[4] In 1965, the college relocated to historical Asad Gate near Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban under the jurisdiction of the Mohammadpur Thana, and being named St. Joseph Higher Secondary School.

The following year, a single story building was constructed by Brother Andrew at Shah Shaheb Lane in Narinda.

[4]The new school was very modern and unfinished, leaving students in early years to deal with active construction in their environment.

Ralph Baird departed from his teaching role, engaging actively in the nation's reconstruction efforts.

He contributed significantly to the country's relief, and rehabilitation, and championed human rights initiatives through non-governmental development organizations.

Concurrently, students from St. Joseph College, accompanied by teachers, ventured to remote regions in support of relief and rehabilitation endeavours on behalf of the institution.

[15] In the later 21st century, St. Joseph has continued to expand in student body and faculty size, and has seen the establishment of several research centers and programs.

[16][11] The college is Roman Catholic and the Congregation of Holy Cross exercises responsibility over it through a Governing Body whose chairman is the Archbishop of the Society.

The library works with the Bishwa Sahitya Kendra and British Council to arrange book reading programs.

[5] Starting with a handful of American Brothers from Congregation of Holy Cross, the school received the services of a large number of teachers both before and after integrating itself with the secondary education system in Bangladesh.

The current faculty consists of 50 secondary teachers, 25 higher secondary teachers, two counsellors, two prefects of discipline, two librarians, office staffs, two sports instructors, and individual coaches for the soccer, basketball and cricket teams.

[9] The Extra Curricular Credits Committee (ECC) monitors the performance of students and sends contingents to other colleges.

The scout groups of St. Joseph have participated in numerous camps, rallies, jamborees at home and abroad.

Many of the scouts have camped in countries like Australia, India, Nepal, Pakistan, the Maldives, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.

[7] As a part of its focus on humanitarian and social services, St. Joseph runs a Literacy School at its premises in the afternoon to impart free primary education to the underprivileged children of the slums and Geneva Camps around Mohammadpur area.

Besides basic literacy skills, they are taught discipline, good manners, moral and social values.

[4] "The Josephite" is the yearbook of St. Joseph published annually to record the activities of the institution all year round.

[34] Football, cricket, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, badminton, chess are the most common sports and games held regularly on the ground.

[7] St. Joseph has produced players such as Shahriar Nafees (cricketer) and all Grand Masters of Bangladesh like Niaz Murshed, Reefat Bin Sattar, Ziaur Rahman.

[36][37] The alumni of St. Joseph include members of the parliament, adviser, ambassadors, union and state ministers, justices of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, business executive, high-profile jurists and attorneys at law, professors of MIT, liberation martyrs, senior national and state-level bureaucrats, captains of Bangladeshi industry, financiers, philanthropists, educationists, scientists, leaders in the Bangladesh Armed Forces, journalists, leaders in the medical field, chess players, cricketers, luminaries in art and culture including several major film actors and musicians.

[39] The alumni of the school have formed the Saint Joseph Old Boys Foundation (SJOBF), which organizes events and programs.