The JOSEPHITE tradition started in Bangalore with the opening of the St. Josephs European High School by the Paris Foreign Mission Fathers in 1858. In 1884 St. Josephs College was established. It has grown steadily and today has more than 6000 students enrolled at the Undergraduate and Post Graduate Courses in Arts, Science, Commerce, Computer and Management disciplines.

Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research was established in the year 1977, with a focus of giving a new dimension to business studies. It is a part of Shikshana Prasaraka Manadali, which has 40 prominent institutions and at any time has over 7000 enrolled students across the country. Some of the other well-known institutes run by S.P.Mandali, are the Ruia College of Arts and Science (Mumbai), Podar College of Commerce (Mumbai) and S.P. College (Pune).

Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), a premiere Jesuit Institution with exceptional world wide linkage, strives at the holistic formation of world class leaders with unmatched professional competence and a strong ethical perspective. LIBA endeavours to contribute to the sustained development and inclusive growth of the nation and the world at large by forming men and women imbued with a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship.

The Karnataka State Open University established on 1st June 1996 vide Karnataka Govt. Notification No. EDI/UOV/95 dated 12th February 1996 - KSOU Act 1992 is considered to be a reputed Open University amongst the open learning institutions in the country. Keeping in view the educational needs of our country, in general and state in particular the policies and programmes have been geared to cater to the needy.

Christ University was born out of the educational vision of Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara, the founder of CMI congregation. Blessed Chavara was a great educationalist and a social reformer of the 19th century. He could foresee the changes in the environment and make strategic moves to build a better society based on fatherhood of God and brotherhood of humanity. Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), the first indigenous religious congregation of India with a membership of around 3000,.......