Don Bosco Arts and Science College, Chennai came into existence in 2016 under the auspices of Salesians of Don Bosco. It began functioning with 54 students on the roll in three UG courses: B.Com. Gen, B.Com, CS and Visual Communication.

It is a place of higher learning in the field of communication, art and design, commerce and management. The primary aim of the college is to develop the creative intellectual potential of the students and to form them to become intelligent contributors and critical consumers of communication, design, media, business and commerce. 

The College follows Salesian Preventive System, the educational pedagogy of the  Salesians, built upon the pedagogical experience of Saint John Bosco with poor children in 19th Century Turin. It is based on three pillars namely—reason, religion, and lovingkindness which is opposed to school punishment, or what Don Bosco refers to as the repressive system of education. Don Bosco is the principal historical representative of this method of formation of the young. He was preceded in its development by such luminaries as Saint Philip Neri and Saint Francis de Sales.

Today, the College offers 4 UG courses: B.Com. Gen, B.Com, CS and Visual Communication, BCA and 2 PG courses: M.Sc. Visual Communication and MSW.