St. Aloysius' College (Mangalore)

Infobox University
motto = Lucet et Ardet ("It shines and it burns")
name = St. Aloysius College


established = 1880
Principal = Mr. John Edward D'silva
type = Autonomous
city = Mangalore | state = Karnataka
campus = Urban
country = India | undergrad =
postgrad =
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free_label =
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website = [http://www.staloysius.ac.in/ www.staloysius.ac.in]

St Aloysius College is a Jesuit college in Mangalore, Karnataka, India. It is situated on a 37 acre campus atop Light House Hill, overlooking the Arabian Sea.

The College is affiliated to Mangalore University and offers Graduate and Post-Graduate Diploma and Ph.D. programmes in a wide variety of subjects in the humanities, sciences, commerce, and management. The College also teaches pre-university courses in science, commerce and arts.

The College traces its origins to 1880 when some European Jesuits who had landed in Mangalore three years earlier put up a College for the education of Catholic Youth. Along with the college was built a chapel dedicated to St Aloysius Gonzaga and painted by a Jesuit Brother, Antonio Moscheni, who came especially from Italy to do the work. This unique work of Baroque art in India is visited by thousand of people every year. [http://www.staloysius.ac.in/new/index.html| Saint Aloysius Chapel of Mangalore] .

The St. Aloysius College is managed by the Mangalore Jesuit Educational Society which is registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and admits students without discriminating against any religion, caste or creed and seeks to establish a collegial environment in which those of diverse cultural backgrounds and religious beliefs can participate in the community in a spirit of co-operation and mutual respect.