St. Thomas College Of Arts And Science Chennai

St. Thomas College of Arts and Science, Koyambedu was established in 1999 as a co-educational institution, is governed by the St. Thomas Orthodox Syrian Cathedral Parish Trust. The college is recognized by the Government of Tamil Nadu and is affiliated to the University of Madras. The college believes that enlightenment through learning and the growth of knowledge leads us to an awareness of a creative spirit.

The mission is to provide a learning environment in which students of the St. Thomas College will have the greatest possible opportunity for academic achievement, intellectual development and personal growth in a supportive Christian environment which recognizes the rights of individuals to their individuality while encouraging them to develop a sense of community belonging, a sense of worth and a set of high ethical and professional values.

St.Thomas the apostle also called ‘Didimus’ meaning ‘twin’ was one of the apostles of Jesus Christ. He is best known for questioning Jesus' Resurrection after death when first told of it, which was followed by his confession of faith “My Lord and My God”. St.Thomas the apostle arrived in the Kerala state of India in AD52.St.Thomas after his fruitful ministry in the Malabar Coast crossed over to the eastern parts of South India where also he had many converts and then on he moved as far as to Malacca and China. Later returning to India he came to Chennaipattinam or Madras. Being infuriated by his growing popularity, he was chased by the higher castes and took shelter in a cave near Little mount which is the present Guindy in Chennai and when he was about to be captured he escaped from that place through a hole on the roof of the said cave and took shelter in the shrine which he had built on the top of the St.Thomas Mount, Parinkimalai in Tamil. His pursuers caught up with him there and speared him into death while he was clinging on a cross inside the said shrine. Later his followers took his stained body and buried him on the seashore at Sant home in Mylapore, Chennai. The mission is to provide a learning environment in which students of the St. Thomas College will have the greatest possible opportunity for academic achievement, intellectual development, and personal growth in a supportive Christian environment which recognize the rights of individuals to their individuality while encouraging them to develop a sense of community belonging, a sense of worth and a set of high ethical and professional values.