St Xaviers College Kolkata Infrastructure: Library, Hostel, Labs, Gym, Auditorium & Other Facilities

Noora Salam

St Xavier's College Kolkata infrastructure offers state-of-the-art facilities for holistic development. The campus is spread over 16.64 acres. SXC Kolkata ensures the students' safety and looks after their welfare and requirements. Some of the highlighting features of the SXCCal infrastructure are given below.

• Hostel
• Classrooms
• Library
• Computer Facility
• Cyber Room
• Central Research Facility
• Auditorium
• Canteen
• St. Xavier's Joris Corner
• Sports Complex
• Labs
• Other Facilities

Hostel

• St Xavier's College Kolkata offers accommodation to students located 10 minutes away from the institute. It has a separate hostel for boys and girls.
• Father Leeming Boys Hostel accommodates male students, while Mother Teresa Girls Hostel houses girls.  
• St Xavier's College Kolkata students can stay in the hostel for only one year. St Xavier's College Kolkata hostel has triple-sharing, double-sharing, and single rooms. 
• The hostel has a mess operated on a non-profit basis under the supervision of the superintendent.

Classrooms

• St Xavier's College Kolkata campus features spacious classrooms that can accommodate many students.
• Large verandahs surround the classrooms.

Library

• St Xavier's College Kolkata library is a focal point for academic endeavours related to UG, PG courses and research projects. 
• It has more than 69,000 books, including old and rare books, excellent reference books, journals, educational CDs/DVDs, and countless e-books, e-journals and other resources.
• Koha, an open-source library management system, is used by the library to deliver automated services to the college's employees, research scholars, and students.
• RFID technology has also been integrated into the software. Three loan counters are available, one of which is a self-circulation kiosk. Automatic email alert services are available for each library transaction. 
• Members of the library can access their reading and search histories. They can use the Web-OPAC feature to reissue their issued items.
• The St Xavier's College Kolkata infrastructure also features a separate B.Ed library. 
• The library subscribes to over 140 periodicals, including 16 daily newspapers, journals, and magazines. 
• St Xavier's College Kolkata library also has a reading room that is well-lit and ventilated and accommodates 250 students. 

Computer Facility

• St Xavier's College Kolkata campus is computerised to deliver services more quickly and effectively.
• All the offices, labs, and libraries are computerised.

Cyber Room

• St Xavier's College Kolkata infrastructure offers a Cyber Room furnished with a printer, scanner, and internet connection.
• It is open Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm and Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm. Every working day, there is a lunch break from 12 to 12:30 pm. 
• Students must present their college identity card and cyber card to access the Cyber Room facilities.
• The facilities in the cyber room are primarily used for academic purposes.

Central Research Facility

• The Arts and Science Department started the Central Research Facility in October 2009.
• St Xavier's College Kolkata campus features a variety of instrumentation, including a Spectrophotometer, Water Treatment Plant, Water Analyzer, Stereo Microscope, and more.
• The facility offers research facilities to several departments, encouraging cross-disciplinary research.
• The centre is open from 10 am to 4 pm every day.

Auditorium

• St Xavier's College Kolkata infrastructure has an auditorium where students and academics gather to celebrate, debate, and discuss.
• It is not just a venue for school or college events or a meeting spot. It is a multi-use theatre to showcase multi-media mountings and traditional art like theatre.
• The auditorium can accommodate a sizeable number of students.

Canteen

• St Xavier's College Kolkata facilities include a canteen that serves delectable food. 
• Students also come to the St Xavier's College Kolkata canteen to sit, relax, and unwind.

St. Xavier's Joris Corner

• All stationery requirements, such as Xerox services, lamination, and personalised products, are handled by St. Xavier's Joris Corner.
• Several college souvenirs are available, including T-shirts, jackets, Nehru coats, folders, umbrellas, and coffee cups. New customised goods are added to its collection each year.

Sports Complex: St Xavier's College Kolkata offers several sports like:

• Badminton 
• Basketball 
• Cricket 
• Chess
• Hockey
• Volleyball
• Football 
• Table tennis
• Rowing.

Labs: St Xavier's College Kolkata facility includes various labs like:

• Chemistry lab
• Computer Science lab
• Physics lab
• Editing lab
• Statistics lab
• Microbiology lab
• Biotechnology lab.

Other St Xavier's College Kolkata Facilities: A few of the additional facilities offered at the SXC Kolkata are:

• Cafeteria
• Gym
• Hospital / Medical facilities
• Wi-Fi campus
• Auditorium
• Music room
• Dance room.