The legacy began with a vision sown by Fr. A. J. Thamburaj, SJ, who established 'The Loyola Art Club' in the early 1970s. This creative catalyst rapidly evolved into the Loyola Institute of Visual Communication (LIVCOM), introducing a foundational two-year Evening Diploma program by 1979.
Driven by exceptional industry acclaim and widespread media recognition, the Loyola Management pioneered the launch of India's first — and arguably Asia's premier — full-fledged university degree track in Visual Communication in June 1989. Since that historic milestone, the department has grown by leaps and bounds, shaping generations of creative media professionals.
Enhancing the Department as a globally acclaimed Institution for learning visual communication and animation related areas.
✔ To achieve the highest standards in imparting quality education in different spheres of media, thereby forming socially responsible media professionals.
✔ To empower students and faculty members to develop meaningful and effective voices in the society.
Undergraduate and postgraduate programs across two shifts, designed for aspiring media professionals.
The Department has made innovations and hands-on methods of learning as its hallmark:
✔ Traditional Classroom Instruction ✔ Interactive Seminars & Workshops ✔ Student-driven Campaigns
From our seven specialised verticals to student productions and campus events — see what the department has been creating.
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Over the last nine decades, the
contributions of Loyola College to higher education has been highly influential
and remarkable as a pioneer in the field of education that has created an
avalanche of innovative and best practices for other educational institutions
to inspire and emulate.
1. Educational Policies and
Autonomy
In 1978, Loyola was one of the first
eight colleges to receive autonomous status which helped the college to uphold
its educational policies concerning admissions that aim at providing University
Education in a Christian atmosphere for deserving students, especially for
Catholics, Dalits and the underserved sections of the society.
2. Pioneering
Programs
Loyola has been known for its
path-breaking ventures like bringing forth some innovative programs and courses
that have inspired many institutions to adopt them into their teaching and
learning environment.
2.1. Visual
Communication Program
One of the flagship programmes of the
college and the only one of its kind that emerged as a precursor in the 1970s
was the two-year Diploma in Visual Communication offered by Loyola Institute of
Visual Communication (LIVCOM) as an evening program. Owing to the remarkable recognition
from the media industry, the college started a full-fledged Degree in Visual
Communication in 1989.
2.2. Foundation
Course
Emphasizing the Ignatian pedagogy and
spirituality, the Foundation Course was designed to inculcate values in the
future leaders of our nation. The program is run by an exclusive academic unit,
the School of Human Excellence (SHE), committed to guiding students in their
values-centred pursuit of becoming men and women for and with others in
society.
3. Research and Innovation
Loyola has a strong research culture.
It is the only Arts and Science College which figured in Current
Science magazine for research contributions to national development.
Loyola is the only Arts and Science College in India to be recognized as a Scientific
and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) by the Department of Scientific and
Industrial Research (DSIR), Government of India.
4. Student Support
Services
A very significant contribution that
Loyola College makes to higher education and society is the avalanche of Good
Samaritan services it renders to the student community.
4.1. Resource
Centre for Differently-Abled (RCDA)
Loyola College has set a trend
nationally in stepping first to help the differently-abled students. There is
an exclusive facility, Resource Centre for the Differently Abled (RCDA),
established with the fund received from UGC-HEPSN and the National Institute of
Visually Handicapped (NIVH), Ministry of Social Justice and empowerment,
Government of India. RCDA was chosen to serve as the Model Resource Centre of
Disability Services (MRCDS), the first of its kind in the nation to fulfil the
needs of the Differently-Abled students with specialized digital devices and
resources.
4.2. Loyola Students Support
Services (LSSS)
An exclusive service unit, LSSS, was
established to offer academic, financial and personal support services, such as
Scholarships, Management Concession, Free Noon Meal, Special English Program,
Supplementary Education, Special Coaching, Remedial Programmes, Personality
Development through Life Skills, Art and Literature and a Special Assistance to
Foreign Students. One of its chief focus is empowering students from
marginalized section of the society especially, the Dalits, to face the
challenges in life with dignity.
4.3.Counselling
Loyola pays a great deal of attention
towards personal and mental wellbeing of the students through counselling which
is predominantly carried out by AURA, the Centre for Counselling at the
college. Loyola is proud to be a pioneer among educational institutes that have
professional counsellors serving fulltime to attend to the needs and problems
of the students at their intrapersonal, interpersonal and social levels.
4.4. Mentoring
Loyola has a staunch commitment to
moulding the students through academic mentoring. The Academic Staff are
trained exclusively to handhold the young aspirants as their mentors to guide,
support and sort out the academic and personal issues and help them complete
their studies successfully.
