St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad

St. Xavier's College Ahmedabad (SXCA) is a Christian minority institution of higher education in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was founded in 1955 by the Gujarat Jesuits of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and is the only grant-in-aid Christian college in Ahmedabad. It is still run by the Jesuits.

History
The main college building was designed by Atmaram Gajjar in 1956.

Accreditation and rankings
In 2001, the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) accredited SXCA with five stars. In 2007, NAAC reaccredited SXCA with A+ and in 2013 }NAAC reaccredited SXCA with A (CGPA 3.41). In 2019, SXCA received first rank in the Gujarat State Institutional Rating Framework (GSIRF) among colleges, but fell to second in 2020, receiving five stars on each occasion.

The National Institutional Ranking Framework Ranking (National Level) placed SXCA in 2018 in the 65th, in 2019 in the 56th, in 2020 in the 59th, in 2021 in the 57th rank and  in 2022 52nd Rank.

St. Xavier's College (Autonomous) has been ranked among the top 50 colleges consistently by India Today rankings and other frameworks at the national level and the first rank at the city and state levels. The India today's ranking are given below.

Academics
The college offers courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Undergraduate courses
Bachelor of Arts


 * Economics
 * English
 * Gujarati.
 * Psychology
 * Sanskrit

Bachelor of Commerce

Bachelor of Computer Applications

Bachelor of Science
 * Biochemistry
 * Biotechnology
 * Botany
 * Computer Science
 * Chemistry
 * Electronics
 * Mathematics
 * Physics
 * Statistics
 * Zoology

Postgraduate courses
Master of Arts Master of Science
 * English
 * Psychology
 * Analytical Chemistry
 * Big Data Analytics
 * Biotechnology
 * Biochemistry
 * Mathematics
 * Organic Chemistry
 * Physics

Notable alumni

 * Parveen Babi - actress
 * Rajeev Khandelwal - actor
 * Rita Kothari - author
 * Geet Sethi - billiards player
 * Ramon Chibb - Filmmaker
 * Saroop Dhruv - poet
 * Rohit Roy - actor
 * Deeksha Joshi - actress
 * Aditya Lakhia - actor