THE RETREAT – DON BOSCO, (Salesian Post-Novitiate), Yercaud – 636 601, Salem Dt., Tamil Nadu, India.
FLASH NEWS
ADMISSION Admissions Open for Academic Year 2026-27: 2-Year Diploma in Philosophy (Affiliated to UPS, Rome) • National Seminar on Contemporary Indian Philosophy & Hermeneutics scheduled for next month • URGENT Jnanodaya Journal of Philosophical Studies: Call for Research Papers Vol. 18 Issue 1 •
Jnanodaya Salesian Institute of Philosophy
The Retreat – Don Bosco · Est. 1950 · Yercaud
Salesian Institute of Philosophy — Post-Novitiate Formation | Università Pontificia Salesiana, Rome
"Let Him Illumine Our Mind!" — Ṛg Veda 3.62.10 (Gāyatrī Mantra)
 UPS Rome Affiliated
 Diploma in Philosophy
Since 1950
Jnanodaya Salesian Institute of Philosophy

Curriculum & Credits

The two-year curriculum is systematically mapped across six trimesters to guarantee progressive intellectual mastery from foundational logic to advanced metaphysics and scientific research.
Curatorium Leadership & Curriculum Review Assembly
Curatorium Leadership & Curriculum Review Assembly

FIRST YEAR CURRICULUM

  • Term I (June – Sept): Formal Logic, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Introduction to Scripture, English Grammar & Composition, Methodology of Study.
  • Term II (Sept – Dec): Epistemology, Medieval Western Philosophy, Upanishadic Philosophy, Psychology of Adolescence, Preventive System.
  • Term III (Jan – April): Philosophical Anthropology (Philosophy of Man), Early Modern Philosophy, Bhagavad Gita & Orthodox Darshanas, Latin Basics.

SECOND YEAR CURRICULUM

  • Term IV (June – Sept): General Metaphysics (Ontology), Late Modern & German Idealism, Heterodox Indian Traditions (Buddhism, Jainism), Sociology.
  • Term V (Sept – Dec): Moral Philosophy (Ethics), Contemporary Western Philosophy (Phenomenology, Existentialism), Saiva Siddhanta, Dissertation Guidance.
  • Term VI (Jan – April): Philosophy of God (Theodicy), Philosophy of Science, Hermeneutics, Defense of Dissertation & Comprehensive Exams.