The Bishop Jerome Institute or BJI or BJGI is an institution situated in Kollam city of

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. It is one among the AICTE approved engineering and management colleges situated inside the city limit of Kollam. Bishop Jerome Institute is set up in memory of Most Rev. Dr. Jerome M. Fernandez, the first native Bishop of Quilon Diocese, who worked tirelessly for the educational progress of the Catholic community by starting colleges, schools and technical institutions. The college is affiliated to the

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. The college is from the management of the Bishop Jerome Foundation functioning under the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon The Diocese of Quilon is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church based in the southern Indian city of Kollam. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Trivandr ...

. It is one among the three architecture colleges in Kollam city. The registration code for college in the university is BJK. The Architecture students of Bishop Jerome Institute are planning to start a heritage walk for the city of Kollam in the name ''Kollam Heritage Walk'' as like the one organized for

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, by revealing the city's secrets that are concealed in its tiny bylanes, crowded bazaars, places of worship and heritage buildings.

History

is the first Diocese in

and is known as the ''Cradle of Indian Christianity''. Institutions in Kollam city include Bishop Jerome Nagar Shopping Complex,

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, Bishop Benziger Hospital, Holy Cross Hospital in

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, Quilon Social Service Society(QSS), Karmela Rani College etc. Bishop Jerome Institute is their first technical & management educational institution in the city. Bishop Jerome Institute is an integrated institution of three colleges - School of Management(BJSM), School of Architecture and School of Engineering. The college received approval from the

in 2011 just after the completion of its first block. During inception, the college was named as ''Bishop Jerome Group of Institutions'' but later they changed it to ''Bishop Jerome Institute'' because of some registration issues related with

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, Apostolic Nuncio to

in-charge has inaugurated the Bishop Jerome Institute (BJI) on 2011 May 14. Bishop Jerome Institute, Kollam City

Academics

Arial view of Bishop Jerome Institute, Kollam

Bishop Jerome Institute offers undergraduate programmes in

Architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

and

Engineering Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...

and masters programme in Business Administration. Admissions to these programs is based on the applicant's results of the entrance tests conducted by the Commissionerate of Entrance Examinations,

."Departments in BJI"

Engineering courses

* Civil Engineering * Mechanical Engineering * Electronics and Communication Engineering * Electrical and Electronics Engineering * Architecture

Masters courses

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accoun ...

Facilities and departments

* Department of Civil Engineering * Department of Mechanical Engineering * Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering * Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering * Department of Architecture * Department of Management Studies * Basic Science Department * Library * Engineering & Architecture Laboratories * Seminar Hall * Hostels

Alumni Association

The Alumni Association of Bishop Jerome Institute was inaugurated on 25 October 2014. Two batches of MBA students and one batch of Engineering students have passed out from the institution.

Gallery

File:An arial view of SIMS, Kollam.jpg, SIMS from the top of Bishop Jerome Institute File:Kristuraj School, Kollam.jpg, Kristuraj School in Kollam from the top of BJI

References

External links

* {{Education in Kerala 2011 establishments in Kerala Engineering colleges in Kollam Business schools in Kerala