4.5. Financial Supports
Loyola offers a tremendous financial
support to economically disadvantaged students. Every semester, the college
management provides fee concession through Jesuit Educational Support (JES) to
students from poor families. In 2018-19, the college has issued around 1.60
crore rupees as a management fee concession to 2600 students.
5. Reaching out to
the Neighbourhood
One of the best practices for which
Loyola has been well-known in the national higher educational arena is the
effort constantly made to reach out to the local community in total
humanitarian service.
5.1. Loyola FM 107.4
The college had ventured into an
exceptional service by establishing Loyola FM 107.4, a community
radio frequency over a radius of 15 km. Through Loyola Community Radio, the
college addresses various issues related to the neighbourhood airing a variety
of special programs for Transgender, gipsies, widows, visually challenged,
street vendors, slum dwellers, auto drivers, etc.
5.2. Loyola Rain Relief Service
(LRRS)
Another very unique service that has
set trend among educational institutes across the country is establishing LRRS
during the November 2015 rain, which initiated to provide the rain-affected
people living in the slum areas of the city of Chennai with food materials and
clothes. Loyola Rain Relief Services had 30 staff, and 250 energetic student
volunteers, and a medical team consisting of 8 doctors offering medical
treatment to nearly 1750 flood victims housed in Loyola premises. Through LRRS,
a rain relief camp was initiated for Post Graduate students to offer their
service to rain-affected areas especially the Gaja cyclone-hit areas in
November 2018.
5.3.Outreach
Program
Another exceptional venture of the
college is pioneering in community service through the Outreach Program that
functions under the School of Service Learning. The college had taken up around
50 slums (urban villages or sub-standard settlements) around the college campus
falling under the zones 5, 7 and 8 of the Chennai Corporation. The UG students
are required to complete 120 hours of community service and PG students visit
villages and experience life at the grassroots level to prepare themselves to
serve these underserved people in their future.
Since 1925, Loyola College has been making
impactful contributions to the economic growth of the country, formation of the
brilliant minds, and shaping the young leaders of tomorrow in alignment with
the motto of the college forming men and women in service of others.
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2. Departments with two shifts may send a team/participant, representing each shift.
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Over the last nine decades, the
contributions of Loyola College to higher education has been highly influential
and remarkable as a pioneer in the field of education that has created an
avalanche of innovative and best practices for other educational institutions
to inspire and emulate.
1. Educational Policies and
Autonomy
In 1978, Loyola was one of the first
eight colleges to receive autonomous status which helped the college to uphold
its educational policies concerning admissions that aim at providing University
Education in a Christian atmosphere for deserving students, especially for
Catholics, Dalits and the underserved sections of the society.
2. Pioneering
Programs
Loyola has been known for its
path-breaking ventures like bringing forth some innovative programs and courses
that have inspired many institutions to adopt them into their teaching and
learning environment.
2.1. Visual
Communication Program
One of the flagship programmes of the
college and the only one of its kind that emerged as a precursor in the 1970s
was the two-year Diploma in Visual Communication offered by Loyola Institute of
Visual Communication (LIVCOM) as an evening program. Owing to the remarkable recognition
from the media industry, the college started a full-fledged Degree in Visual
Communication in 1989.
2.2. Foundation
Course
Emphasizing the Ignatian pedagogy and
spirituality, the Foundation Course was designed to inculcate values in the
future leaders of our nation. The program is run by an exclusive academic unit,
the School of Human Excellence (SHE), committed to guiding students in their
values-centred pursuit of becoming men and women for and with others in
society.
3. Research and Innovation
Loyola has a strong research culture.
It is the only Arts and Science College which figured in Current
Science magazine for research contributions to national development.
Loyola is the only Arts and Science College in India to be recognized as a Scientific
and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) by the Department of Scientific and
Industrial Research (DSIR), Government of India.
4. Student Support
Services
A very significant contribution that
Loyola College makes to higher education and society is the avalanche of Good
Samaritan services it renders to the student community.
4.1. Resource
Centre for Differently-Abled (RCDA)
Loyola College has set a trend
nationally in stepping first to help the differently-abled students. There is
an exclusive facility, Resource Centre for the Differently Abled (RCDA),
established with the fund received from UGC-HEPSN and the National Institute of
Visually Handicapped (NIVH), Ministry of Social Justice and empowerment,
Government of India. RCDA was chosen to serve as the Model Resource Centre of
Disability Services (MRCDS), the first of its kind in the nation to fulfil the
needs of the Differently-Abled students with specialized digital devices and
resources.
