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St. John's College offers an interdisciplinary curriculum based on 200+ revolutionary books from across 3000 years. Learn from renowned faculty, access generous financial aid, and explore career opportunities at one of the most celebrated colleges in America.
ST.JOHN'S COLLEGE AGRA. A Christian Minority College of the Church of North India, Diocese of Agra.
St. John’s College, situated in the heart of Tirunelveli, serves the encompassing community by its obligation to develop its stuff. We strive hard to lead the students of this institution from the darkness of ignorance into the light of knowledge and wisdom with a definite focus on steady academic achievements.
St. John’s College is one of the Malankara Syrian Catholic Colleges established and administered by the Major Archdiocese of Thiruvananthapuram in accordance with the rights of the minority community guaranteed by the constitution of our country.
At the heart of St. John’s is a liberal arts curriculum focused on reading and discussing many of the greatest books and most important questions in history. This is perhaps the most distinctive undergraduate curriculum of any college in America.
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The state of Maryland charters St. John’s College, merging it with King William’s School; four of the college founders signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
The former governor’s mansion, McDowell Hall, is completed and serves as the foundation for the college; it is now one of the oldest academic buildings in continuous use in the country. The interior of McDowell Hall was renovatedin 2017.
President George Washington, who in 1783 at the nearby Maryland State House resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, visits St. John’s College, expressing “much satisfaction at the appearance of this rising seminary.”
Since at least 1792, the first year we have a documented curriculum for St. John’s, Johnnies have read the following authors that are still read in the Program today: Euclid, Plato, Livy, Xenophon, Aristotle, and Epictetus.
Francis Scott Key, a St. John’s alumnus, watches the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore and pens a poem—“The Star-Spangled Banner”—commemorating the American victory.
By 1818, these still-read Program authors were added to the curriculum: Homer, John Locke, Virgil, Tacitus, Plutarch, Cicero, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.
During the Civil War when Camp Parole is built outside the city of Annapolis, the Union’s medical corps takes over St. John’s buildings, which became known as College Green Hospital.
The Black and Orange, the St. John’s College football team, earns a 62-0 victory against what is now the University of Maryland, making the front page of the Washington Post.
A fire engulfs McDowell Halland nearly burns the historic center of St. John’s College to the ground; in the aftermath of the blaze, alumni successfully advocate to have the building restored as close as possible to the original design.
Stringfellow Barr and Scott Buchanan implement their big idea, the New Program, which the college still follows today.
Learn about the origins, milestones, and traditions of St. John’s College, the third oldest college in the United States. Founded in 1696, it offers a distinctive program of reading and discussing the Great Books since 1937.
Learn about Annapolis or Santa Fe enrollment, admissions, and merit and need-based financial aid programs at St. John's College.
