The Department of English enjoys the special status of being the only department that has contact with every student at the undergraduate level.

The Department of French at Nagapattinam has a distinguished history, dating back to 1844 with the establishment of the institution.

The Hindi Department has been functioning in this college for more than 5 decades.

The Department of History is as old as the College itself.

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The Department of Sanskrit was started in St. Joseph`s College in 1907 with Sri. T.V.Srinivasachariar as the first teacher.

The Department of Tamil was established in 1858.