Department Profile
The College has launched a flagship course, Bachelor of Vocation Degree (B. Voc), in 2014 as part of improving the employability. Breaking away from the regular arts, commerce and science streams, the UGC recognised the need for vocational studies and decided to implement the vocational courses to improve the quality of education and skill development aspect for the populace. A total of 338 educational institutes from across the country applied for permission to conduct the course in its inaugural year, the UGC has only granted 92 institutes including St. Mary’s College, Thrissur, Kerala the rights to conduct the course.
With a focus on raising employability of graduates and meeting industry’s requirement for ready-to-work students, the course seeks to provide skill and specialisation in different vocations. The course has multiple-exit provision, a diploma at the end of the first year and an advanced diploma after two years. As per the programme pattern, at the end of each academic year, students will be trained to acquire a certain level of professional skill besides core skills and responsibilities.
Candidates who have passed Plus Two can apply for the course. The course started on 27th August 2014.
Courses
1. Three year Bachelor of Vocation Degree (B. Voc) in Software Development
2. Three year Bachelor of Vocation Degree (B. Voc) in Multimedia
Vision
We foster “Industry Ready Technical Skill Workforce”
Mission
A stepping stone for their bright careers with Technology Transfer Programme to enhance the soft skills and also to expose the students to the recent trends and developments in Technology
Career Opportunities
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Programming and software development & Operating Systems
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Teaching & Training
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Architectural Designs & Electronic Circuits Designs
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Information systems operation and management
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Film Industry
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Telecommunications and Networking
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Intelligent Systems & Automata Theory
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Computer Science Research
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Web and Internet
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Graphics and Multimedia
- Photography
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Design, Printing & Publications
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Training and Support
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Computer Industry Specialists
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Information Storage and Retrieval ( RDBMS ) and
- Software Engineering etc.
