De Mazenod Institute of Philosophy (DIP) is one of the major institutes of academics and formation belonging to the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate of St Eugene Province of India, located at Perambakkam, Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu.

 It is also a house of formation of Religious and Clerics as per the direction of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI). In this way, our Institute caters to both academic and formative programme and promotes a missionary formation in the multi-religious and multi-cultural context of India.

The Congregation of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate recognizes De Mazenod Institute as one of the twelve Institutes of Higher Learning, affirming it as a member of the Association of Oblate Institutes of Higher Learning (AOIHL)