Residential Facilities

St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology provides hostel facilities for the students within the campus itself. The hostels are set in lush green surroundings with clean air, water and a calm atmosphere conducive for learning and for the physical wellbeing of the students. The catholic priests of the diocese of Palai and Rev. sisters from the SABS congregation are the wardens of our hostels. There are four hostels – St. Thomas (for boys), St. Augustine’s (for girls), St. Mary’s (for girls) & St. Alphonsa Hostel (for boys). A total number of 1400 students can be accommodated at the college hostels. To cater to the academic needs of the students, resident tutors are available in the hostel. Our hostels aim at the wholistic development – intellectual, cultural, moral, Social, emotional and spiritual – of the students. The hostels provide a disciplined, safe, calm, hygienic and peaceful atmosphere for students for their studies and for their personal growth. The hostel mess provides good and wholesome food. Centralized and mechanized kitchen located at St. Thomas hostel is the food factory of all SJCET hostel. Hostels follow dividing system in running the hostel mess. There is a mess committee with hostel wardens and student representatives. The mess executive committee regularly (once in a month) meets and decide the food menu. For the entertainment of the students, a lobby with television has been arranged and major newspapers are also provided. There is a chapel for ensuring the spiritual growth with holy mass and evening prayer every day . Moral talks are also held regularly and counselling facilities are also available. Students are encouraged to make use of the college library and for this purpose hostel timing have been chalked out. Students are provided with bus facility for shopping at Palai. The students are expected to strictly follow the hostel rules and guidelines regarding general discipline, behavior, study hours, meal timings etc. They are also expected to take good care of hostel properties like furniture, room, toilet and bath-room fittings, electrical accessories, etc. Hostel day is celebrated in each hostel.

St. Alphonsa Hostel came into existence in 2012. The hostel has a capacity of 423 beds for students. The hostel consists of Block I and II. The hostel accommodates first and second year B.Tech. students. The students of St. Joseph’s Institute of Hotel management and catering technology are also accommodated here. The students can make use the adjacent open stadium for playing football and cricket. Keeping in mind SJCET’s passion for quality and excellence, all facilities are provided for the well-being  of the students. There are three wardens, resident tutors and hostel staff to cater the needs of the students.

This hostel has a capacity of 351 beds. The hostel consists of 3 Blocks, Block A , Block B & Block C.  The hostel accommodates B.Tech. second, third and fourth year students, MCA, MBA and M.Tech. students. A separate wing of Block B in the hostel with 10 double rooms are available for the ladies staff members of the college. There are three wardens, resident tutors and hostel staff to look after the needs of the students.