Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College was established in the year 1937 by the Shikshana Prasaraka Mandali, in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The college is recognized by UGC and affiliated to the University of Mumbai. It has been re-accredited with grade A by NAAC in 2017.

At present, Ramnarian Ruia is offering Undergraduate, Postgraduate, and doctoral programs in the field of Arts and science. Admissions are purely based on merit as per the directions issued by the University of Mumbai. For admission to Ph.D., candidates are required to appear for an entrance examination conducted by the college. Check Ruia College Admission 

Ramnarain Ruia Important Dates

Events Dates
BA,B.Sc.,B.Voc., BMM
Online/Offline Application Form Availability May 27- June 15, 2023
Pre-admission online May 27- June 15, 2023
Last Date for Online submission of the Application form along with the pre-enrollment form June 15, 2023
1st Merit List release June 19, 2023
Online Verification of documents and fee payment June 20 to June 27, 2023
2nd Merit List release June 28, 2023
Online Verification of documents and fee payment June 30-July 5, 2023
3rd Merit List release July 6, 2023
Online Verification of documents and fee payment July 7- July 10, 2023

Ramnarian Ruia Merit List 2023 (Released)

Courses First Merit List Second Merit List Third Merit List
F.Y.B.Sc. Bioanalytical Sciences Check Here - --
F.Y.B.Sc – Biochemistry (Self-financed) Check Here Check Here --
F.Y. BSc Biotechnology (Self-financed) Check Here Check Here Check Here
F.Y. BSc Computer Science Check Here Check Here Check Here
FYBSc. (Aided) Check Here Check Here --
F.Y.B.A (Aided) -English Medium Check Here Check Here Check Here
F.Y.B.A (Aided) -Marathi Medium Check Here - --
F.Y.B.A.C.M (BMM) English Check Here Check Here Check Here
F.Y.B.A.C.M (BMM) Marathi Check Here Check Here
B.VOC (TTM) Check Here - --

Check More: Mumbai University Merit List

Ramnarain Ruia Key Highlights

  • Ramnarian Ruia was the first educational institution in Mumbai run by a private management educational body.
  • Admissions to all the programs are purely based on merit except for some specialization and Ph.D. program. For which admissions are done based on the entrance examination.
  • The college also offers Certificate and PG Diploma Courses for working professionals.
  • Ramnarian Ruia provides freeships and scholarships to needy students.
  • The college functions under four different departments to offer UG, PG, and Ph.D. degrees. 

Ramnarain Ruia Courses & Fees

Courses offered at Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College are

Course Details  Fees
B.A Eligibility: 10+2
Selection: Merit-Based		 INR 4,825 (1st Year Fees)
B.Sc Eligibility: 10+2
Selection: Merit-Based		 INR 7,450 (1st Year Fees)
B.Voc Eligibility: 10+2
Selection: Merit-Based		 INR 27,713 (1st Year Fees)
B.M.M Eligibility: 10+2
Selection: Merit-Based		 INR 18,700 (1st Year Fees)
M.Sc Eligibility: Bachelor’s Degree
Selection: Merit-Based		 INR 37,295 (1st Year Fees)
Ph.D. Eligibility: Master’s Degree
Selection: Entrance Test (PET/SET/NET/GATE) + Interview		 --

Ramnarain Ruia Admission

  • Candidates seeking admission in Ramnarain Ruia College can fill the application form online, or can purchase the form from the college itself.
  • All the candidates who are fulfilling the eligibility criteria for the respective subject will be able to fill up the application form against that course. The selection of the candidates is done solely based on the merit of the last qualifying examination, for all courses except bio analytical.
  • The admission for the Ph.D. Course is done based on the marks obtained in the Ph. D Entrance Test (PET) followed by interview. 
  • GATE / SET / NET / (JRF) qualified or teacher fellowship holders are exempted from PET. All the admissions are done following the Mumbai University rule. There are Scholarships available for the students, both means and merit-based.

How to Apply?

  • Candidates must be aware of the time when then notification regarding admission are released by the college officially
  • Click on the online admission link and you will get the option for registration/ login
  • If you are not registered, register using a valid email id and a phone number. Give the details like your name, fathers name, address, date of birth, etc, at the time of registration
  • An OTP will be sent at your registered email ID, log in using that OTP, create a new password, and note it down somewhere for future requirements.
  • Use that password to log in and follow the steps that will appear on the screen to fill in the application form
  • The application fee must be paid online using Debit/ credit card / Net banking

Read more: RRAC Admission

Ramnarain Ruia Scholarships

Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous college offers scholarships to its students based on merits, sports. This in a way encourages the students to perform better in their academic and sports sphere. The list of scholarships given to its students is as follows:

  1. Scholarships to Meritorious Junior College Students
  2. Sports Scholarships
  3. Scholarships to MSc Students: The Late Lata Rao Foundation Prize
  4. Scholarships to Groups of ten students each group belonging to Physics, Mathematics, Sanskrit & Zoology
  5. The college also awards scholarships to the sports personalities of the College through Gymkhana.

