

• Entrepreneurship and Development Cell: The ED Cell of SJCE was established with the objective of creating, fostering and promoting the spirits of entrepreneurship among the students. The objective of the cell is to provide various information with reference to starting a business to budding student entrepreneurs and to create an entrepreneurial culture among students. It fosters better linkages between industries and R and D activities of the college and promotes innovation through the establishment of incubation centers. The cell regularly organizes camps, seminars, workshops, industrial visits, and other developmental programmes.
• Advisory Bureau for Higher Studies (ABHS):  The objective of this cell of SJCE is to serve the student community for getting admission to higher studies in India and abroad and enable them to prepare for tests like GRE, TOEFL, GMAT, IELTS, GATE, CAT, etc 
• Cambridge ESOL:  ESOL offers  Business English Certificate (BEC). The certificate is given for the specialization in English for work, whether it is an industry, business or government. BEC gives an opportunity to learn practical language skills as in the workplace.
• Career Lab:  This is a digital programme of SJCE  that teaches public speaking, facing interviews, group discussion, resume preparation and assertiveness is the career lab.
• Campus Coaching Classes:  SJCE  provides training classes for GATE on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, whereas GRE, TOEFL & CAT classes are conducted after the regular class hours on the remaining weekdays.
• Quality Improvement Cell: This  cell of SJCE works in collaboration with IIT Bombay and Anna University and conducts an online workshop that covers Free Online Software Source (FOSS) such as Latex, Java, C/C++, Open foam, Scilab, PHP, Python, etc
• Technical Workshop: The college organises various workshops on current technologies in association with reputed industries as well as with student chapter organizations to impart necessary skills for the best transition from an engineering student to an engineering professional.
• Alumni Association: Alumni association meets once a year. Alumni who are working in the companies regularly inform the college about the requirements of the companies.
• NCC: NCC fortifies character, command, and discipline among the students. It provides framing for a career in the forces. NCC  Cadet Crop of SJCE organises and trains youth and provides leadership in all walks of life including the Armed and Navy forces. It also creates a suitable environment to motivate the youth to take up a career in the armed forces.
• NSS: With this purpose in mind, NSS volunteers of SJCE conduct a variety of activities, such as orphanage visits, awareness programs, and health camps. In addition, the NSS holds annual camps in a rural location, where students assist the residents in the development of their village.

• Youth Red Cross:  The vision of the Youth Red Cross is to become a leading humanitarian organization serving vulnerable people. The members of the club regularly take part in the various events and promote humanitarian services in society.

• Maths Club:  The objectives of this club of SJCE is to remove Mathematics phobia and inculcate interest in Mathematics. The club develops abstract, logical and critical thinking and provides a platform for students to raise their queries and share their inputs on questions of mathematical origin and significance that lie outside the purview of the present academic syllabus.

• Dance Club:  The club aims at exploring and expanding the knowledge of classical and other schools of dance. It aims at creating awareness among the students and to create a newer perspective and ensure overall development. 

• Cultural Clubs: The club regularly conducts intra and intercultural programmes, which boost the extra-curricular activities of the students.

• Google Students Club: The Google Student Club of SJCE aims to improve the technical and business skills of fellow students by hosting and organizing events and workshops.

• Eco-Socio Club:  The club of SJCE  aims at reaching out and educating the students about the social, economic and political issues prevailing in our society and across the globe. It enlightens the students about the basic issues surrounding our everyday lives and motivates and creates future leaders to face the competitive world.

• Cognizant students club:  This club of SJCE facilitates the continuous grooming of the students to meet corporate expectations. This also provides students with an opportunity to strengthen their skills & sharpen their knowledge

Students Chapter of Professional Bodies: The various student's chapters of SJCE are involved in various technical activities like conferences and seminars. They are:

• Institution of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

• International Society for Automation (ISA)

• Computer Society of India (CSI)

• Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (IETE)

• Optical Society of America (OSA)

• Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE)

• Society of Automobile Engineers (SAE)

• Indian Society of Heating, Refrigeration & Air-conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE)

• Madras Management Association (MMA)

• Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI)

• Instrument Society of India (ISOI)

• Indian Welding Society (IWS)

• IEEE Students Chapters

• Antenna and Propagation Society

• Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

• Electron Devices Society

• Industrial Electronics Society

• Broadcast Technology Society

• Communication society

• Signal Processing Society

• Industrial Application Society

• Power Electronics Society

• Robotics and Automation Society

• Control Systems

• Computational Intelligence Society

• Computer Society

• Women in Engineering

• Young Professionals