Very Rev. Fr. Joseph Carreno SDB, a far-sighted missionary from Spain founded Sacred Heart College in the year 1951. It started functioning with 10 teachers and 81 students and in a short period of seven decades, it has grown into a postgraduate and research. With the view to cater to the needs of the deserving local students, the college also offers Undergraduate Programmes and Postgraduate Programmes in the Shift-II on self-financing basis. Recognizing its academic contributions, the University of Madras conferred the autonomous status on the Postgraduate Programmes of MSW (Social Work) and M.Sc. (Mathematics) from the academic year 1987-88. Subsequently, in the year 1988-89, autonomous status was conferred on the postgraduate programme of M.A. (Economics) and on all the Undergraduate Programmes. Meanwhile the Shift-II affiliated to Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, was functioning in the non-autonomous mode. The College received the approval from AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) to commence MCA programme on self-financing basis from the academic year 1998-99.In the same year, the College was accredited for the first time by NAAC with Four Stars.


In 2000, the College initiated evening study centres for the poor students in different villages around Tirupattur. The economically poor students were chosen to teach in these study centres and they were given work-scholarships. The golden jubilee of the College was celebrated in 2001 and a memorial building was opened to accommodate additional departments which were started. In 2003, the Madras University was bifurcated and Sacred Heart College came under the Thiruvalluvar University. In the same year, Amalgam hostel was started to accommodate the post graduate women students in the campus.


In 2006, NAAC reaccredited the College with ‘A’ Grade. ‘Guezou Hostel’ for men was inaugurated to accommodate the increasing number of men students. In 2007, Autonomous Status was conferred on to the entire College and the College opened itself to admit women students in UG Programmes. In the very next year we introduced Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) was introduced. Besides many Undergraduate and postgraduate programmes from the Thiruvalluvar University, the AICTE approved MBA Programme. In 2012, the College focused itself on research and a research centre was created and it was named as Abdul Kalam Research Centre (APRC). In 2013, the College was once again accredited by NAAC (3rd Cycle) with ‘A’ Grade. From the year 2015, digitalization of administration began and it is very successful mainly due to the in-house development of softwares. The year 2016 saw a new entrance and a well furnished new building (Bicentenary Building) to accommodate more number of departments. In the same year restructuring of all the courses were done after a long process of consultation and academic audit of all departments. In 2017, the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India has ranked our College as 95th College in India. Over these years the College included additional degree courses and diploma courses to provide quality education to more young people. As we see the College undertook a forward march and never turned back. We continue to march together with our faculty, staff and students towards excellence.

Why to choose the college

Vision Statement

We, the community of Sacred Heart College, inspired by the love of the Heart of Jesus and fundamental human values, following the educative system of Don Bosco, are committed to the creation of an educated, ethical, and prosperous society where equality, freedom and fraternity reign by imparting higher education to poor and rural youth which enables them towards integral human development.

Mission Statement

In the field of Higher Education we are committed to

Academic excellence

Healthy standards in extracurricular practices

Social rrelevant research

Courses leading to employment and entrepreneurship, and

Continuous progress of the institution

Socially, we work towards

Serving preferentially the underprivileged and rural youth

Educating them to social consciousness of rights and responsibilities,

Rooting out social evils, building communities,

Promoting total literacy, education and development of the neighbourhood.

Spiritually, we aim at

Integrating ethical, cultural and political values

Developing a sense of the Divine present in nature and in the human person

This is done by means of group activities and personal guidance, in a family atmosphere

In this way, we are READY FOR EVERY GOOD WORK (ad omne opus bonum instructi) in collaboration with the government and people of good will, to create a society more worthy of human beings.

Sacred Heart College offers B.A., B.Com, B.Sc., BBA and BCA at the under graduate level.

Candidates who have successfully completed their 10 + 2 studies from a recognized board of education, under a relevant stream, are eligible to apply for the under graduate course.

Seats to the under graduate course will be allotted purely on the basis of merit, based on performance in previous academics.
Seats are reserved for candidates belonging to SC / ST category.

Candidates without Mathematics in +2 are not eligible for taking up Computer Science, Computer Application, mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Course.
Candidates are required to have completed their 10 + 2 studies from the CBSE / other recognized board of education.
Selection is based purely on merit, subject to availability of seats.
Candidates must be at least 17 years of age to apply.
Sacred Heart College Postgraduate Admission 2023
Sacred Heart College offers M.A., M.Sc., M.Com, MCA, MBA and MSW (Master of Social Work) courses at the post graduate level.

Candidates who have completed their under graduate studies from a recognized university, within the respective course duration, are eligible to apply for the post graduate courses.

Seats to the post graduate courses will be allotted on the basis of merit and on the basis of performance in the entrance examination and personal interview, to be conducted by the college. The merit list will be drawn up based on candidates’ performance in their previous academics.

Placements: In Sacred Heart College, 90% of students get placements. The package of The course is quite good. Every year top more companies recruiting. In my course, we learn time management, leadership, and much more.

College fees are different by our courses.MBA and BCA courses are very expensive and worth the cost there are so many scholarships available in our college so very happy to be in this College.

The sections include college office, laboratories, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) office, Controller of Examinations (COE), library, archaeological discoveries, classrooms, departments, counselling center, research cell, play ground, gym, hostels, placement cell, extension services