Christ PU College Residential is well rooted in the noble tradition of Christ University, which was established as Christ College in the year 1969 with the motto “Excellence and Service”. The college is named after Jesus Christ, the Son of God and the light of the world.

The institution was founded on the educational vision of Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara, the founder of the religious congregation for men, by name, Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI). Blessed Chavara was a man of God, a great educationist and a seer of the 19th Century. He believed in Jnana Marga, the way of knowledge to attain salvation and in his deeds he was a true Karma Yogi, a man of selfless action. Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), the first indigenous religious congregation of India with more than 2000 members, renders service to humanity in pastoral, educational and social fields of activities, aiming at the integral development of the society.

In the city of Bangalore, CMI congregation has various institutions such as Dharamaram College - a seminary of CMI’s.

Dharamaram Vidya Kshetram - an ecclesiastical university that confers degrees in Philosophy, Theology and Canon Law.

Christa Vidyalaya - a Kannada medium school

Christ School - an English medium school

Christ University

Christ Junior College

Christ PU College - Evening

Christ PU College - Residential &

Kristu Jayanthi College.