St. Xavier's College aims at the integral, personal formation of youth by helping to become mature men & women of character inspiring them to strive in excellence in every field and to value and judiciously use their freedom to be men & women for others, by becoming agents of social change in the country, thus aiming at making its own contribution towards transformation of all the present day social condition so that principles of social justice, equality of opportunity, genuine freedom and respect for religious and moral values,  enshrined in the Constitution of India, may prevail and the possibility of living a fully human existence may be open before all.