4.2. Loyola Students Support
Services (LSSS)
An exclusive service unit, LSSS, was
established to offer academic, financial and personal support services, such as
Scholarships, Management Concession, Free Noon Meal, Special English Program,
Supplementary Education, Special Coaching, Remedial Programmes, Personality
Development through Life Skills, Art and Literature and a Special Assistance to
Foreign Students. One of its chief focus is empowering students from
marginalized section of the society especially, the Dalits, to face the
challenges in life with dignity.
4.3.Counselling
Loyola pays a great deal of attention
towards personal and mental wellbeing of the students through counselling which
is predominantly carried out by AURA, the Centre for Counselling at the
college. Loyola is proud to be a pioneer among educational institutes that have
professional counsellors serving fulltime to attend to the needs and problems
of the students at their intrapersonal, interpersonal and social levels.
4.4. Mentoring
Loyola has a staunch commitment to
moulding the students through academic mentoring. The Academic Staff are
trained exclusively to handhold the young aspirants as their mentors to guide,
support and sort out the academic and personal issues and help them complete
their studies successfully.
4.5. Financial Supports
Loyola offers a tremendous financial
support to economically disadvantaged students. Every semester, the college
management provides fee concession through Jesuit Educational Support (JES) to
students from poor families. In 2018-19, the college has issued around 1.60
crore rupees as a management fee concession to 2600 students.
5. Reaching out to
the Neighbourhood
One of the best practices for which
Loyola has been well-known in the national higher educational arena is the
effort constantly made to reach out to the local community in total
humanitarian service.
5.1. Loyola FM 107.4
The college had ventured into an
exceptional service by establishing Loyola FM 107.4, a community
radio frequency over a radius of 15 km. Through Loyola Community Radio, the
college addresses various issues related to the neighbourhood airing a variety
of special programs for Transgender, gipsies, widows, visually challenged,
street vendors, slum dwellers, auto drivers, etc.
5.2. Loyola Rain Relief Service
(LRRS)
Another very unique service that has
set trend among educational institutes across the country is establishing LRRS
during the November 2015 rain, which initiated to provide the rain-affected
people living in the slum areas of the city of Chennai with food materials and
clothes. Loyola Rain Relief Services had 30 staff, and 250 energetic student
volunteers, and a medical team consisting of 8 doctors offering medical
treatment to nearly 1750 flood victims housed in Loyola premises. Through LRRS,
a rain relief camp was initiated for Post Graduate students to offer their
service to rain-affected areas especially the Gaja cyclone-hit areas in
November 2018.
5.3.Outreach
Program
Another exceptional venture of the
college is pioneering in community service through the Outreach Program that
functions under the School of Service Learning. The college had taken up around
50 slums (urban villages or sub-standard settlements) around the college campus
falling under the zones 5, 7 and 8 of the Chennai Corporation. The UG students
are required to complete 120 hours of community service and PG students visit
villages and experience life at the grassroots level to prepare themselves to
serve these underserved people in their future.
Since 1925, Loyola College has been making
impactful contributions to the economic growth of the country, formation of the
brilliant minds, and shaping the young leaders of tomorrow in alignment with
the motto of the college forming men and women in service of others.
