About the College

Fatima College (Autonomous), Mary Land, Madurai, is a Post Graduate and Research Institution for Women affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University. It is a Catholic Minority institution established and run by St. Joseph’s Society of Madurai (of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon, France). This institution came into existence through the tireless efforts of the missionary sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon and the zeal and heroic sacrifice of Rev. Sr. Rose Benedicte, the Foundress of the College.

The College was started in St. Joseph’s Campus Madurai as a Second Grade College with 63 students in 1953. It was upgraded into a Post Graduate College in 1964; Autonomous in 1990 and a Research Institute in 2004. The College now offers 23 Undergraduate Programmes, 15 Postgraduate Programmes, 2 Professional Programmes and 7 Departments have become Research Centres. It has strength of 4012 Students, 196 Teaching Staff and 85 Non-Teaching Staff.

VISION
WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT THROUGH EDUCATION
Being contemplative, prophetic and women of communion for the LIFE of the world to empower young women through faith formation and value-based education for societal equality, harmony and care for our common home.
MISSION
To empower Women with academic excellence through Quality Education.
To endow them with character, competence, creativity and commitment for nation-building.
To enkindle in them inclusive love and encourage them to build fraternal communities and champion the cause of those at the periphery with compassion.
To enable them to excel as responsible citizens moved by the need for interdependence among human beings, society and the environment.

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