St. Mary’s Centenary Degree College was established in the year 2001 under the aegis of the Hyderabad Archdiocese Educational Society. It is a Catholic Christian Minority Co-educational Institution.
This institution was established to mark the centenary celebrations of the founding of St. Mary’s High School in 1895 followed by the instituting of St. Mary’s Centenary Junior College in 1985. Blessed Mother Mary is the Patron saint of this institution.
Love, Service and Sacrifice are the Core Values of this Institution which are embedded in the Logo of SMCDC; which expands to: Love for Humanity, Service to Society and Sacrifice to God.
This institution was established with a Vision: “to be an educational hub for a student’s holistic development and thus empowering them with tools of love, service and sacrifice to become catalysts of positive change towards a better society.”
It is situated in the heart of the Hyderabad city within a 1 Km radius from either the Secunderabad railway station or bus station
St. Mary’s Centenary Degree College had commenced its successful academic journey in 2001 under affiliation to Osmania University. The intake for both B.Com (Computers) and B.Com (General) programmes was 80 students in 2001.
In the subsequent academic year 2003-04, the intake for B.Com (Regulars) increased to 60, while the intake for B.Com (Computers) increased to 80 in 2008-09 and B.Com (Regulars) to 100 students.
With academic discipline as one of its core strengths, the demand for admissions had seen a steady rise and the intake for B.Com (Computers) increased to 100 and B.Com (Regulars) to 110 in 2009-10.
Keeping in tune with the demand for Management professionals and Computer Application experts in the job market, the BBA Programme was introduced in the year 2012-13 with an intake of 50 students along with B.Com (Computer Applications) program which had an intake of 60.
After setting the standards for academic excellence for almost a decade, the college witnessed a huge demand for admissions and the intake for B.Com (Computers) increased to 180 while for B.Com (Regulars) it was 120 and the intake for BBA was 60 students.
An additional Programme – B.Com (Tax Procedures) was introduced in the academic year 2017-18 with an intake of 60 students as the job market was witnessing a steady demand for tax consultants and tax professionals in the job market.
As the job markets continued to witness an accelerated demand for management professionals excelling in the areas of Finance, Marketing and HR, the intake of BBA was enhanced to 120 in the academic year 2018-19.
Business analytics as a field of study focuses on the compilation of data, its statistical analysis and the reporting process to help investigate and analyse business performances, provide insights, and drive recommendations to improve performances. Keeping in view the prospects of this programme, B.Com (Business Analytics) and BBA (Business Analytics) was introduced in the academic year 2022-23 with an intake of 60 each.
This institution recognised by UGC u/s 2(f) has to its credit more than two decades of administrative experience, academic accomplishments and student achievements in many different fields.
The state-of-the-art infrastructure; remarkable academic discipline; qualified, experienced and committed staff members; offering of various value-added courses and organizing of a plethora of events and activities for the holistic development of students are some of the key areas of focus at the institute.
The academic ambience of this institution is continually augmented by the exemplary achievements of its alumni who have settled in all corners of the world.
Under the strong academic leadership of the Governing Body, chaired by the Cardinal Rev. Poola Anthony, the Chairman of HAES and inspired by the Ambitious Academic Leader Rev. Fr. Dr. P. Anthony Vinay, this institution aims to attain academic excellence in every sphere with support from all relevant stakeholders.
