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Motto: | Latin: In Virtute et Scientia |
Mottoeng: | In Virtue and Knowledge |
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Top Free: | Formation for Transformation |
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Type: | Private government aided college |
Affiliation: | National Assessment and Accreditation Council |
Religious Affiliation: | Catholicism (Jesuits) |
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Free: | Francis Xavier, SJ |
Academic Affiliation: | Goa University |
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Principal: | Dr. Blanche Mascarenhas |
Head Label: | Administrator |
Head: | Fr. Tony Salema |
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City: | Mapusa |
State: | Goa |
Country: | India |
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Campus: | 22acres |
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St. Xavier's College is a private Catholic university college located in the town of Mapusa (also spelt as Mapuca, Mapusa or Mapsa) in the district of North Goa, India. It is the largest and oldest college north of the Mandovi River in Goa, a state along the west coast of India. The college is accredited by the NAAC with a Grade "A", or CGPA 3.12[1] out of 4.
The college was among the first set up, in 1963, soon after the end of Portuguese rule in Goa (in 1961). It was set up by a team of two Jesuit priests from Bombay (now Mumbai), and is currently administered by the Archdiocese of Goa[2]
On 22 January 2022,ABVP Goa protested at St Xavier's College Mapusa campus over non-insallation of student council 2022-23[4]