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| PEO | Title | Objective Description |
|---|---|---|
| PEO 1 | PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT | To impart industry specific skills, develop creativity, knowledge to the students in media studies and to make them socially responsible and prudent citizens. |
| PEO 2 | CORE COMPETENCY AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE | To develop scope and enhance the core competencies in the chosen area of specialization and to provide access to quality education through the use of modern tools and techniques and to empower them with entrepreneurial skills. |
| PEO 3 | LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY RELEVANT CURRICULUM | To constantly strive to innovate, revise, update and upgrade the curriculum on par with the international standards and teaching methodologies to cater to the needs of the students and to make the teaching and learning relevant to the local and global context. |
| PEO 4 | SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY | To integrate social responsibility, concern towards the environment and create content for sustainable development into the curriculum of all media and communication specializations. |
| PEO 5 | HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT AND PROFESSIONALISM ETHICS | To prioritize experiential learning through specialized and customized training and to understand the importance of life skills, holistic development, professional attitude, ethics, collaboration, critical thinking, accountability and multidisciplinary approach. |
| PEO 6 | INCLUSIVE AND ENABLING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT | To provide access to students, preferentially the underprivileged, an academic environment which is conducive to academic excellence, the urge of discovery, creativity, inventiveness, leadership and life-long learning. |
| PO | Title | Outcome Description |
|---|---|---|
| PO1 | DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT | Students will apply the inter-disciplinary knowledge acquired in classrooms and labs in real life situations and work environment. They will internalize the importance of arts that will enable them to become skilled professionals. |
| PO2 | REFLECTIVE THINKING AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION | Students will enhance their communication skills such as reading, writing, listening and speaking, visualising which will help them to express their ideas and views clearly and improve/acquire critical thinking. |
| PO3 | PROFESSIONALISM AND ETHICS | Students will demonstrate the core competencies and professional ethics in their discipline through Analytical reasoning, Problem-solving, Research-related skills, Cooperation/Teamwork, Scientific reasoning and Reflective thinking and will emerge as entrepreneurs and become employable in various positions. |
| PO4 | SOCIAL SKILLS AND INCLUSIVITY | Students will imbibe moral and social values in personal and social life leading to highly cultured and civilized personality and sensitized to gender, age, caste, religion, race, ethnicity and region and use education as a tool for equity, emancipation and empowerment of humanity. |
| PO5 | MEDIA EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY | Students will understand socio-cultural, economic, political and media issues and will contribute towards the betterment of the human living environment and sustainable growth. |
| PO6 | MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCE AND LEADERSHIP QUALITY | Students will exhibit moral and ethical awareness/reasoning, Leadership readiness/qualities, Multicultural competence and diversity and become competent, committed, conscious, creative, and compassionate men and women for others. |
| PSO | Programme Specific Outcome Statement |
|---|---|
| PSO 1 | Understand the genesis, developments and components of communication at various levels and become literate in communication through theoretical and practical knowledge. |
| PSO 2 | Acquire knowledge and have hands-on experience in the basics of visual communication such as drawing, photography, films and digital media. Practice and learn by producing visuals for every medium of Visual communication. |
| PSO 3 | Critique and analyse socio-political, economic, cultural and media structures; Deconstruct media texts and contexts using various media analysis tools and providing media alternatives for sustainable development. Be able to critically analyse and evaluate products of the Media. |
| PSO 4 | Demonstrate leadership skills in applying media and visual communication theories and research methods with ethical and legal considerations. |
| PSO 5 | Exhibit specialized skills by applying production strategies and professional ethics in creating photography, graphic art, television production, advertising and marketing with social relevance. Produce powerful content of the Media for the betterment of the society at large. |
| PSO 6 | Build capacities in pitching, portfolio creation, and entrepreneurship, professional & industrial collaborations, enabling them for internships, higher studies and placement both regionally and globally. |
| PSO | Programme Specific Outcome Statement |
|---|---|
| PSO 1 | Understand visual art elements and the principles of animation on different types of animation and anatomy. |
| PSO 2 | Develop the art of storyboarding, graphic designing and character designing for 2D and 3D animation, and creating the pertinent context. |
| PSO 3 | Create graphic user interfaces for various applications, creating the layouts with proper composition on par with industrial standards. |
| PSO 4 | Analyze the social, economic, political, environmental, legal and ethical ramifications of technology and practice professional ethics through digital technologies. |
| PSO 5 | Enhance skills in 3D character modelling, texturing, rigging and animation for films, new media, games and television using its principles and techniques, to work effectively in teams with industrial expertise. |
| PSO 6 | Create aesthetic art for animation fluently using different techniques compatible with industrial requirements by exhibiting their skills and to remain life-long learners and pensive contributors to society. |
| PSO | Programme Specific Outcome Statement |
|---|---|
| PSO 1 | Demonstrate advanced knowledge and technical proficiency in conceptualizing, designing, and producing high-quality visual media content across print, broadcast, digital, and emerging media platforms. |
| PSO 2 | Apply qualitative and quantitative research methods to investigate media, communication, and cultural phenomena, enabling evidence-based decision-making and scholarly contributions. |
| PSO 3 | Integrate creativity with contemporary digital technologies, multimedia tools, artificial intelligence, and emerging media applications to develop innovative communication solutions. |
| PSO 4 | Develop impactful and audience-centric media content by applying advanced storytelling techniques, visual communication principles, data-driven insights, and platform-specific communication strategies across traditional and digital media. |
| PSO 5 | Exhibit ethical practices, social responsibility, and cultural sensitivity while creating media content that promotes inclusivity, sustainability, democratic values, and responsible communication. |
| PSO 6 | Demonstrate leadership, teamwork, project management, and lifelong learning skills to adapt to evolving media ecosystems, pursue higher research, and excel in professional media and communication careers. |
