Infrastructure

St. Thomas College, Thrissur has developed excellent physical facilities to support teaching – learning process in the institution. The management is uncompromisingly striving towards achieving excellence which is evident in the state-of-the-art infrastructural facilities provided for holistic development of students. The physical facility comprises of:

The Campus spreads over 28.87 acres of land having three academic blocks, viz., Administrative block, Academic block, Jubilee block and a Sports Complex with total built up area 2,83,769 Sq. Ft. with a ratio of 1:84.48 Sq.Ft. The new centenary campus at Cheroor provides an opportunity to augment the advanced infrastructure facilities to support research-oriented future learning coping with new education policy.

The college has sufficient number (114 nos.) of class rooms for conducting teaching-learning process. The Class Rooms are equipped to meet the requirements of conventional as well as blended leaning. The College has 4 auditoriums among which one is open auditorium (Gandhi Smriti), 6 Seminar halls and 2 Conference halls to organize seminars, workshops, training programs, team work, panel discussions, PTA meetings etc.  The institution has 104 LCD projectors, 10 LED TVs and 6 interactive boards for advanced academic activities. ST. Thomas College Campus is fully WIFI-enabled with two leased line connection of BSNL (20 MBPS) and TATA (50 MBPS).

To fulfil the demands of the experiential learning, the college provides the following lab facilities to students:

• 12 Computer Labs
• One Language lab
• 21 Physical Labs
• One Tissue Culture Lab
• One Microbiology Lab
• One Molecular Biology Lab

The Computing equipment and facilities in St. Thomas College make the learning process easier and effective. All computing systems are equipped with Microsoft Campus License. The college has purchased XRD diffractometer, Cooling Centifuge, PCR, Gel Documentation system, Double Beam UV Spectrometer and Stereo Zoom Dissection Microscope with Software and Camera to accelerate research activities.

The College has licensed Software packages which comprises of Tally, SPSS, Orell, MATLAB, PROTOOLS 8.0, Final cut pro 10.4.6 and Mixxx 2.2.2. The college is equipped with LMS (MOODLE) and has powerful computer Servers installed to support the whole campus.

Adhering to the vision of holistic education, St. Thomas College (Autonomous), Thrissur, provides opportunities for the students to excel in all the aspects of education related to human life. The College has excellent infrastructure for cultural performances and sports used by the students to identify, get trained and excel in extra-curricular skills. A definite amount in the budget is set apart for training and augmentation of the facilities of fine arts, sports and games.

• 3 Auditoriums, namely, Palocaren Square with 2000 seating capacities, Medlycott Auditorium with 200 seating capacities and Jubilee Auditorium equipped with appropriate Lighting and Sound for cultural activities.
• Open auditorium (Gandhi Smriti) cum Gallery for cultural performances.
• 6 spacious Seminar Halls with sufficient audio and light support
• 2 Conference Halls
• Music Room
• Music Instruments
• Recording Facilities and studio floords
• Thomas Western Music Band performs at intercollegiate events and won the first Prize in All-India University Competitions.

Yoga

• Gandhi Smrthi Open Auditorium for daily yoga sessions for the girls.
• Yoga space at Indoor Stadium for yoga session for boys.
• Mass Yoga performance in connection with International Yoga Day and other occasions is conducted at Palocaren Square.
• Nationally acclaimed yoga gurus and trainers are availed to train the students.

Sports and Games

In the field of sports and games, the institution provides excellent infrastructure and facilities. And the college provides the following facilities:

• A 400 Meters Eight lanes track to promote track and field events.
• The football court with a measurement of 95m x 57m.
• A multi-purpose indoor stadium equipped with facilities.
• Two jumping pits, along international standards, are provided for the athletes.
• The cricket players can make use of two net practicing facilities.
• A Basket Ball court.
• A Lawn Tennis Court with international standards.
• A well-developed Fitness Centre.
• Shuttle Badminton Courts and Fencing facilities in the Indoor Stadium.
• Two full-time faculties and 22 Trainers/coaches for various items and events are employed to train the students for separate events.
• The Head of the Department of Physical Education and the faculty supervise the trainers and give necessary directives to them.

During the last five years, St. Thomas College has won 9 laurels at International level, 99 achievements at National level, 15 Inter-University titles and nearly 75 State level medals in sports and cultural together.