The Holy Cross of Davao College (HCDC) is a private Catholic college institution founded by the Religious of the Virgin Mary Sisters in 1951 and maintained by the Foreign Mission Society of Quebec (PME Fathers)in 1956. A turn over of administration took place in 1978 which cut off the school's umbilical cord from its founders and passed it on the apostolate of education to the Archdiocese of Davao. It is located in Southern Mindanao, Philippines. It is divided into six units including the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Education, the College of Engineering and Technology, the College of Marine Education, the College of Criminology and the College of Business and Accountancy. It also runs grade school and high school units. It has four campuses, the Main Campus at Sta. Ana Avenue (which houses the Undergraduate, Graduate and Technical and Vocational Courses), the Annex Building near the HCDC Gymnasium and the JP. Laurel Avenue Campus (elementary and high school) - all located in the center of Silicon Gulf, Davao City, the de facto business, trade, commerce and education capital of Mindanao.