St. Xavier’s College Ranchi

St. Xavier College, Ranchi is a well-recognized institution by the University Grants Commission under Sec.2 (f) of the UGC Act 1956. St Xavier College was established in 1944 under Ranchi province and is affiliated to Ranchi University. St. Xavier’s College is an educational institution that believes in building their students into more humankind. The premier and minority educational institution of the State of Jharkhand, which focuses on providing quality education to its students and has remained a center of excellence to date. The College is an autonomous college of Ranchi University. It offers Graduate and Post Graduate courses

St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi is an academic community where students and teachers both have the freedom, responsibility and to enrich their knowledge and human kinds. It has immense academic excellence, teaches to look upon the environment, spread learning, and enhances skills and talent.

The institute is well known for its intermediate courses that is the Commerce stream, Arts stream, and Science stream. Also the popular courses of St. Xavier College, Ranchi are M.A, B.com Hon., B.Sc honors, B.Sc honors, B.A Hon., MCA.

St. Xavier's College, Ranchi is a Minority Educational Institution based on religion and is established and maintained by the Ranchi Jesuit Province of the Society of Jesus, and is open to all religions and castes.

St. Xavier's College, Ranchi also provides financial support to students in the form of scholarships to ST/SC students. The college takes its own entrance exam and also follows the rules and regulations of CUET scores (The Common Universities Entrance Test (CUET) is a national-level exam conducted by the NTA for admissions in more than 80 universities).

St. Xavier's College, Ranchi take the entrance exam for the courses B. A Voc, B.Sc Voc, B.Com Voc, BBA, BFMO, BRM, BFT, BCM. And the other graduation and post-graduation course selection is done on the basis of merit list. Therefore, it offers a huge range of programs at various levels for UG and PG.

St. Xavier's College, Ranchi has well top recruiters such as Deloitte, EY, Infosys, TCS, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors, HDFC, ICICI Bank, Tata Steel BSL Ltd, VE Commercial Vehicle Limited, and many more. So, the students has a good future scope.

Name of the College	ST. XAVIER'S COLLEGE
Year of Establishment	1944
Place	RANCHI
State	JHARKHAND
Affiliated to	Ranchi University
Set By	Ranchi Govt.
Types of College	Co-Educational
Recognition	UGC Under 2(f): Before 1960
Location of the College	Urban
Entrance exams	Conducted by the college and CUET
Courses offered	43 courses
No. of Departments UG/PG/Vocational	Arts:07, Science:06, Commerce:01, Other:15
Popular courses	B.Com Hon., B.Sc Honors, B.Com Voc., B.A Hon., MCA, and M.A
Application mode	Online and offline
Admission criteria	Entrance exam and Merit-based
Top recruiters	Tata Motors, HDFC, ICICI Bank, Infosys and Wipro
Campus area	12.73 acres
Facilities Available	Library, Sports Complex, canteen
Official website	https://www.sxcran.org/
MOTO	"Lucens et Ardens" which means "Spreading Light and Burning Bright"

St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi Rules and Regulations

The class hours are distributed into morning and evening shift. The Commerce classes begin at 6.45 a.m. till 9.55 a.m. The Arts and Science classes run from 10.00 a.m. to 3.45 p.m. The Evening Section class begins from 2.10 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.

At the first bell before each session, the students shall go to their respective classes and take their seats so as to be present when the teacher enters. No student shall leave the classroom during the lecture without the permission of the teacher. Students are forbidden to gather near the gate of the college or in the entrance premises between the gate and the hall.

Chewing pan or eating pan, Parag, and smoking is strictly forbidden on the college campus. Such students may be fined if they are caught. Students are not allowed to keep their cell phones and walkman on switch-on mode when the classes are going on. Ragging is strictly prohibited and is a punishable offense (crime) by law and many more.

St. Xavier’s College Ranchi, Ranking 

Body	Rank	Year
Indiatoday (Arts category)	26th	2020
Indiatoday (Commerce category)	38th	2020
Indiatoday (MBA category)	31st	2020
Indiatoday (MBA category)	26th	2019
Indiatoday (Science category)	42nd	2020
NIRF	142th	2017

St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi Admission Process

All information related to admission procedures is available on the St. Xavier College, Ranchi website. Online forms are upgraded every year for admission to different courses. The Degree is conferred by Ranchi University after the completion of the course.

For admission into an Honours degree in any subject, it shall be necessary for a student to have obtained not less than 50% marks in the subject concerned and also 50% in aggregate in the Intermediate + 2 examination. A student with compartmentalization or failure in one subject should not apply.

