The College has established the Ph.D. Research Centre under the Mangalore University and already twenty students have registered for their doctoral studies. Towards this the facilities in the College have been enhanced in terms of special place with library and internet facilities .

Consultancy: Readily made available informal consultancy services for the alumnae, teachers, parents and community Placement services have been provided and related consultancy is kept open to whoever is interested. The student teachers –present and past – as well as students of other colleges of education benefit from such services.

Extension: Service learning has been institutionalized. Service learning activities have been deliberately planned and executed to different groups like senior citizens, members of children’s homes, women, teachers, schools, etc. The college collaborates with local and outside NGOs for extension work.

The following Research Projects have been undertaken by our College during the past five years for the Government of Karnataka, UGC and NGO
1. Preparation and Validation of a Training Package on Inclusive Education with special reference to Learning Disability for Primary School Teachers in Karnataka State. - Government of Karnataka.
2. The College is associated with Akshara Foundation, Bangalore, for taking up a survey of the Achievement levels of the pupils of Lower Primary and Higher Primary Schools in Mangalore, who have been subjected to Remedial Teaching under SSA. - Government of Karnataka.
3. A Study on Accountability of Teachers and Achievement of Students at Primary Education Level sanctioned by District Institute of Educational Training (DIET). - Government of Karnataka.
4. The College had collaborated with the Xavier Board for Christian Higher Education, India, in undertaking a research project titled "A Study on the Campus Culture of Catholic Colleges in India”.
5. A Service Learning Training Programme to Develop Service Learning Skills among In-service Teachers of Dakshina Kannada District. - United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia.
6. A Project on “Institutionalizing Service Learning” sponsored by United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia.
7. Expression of Interest for External Impact Evaluation on major interventions implemented under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan – Karnataka. - D.S.E.R.T.
8. The College has received grant-in-aid for a major research project titled “A Training Programme to Develop Competencies among Pre-service Teachers to promote Sustainable Development through Specially Designed Packages”.
9. A Study on Developing Self Directed Learning Strategies among Secondary School Students - U.G.C.
10. A Study on Developing Extensive Reading Habits among the B.Ed. Students of English Methodology. - U.G.C.
11. A Study on Designing Special Instructional Material in History to Develop Constructive Competencies’. – U.G.C.
12. The College has undertaken a Major Research Project of Government of Karnataka titled, ‘Preparation and Validation of a Training Package on Inclusive Education with Special reference to Learning Disability for Primary School Teachers in Karnataka State’.
13. A Project on ‘Institutionalizing Service Learning Sponsored by United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia.
14. A Project on Service Learning Training Programme to Develop Service Learning Skills among In-service Teachers of Dakshina Kannada District.
15. A Project on Training Programme to Develop Competencies among Pre-service Teachers to Promote Sustainable Development through Specially Designed Packages.
16. A project sponsored by the United Board for Christian Higher Education - An Environment and Health Awareness Programme through Community Based Activities in Rural Areas by the Inservice Teachers and School Students of Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka through Service Learning Approach.
17. The college has received grant-in-aid from UNESCO for a major project titled “Preparing, Validating Instructional Modules and Strategies on Peace Education and Training Student Teachers for using Peace Education Strategies at Secondary School level”. The project activities are in progress.
18. The Effect of an Instructional Package in Developing Environmental Awareness and its Qualitative Improvement Among B.Ed. Non-Science Student-teachers of St. Ann’s College of Education, Mangalore Taluk.
19. A Study on preparing student-teachers to Develop Disaster Management Awareness and Skills through Secondary School Curriculum.
20.“Study of Local Knowledge and its effect on attitude towards Social Diversity, with special reference to tribal culture, through Service Learning Approach”, To enable Teacher Educators, Pre-service Under Graduate Teachers and Post Graduate Teacher Trainees through Service Learning to make indepth study of selected tribal cultures, develop positive attitude and work for the empowerment of tribals through education – Sponsored by UBCHEA.
21. A Specially Designed Instructional Package to develop Scientific Thinking among Student Teachers of Science Methodology - – Sponsored by UGC.
22. A study on the construction and validation of a tool to measure ability for expression - – Sponsored by UGC.
23. A study to develop Awareness of Bio ethical issues among Pre service teachers – Sponsored by UGC.
24. A study on Internet Use, Parental Monitoring and Achievement of Pre University Students of Mangalore Taluk - sponsored by UGC.
25. “Preparation and Validation of Teaching Learning Modules on Inter-religious Understanding and Peace Education for Secondary and Primary School Pupils – Sponsored by UBCHEA.
26. A Competency Building Training Programme for young Teacher Educators to enhance teaching and research skills through the Preparation, Validation and Administration of Research Based Instructional Modules in Varied Secondary School Based Disciplines Sponsored by UBCHEA.
27. Effect of Kolb’s Experiential Learning on Achievement in Content Based Methodology Teaching Social Science and Teaching Skills among Pre-service Teachers - Sponsored by UGC.