St. Joseph's College, Quezon City

St Joseph's College of Quezon City

Dalubhasaan ng San Jose ng Lungsod ng Quezon
Former name	Saint Joseph's Academy
Motto	Sapientia, Bonitas, Caritas
Motto in English	"Wisdom, Goodness, Charity"
Type	Private, Catholic
Established	1932
Principal	Clifford Esteban
President	Sister Teresita C. Babaran, SFIC
Location	Quezon City
Campus	295 E. Rodriguez Sr., Blvd, (formerly España Ext.) Quezon City
Patron	St Joseph and St. Francis of Assisi
Colors	Maroon and White
Website	sjcqc.edu.ph

St Joseph's College of Quezon City (or simply SJCQC or St. Jo) is a Catholic and private school administered by the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (SFIC Philippine North Province).

St. Joseph's College, together with 10 other private colleges and universities, became a charter member of the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU) in 1957. In 2013, the Grade School and High School Departments, were given 5 years of re-accredited status for their efforts in maintaining quality education. The Kinder-Grade School Department and High School Department were both granted PAASCU Level III accreditation on December 15, 2008. In 2012, the Social Work Department was granted Level IV status, the first social program in the Philippines to be accorded such status.

The Graduate School was opened in 1979 to specialize in education and staff development. Among its leading programs today are special education (SPED Department), early childhood education (Pre-Kinder and Kinder Department), guidance and counseling, and hospital management. (Nursing Department) The doctoral programs specialize in special education and in educational leadership and management.

Saint Joseph's College of Quezon City was founded in 1932 as Saint Joseph's Academy by Dutch Franciscan Sisters under the leadership of its school directress, Mother Magdala Verhuizen. Today, the school is managed by the Sororum Franscicalium Immaculada Conceptione De Mater Dei (SFIC) sisters. During the Japanese occupation, the school was closed down and the buildings were used as a mini-military hospital by the Japanese army and later by the US military.

St. Joseph's Academy officially became St. Joseph's College of Quezon City in 1948 with the opening of the college department which offered programs in education, liberal arts, secretarial science, and music.

In the 1950s and 1960s, performing arts became a distinguishing feature of Josephine life. The annual play became a tradition. Plays and musicals such as Cyrano de Bergerac, Pride and Prejudice, Pygmalion, Trojan Women, Fiddler on the Roof, and Camelot were staged and drew critical acclaim.

The school became an ETEEAP (Expanded Tertiary Educational Equivalency Accreditation Program) provider. Through ETEEAP, non-degree holders can have their learning at work and in life (skills and knowledge) assessed and recognized as equivalent to traditional course requirements to earn their degrees.

The Special Education (SPED) department was opened in 2002, while the Institute of Nursing was established in 2004. In 2013, the Kindergarten, Grade School, and High School departments were merged into a Basic Education Department (BEd). The Senior High School Department was established in 2016.