Step 1: Visit the official website of the institute.

Step 2: Click on the “Apply Now” button and fill out the application form with all the necessary details.

Step 3: After submission of the application form, appear for St. Xavier College, Ranchi entrance exam.

Step 4: The selection list or merit list will be released on the college's official website

Step 5: The selected students will then provide the required documents to the college

Step 6: After all these processes, submit the required fees for the particular stream.

St. Xavier's College Ranchi Eligibility Criteria

Below given are the eligibility criteria for St Xavier’s College Ranchi;

• The candidate must complete 10+2 with a minimum of 50% in the qualifying examination to apply for any of the UG courses.
• For B.Com, the candidate must secure at least 50% overall marks in class 12 and a minimum of 45% in subjects of business studies, accounts, economics, and language.
• For B.Ed admissions, the candidate must have completed graduation or postgraduation. The marks secured in the qualifying examination must be 50% or above.
• For BA (Voc) ELL, candidates must secure 50% or above for English subjects.
• For BA (Voc) in Journalism and Mass Communication, the candidate must secure at least 50% in arts or 55% in commerce or science.
• For BSc (Voc) CAPP and IT, the student must have a laptop.
• For BSc admission, interested candidates must secure a minimum of 50% with relevant subjects in class 12 like PCB (physics, chemistry, biology) or PCM (physics, chemistry, mathematics), depending on the specializations opted for.
• The candidate must complete 10+2 and undergraduate with a minimum of 50% in the qualifying examination to apply for any of the PG courses.
• Pattern Of Entrance Examination:

Full marks: 100

Duration: 2 hrs

Question type: MCQ

Will be two sections

Section- a: mathematics (30 questions)

Section – b: physics (70 questions)

St. Xavier's College Ranchi Course Details

• B.A Animation & Interior Design
• B.A. Economics
• B.A. English
• B.A. Geography
• B.A. Hindi
• B.A. History
• B.A. Journalism and Mass Communication
• B.A. Political Science
• B.A. Sociology
• B.A.English Language and Literature
• B.Com Accounts
• B.Com Vocational Banking & Insurance
• B.Com Vocational Department of Advertising & Marketing
• B.Com Vocational International Accounts
• B.Com Vocational Office Management and Secretarial Practice
• B.Sc. Botany
• B.Sc. Chemistry
• B.Sc. Computer Application
• B.Sc. Department of BioTechnology
• B.Sc. Geology
• B.Sc. Information Technology
• B.Sc. Mathematics
• B.Sc. Physics
• B.Sc. Statistics
• B.Sc. Zoology
• B.Voc Fashion Technology
• Bachelor in Business Administration
• Bachelor in Financial Market Operation
• Bachelor in Retail Management
• M.A. Economics
• M.A. English
• M.A. Geography
• M.A. Hindi
• M.A. History
• M.A. Political Science
• M.Com Accounts

St. Xavier's College, Ranchi Placements Highlights 

St Xavier’s College, Ranchi Placement is top-notch. The students have a bag full of offers from various multinational companies. The following details submitted to NIRF states regarding placements are listed below:

• Highest salary package- 7 LPA - 8 LPA
• Lowest salary package- 4 LPA - 5 LPA.
• Students placed- 200+
• The average package for UG 3-year program - INR 1.8 lakhs per annum 
• The average package for PG 2-year program - INR 3.6 lakhs per annum
• Top Recruiters- Infosys, ICICI, TCS, Concentrix, Wipro, Indigo      Airlines, Lido

St. Xavier's College, Ranchi Scholarships Details

Scholarships are provided as for the board topper and entrance topper.  The goal of a scholarship is to promote institutions, students, and research. The St Xavier’s College, Ranchi scholarship scheme is to upgrade and help the students financially according to their marks. Also, the college provides various prizes to encourage its students in their studies. Below are more details on the St. Xavier’s College Ranchi scholarships:

• The Samirendra Nath Chatterjee Perpetual Memorial Burse- According to The Samirendra Nath Chatterjee Perpetual Memorial Burse scheme, a deserving student selected by the Principal receives Rs 1,000 on a yearly basis. 
• The Avinash Gupta Scholarship- The Avinash Gupta Scholarship scheme awards Rs. 6000/- each to the students who have obtained the highest marks in the B.Sc Botany/Chemistry/Geology/Mathematics/Physics/Zoology/Biotechnology in all six semesters combined.
• Tibrewal Scholarship- A student who secures the highest aggregate in B.Sc Physics (Hons.) in all the semester examinations up to the sixth semester is awarded Rs 2,000.
• The C. De Brouwer Memorial Award- An economically weak from the computer applications/IT branch receives Rs 5,000.
• Mrigank Adhikari Scholarship- As per this scheme, one meritorious student each from the computer applications branch and IT branch is awarded Rs 6,000.

