St. Columba's College, Hazaribagh
St. Columba's College, Hazaribag earlier known as Dublin University Mission College, is a premier constituent Unit of Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribagh. It was established in 1895 by the University of Dublin, Ireland, and in 1896 it was affiliated with Calcutta University. Due to its performance, within one decade (1904) it became a Grade ‘A’ college of Calcutta University. In the year 1906–1907, the college was given its present name "St. Columba’s College" and in the same year it became an examination center of Calcutta University. This was the first ever Residential College in undivided Bengal, and later in Bihar & Orissa. The College is considered to be oldest multi faculty institutions of higher education in Eastern India. It was constructed by the two famous Indian contractors of the town then, Bishun Lal and Uma Lal.
| Motto | Domine Quis Habitabit |
|---|---|
| Type | Undergraduate and Postgraduate college |
| Established | 1899 |
| Affiliation | Vinoba Bhave University |
| Principal | Dr. S. K. Toppo |
| Address | Korrah Road , , , 825303 , 23.9853137°N 85.3736898°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | stcchazaribag |
  Location in Jharkhand  St. Columba's College, Hazaribagh (India) | |
Departments and centers
St. Columba's College has the following departments and centers:
- Department of Computer Applications
- Department of Biotechnology
- Department of Physics
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Botany
- Department of Zoology
- Department of Geology
- Department of Hindi
- Department of English
- Department of Sanskrit
- Department of Urdu
- Department of Geography
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Economics
- Department of History (aditya)
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Political Science