Schools

It was the priests of the Missions Etrangeres de Paris Fathers of French foreign Mission who founded St. Joseph's European High School in Bangalore in 1858 which in the dispensation of the times, imparted High School Education to Europeans and Anglo-Indian Children in English. Founded on the site which now houses St Germain's High School, the School moved to its new premises on Museum Road, in 1898.

The Indian Section of the School was instituted under the leadership of Fr. Blaise, Principal from 1904 to 1912. The Full-fledged St Joseph's Indian High School was shifted to the New Fields campus in 1961 and its school building was completed in 1970.

Colleges

St. Joseph's College, Bangalore, was started in 1882 by the French Foreign Missionary Fathers for the purpose of imparting higher education. In 1937, the management of the College was handed over to the Jesuits, a world-wide Religious Order going by the name 'Society of Jesus'. The College and its sister Institutions are now managed by the Bangalore Jesuit Educational Society (Regd). A Department of Commerce was established in the college in 1949 in a separate Block on Langford Road.

In 1968, the St. Joseph's College of Business Administration was started to conduct One Year Diploma Courses in a variety of Management subjects with Offices on Langford Road alongside the Commerce Department. In the same year Evening classes both at the PUC & Degree levels were commenced at St.Joseph's College for those students who had missed out their collegiate education in the normal course. In 1972 the college was bifurcated into St.Joseph's College of Arts & Science and St.Joseph's College of Commerce with St.Joseph's College Commerce (SJCC) & St.Joseph's College of Business Administration (SJCBA) moved out to 163, Brigade Road, and St.Joseph's Evening College became an Independent College.

In the year 1996 SJCBA started offering Two Year Full Time Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) with recognition from All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Govt. Of India.

By an Order of the Govt. Of Karnataka, the Pre-University section from both St.Joseph's College of Arts & Science & St.Joseph's College of Commerce were bifurcated to form into one Junior College, St.Joseph's Pre-University College.

With a history of 144 years and a fine blend of Tradition and modernity the College enjoys and impeccable reputation for value-based education. Jesuit Fathers who are in charge make certain that every student who goes out of the Institution carries along the indelible Josephite stamp.