St. Xavier's College, Ranchi Facility 

St. Xavier College, Ranchi facilities are the most convenient and comfortable and always enhance its facilities. Some of the St. Xavier College, Ranchi facilities are:

• Auditorium
• Cafeteria
• Class Rooms
• Co-curricular Clubs
• Departmental Laboratories
• Gymnasium
• Library
• Medical Facilities
• Sports Complex
• Transport Facility
• Wifi Enabled
• Smart classes
• Hostels
• Proper electricity 
• Water facility           

St. Xavier College, Ranchi Hostel details 

The St. Xavier College, Ranchi hostel is inside the campus itself which gives no worry about extra fares for traveling. The hostel is backed up by proper security guards who guide 24*7.

It has 3 blocks inside and 2 blocks outside the campus which are Manresa House and Seminary in St. Albert’s College Campus with a capacity of 200 to 400 students. Also, there are an equal number of chairs and tables as the number of beds. Proper electricity and water facility. 

Mess facilities are also provided to students along with veg and non-veg meals both. The hostel is surrounded by playgrounds, St. Xavier College, Ranchi Church, a college cafeteria, and a gym.   

Accommodation charges are very minimal and affordable. The charges are around INR 3K to 4k per month. 

The St. Xavier College, Ranchi provides hostels only for boys. Although the college does not provide any accommodation facilities for girls though made an agreement with the neighboring girls' school St. Anne’s, Ursuline. 

Frequently Asked Questions about St. Xavier College, Ranchi

Q. Is St. Xavier College, Ranchi approved or recognized?

Ans. Yes, the St. Xavier Ranchi College is approved, recognized, and registered by the Ranchi Province under the local title 'Xaviers Ranchi' under the Society's Registration Act XXI of 1860 and affiliated to Ranchi University Ranchi.

Q. Is there any placement at St. Xavier College, Ranchi?

Ans. Yes, St. Xavier College is well known for its placement. It has the highest salary package- 7 LPA - 8 LPA. Top multinational companies like Infosys, ICICI, TCS, Concentrix, Wipro, Indigo Airlines, Lido, and many more visit for campus placement. 

Q. St. Xavier College, Ranchi Hostel Details? 

Ans. The St. Xavier College, Ranchi provides hostels only for boys. Although the college does not provide any accommodation facilities for girls though made an agreement with the neighboring girls' school St. Anne’s, Ursuline. The St. Xavier College, Ranchi hostel is inside the campus itself which gives no worry about extra fares for traveling. The hostel is backed up by proper security guards who guide 24*7.

Q. Does St. Xavier College, Ranchi provide any scholarship? 

Ans. Yes, it has lots of scholarship schemes for its students like the Samirendra Nath Chatterjee Perpetual Memorial Burse, Tibrewal Scholarship, Mrigank Adhikari Scholarship, and many more. Also, the college provides various prizes to encourage its students in their studies.

Q. Is St Xaviers College NAAC accredited?

Ans. Yes, at St. Xavier's College for Women, Aluva secures an A++ NAAC grade.

Q. Is St Xavier's College Ranchi worth it?

Ans. St Xavier's College Ranchi is among the best colleges in Jharkhand. Placement is on top-notch. Most of the students have a successful career after attending the UG and PG programs.

Q. What is the pattern for St Xavier's College, Ranchi entrance exam?

Ans. The pattern of the entrance examination is that it carries Full marks: 100, 2hrs duration, and questions are of MCQ pattern. Where there are Section- a: mathematics (30 questions) and section – b: physics (70 questions)

Q. Is St Xavier's College Ranchi a private or government college?

Ans. St, Xavier's College Ranchi is a private college established by the Ranchi Jesuit Province of the Society of Jesus in Ranchi, Jharkhand.

Q. What is the percentage required for St Xavier's College, Ranchi admission?

Ans. The percentages required for St Xavier's College, Ranchi admission are ST – 8%, SC – 15%, OBC – 27%, General – 50%. Admission to the UG courses is done on the basis of the merit of the candidates.

Q. Is St Xavier's College, Ranchi costly?

Ans. No, compared to other reputed colleges St Xavier's College, Ranchi is affordable. The yearly fees are not more than 8,000 rupees (depending upon the courses).