Also check RRAC Scholarships

Ramnarain Ruia Facilities

Ramnarain Ruia College provides ample facilities to its students. Some of them are listed below:

  • Library And Reading Halls: Ruia Library aims to fulfil the information needs of Ruia College. The main collection constituting books is more than 1.25 lac. Along with books, the library also has 6000+ bound volumes of back-issues of noteworthy periodicals, non-print material like CDs & DVDs, and subscription to more than 100 national and international journals. The Library collection is completely computerized and all bibliographic details of books, journals are accessible to the students through the Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC). Ruia Library possesses Institutional Membership of Asiatic Library, American Library, and British Council Library. It is also registered as a member of INFLIBNET 'N-LIST' project under which the Library provides to all students free access to more than 80000 e-resources including a variety of e-journals & e-books.
  • Sports Academy: Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College has a strongly nurtured sports academy. The Gymkhana consist of a badminton court, boxing ring, highly sophisticated exercising equipment and a shooting range of international standard. The academy aims at training the youth, with all the possible sophisticated sports facilities. The academy conducts various sports events and encourages the students to participate in the events. They organize State/ National and International sports competitions.
  • Language Laboratory: In the year 2014-15, a fully functional and well-equipped Language lab was established in the Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College. It consists of 1 teacher console Computer, 10 student console computers, and 10 headphones (with mic). There are 2 language learning software, tOrell and iLotus, used by the college to teach basic language skills like listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
  • Advanced Instrumentation Centre: Dr. P. S. Ramanathan Advanced Instrumentation Centre (PSRAIC) was established in the year 2011 and is equipped with sophisticated analytical instruments. It provides hands-on training to students and staff and supports research activities. It is the brainchild of Late Dr. P. S. Ramanathan, a distinguished analytical chemist and director – Corporate Analytical Operations, Gharda Chemicals with the support of the Shimadzu (India) Pvt. Ltd. and Gharda Chemicals.
  • Self-Vision Centre: A highly praise-worthy component of Ruia’s many student welfare activities is the Self-Vision Center that was set in 1995 to offer the best available facilities to its many visually challenged students, who, year after year, have given an excellent account of themselves in their pursuit of excellence in the academic field. Ruia is successful to bring 60 visually challenged students under its guidance to provide them the advanced study facilities that help them to enhance their knowledge and quality of their performance. Ruia has reconstructed and renovated the Self Vision Centre, under the Higher Education Scheme for Persons with Special Needs.
  • Centre for Urban Studies: “Centre for Urban Studies (earlier Centre for Slum Studies) was established in the year 2002- 2003 in an attempt to sensitize the students to basic issues of social inequity. It has introduced courses for the betterment of slum life. Academic researches and projects are carried out by the center in poverty and slums in the urban areas.
  • Other facilities
  • Auditorium
  • Playground
  • Canteen

Ramnarian Ruia Alumni

  • Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai: Member of House of Lords of the United Kingdom
  • Narendra Jadhav: Member of Rajya Sabha
  • Ajit Wadekar: Former Indian Cricketer
  • Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan: Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
  • Sonali Bendre: Indian Actress

Ramnarain Ruia Faculty

Ruia Autonomous College has very good faculty members. The faculties available are highly educated. There are at least 2 lecturers per subject, and all of them are highly educated and mostly pursuing a Ph.D. There is a high teacher-student ratio, where every student gets individual academic attention. All of them are highly experienced and educated. Most of them are Ph. D holders, and some are pursuing Ph. D. each department has lecturers, professors. The lecturers are also highly qualified. Here is the list of some of the faculty members of the college, with their educational qualifications.

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FAQs

Ques.Is the Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College affiliated?

Ans.Yes, this college is affiliated by UGC. It has been conferred with Autonomous Status by University Grants Commission (UGC) in the year 2017-18 .However the college will remain affiliated to University of Mumbai with an autonomous status.

Ques. Does Ramnarain Ruia provide hostel facility?

Ans.No, it does not provide hostel facility. But facilities are given by the college to its students, where the students can specialize and improve in their linguistic skills, the college has provisions for visionless students, it also permits students to conduct researches and projects in the slums. In short, it provides a wide range of facilities to its students.

Ques. Does Ramnarain Ruia offer any kind of scholarship?

Ans.Yes, it provides scholarships based on merit. There are sports scholarships also available for the students. Scholarships to MSc Students: The Late LataRao Foundation Prize, Scholarships to Groups of ten students each group belonging to Physics, Mathematics, Sanskrit & Zoology.

Ques. What is the entrance preview for Ramnarain Ruia?

Ans.There is no entrance examination for admission in this college, but M.Sc. in Bio analytics. Candidates then selected based on the merit of the qualifying examination. The candidates seeking admission for Ph. D courses will have to sit for the Ph. D Entrance Test (PET).

Ques:What is the function of DDU Kaushal Kendra at Ramnarain Ruia college?

Ans:DDU Kaushal Kendra has been established to remove the gap between the 'demands' of the industry and the 'supply' by the educational institutions. Ramnarain Ruia College is the first educational institute to start a Kaushal Center. At the DDU KAUSHAL Kendra, Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College students are trained to develop hands-on skills that will significantly boost their industrial acceptability and employability.

Ques:How can a student contact the authority of Ramnarain Ruia college?

Ans:A student can visit the official website of Ramnarain Ruia College and from the website he/she will get the address, Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College, L. N Road Matunga (East), Mumbai - 400019, Ph No: 8591859610, E-mail id: enquiry@ruiacollege.edu

Ques:What are the distinctive features that Ramnarain Ruia college has?

Ans:Some distinctive features that Ramnarain Ruia College has such as The Marathi Medium Division, Language Laboratory, Ruia Cell for Students with Special Needs, Career Guidance & Placement Cell, Parent Teacher Association & Alumni Association. 

Ques:What are the co curricular & extra curricular activities provided by Ramnarain Ruia college?

Ans:Ramnarain Ruia College has multiple co curricular and extra curricular activities such as NCC, NSS, Center for Innovation, Incubation Entrepreneurship, Science Association, Performing Arts Society, Natyavalay, Environment Awareness & Sustenance Committee, Sports Academy & Social Responsibility Cell. 

Ques:Does Ramnarain Ruia college have any collaboration?

Ans:Ramnarain Ruia College has 'Higher Education Academic Partnership' with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by signing a MoU with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 2014. MoU includes students and teacher exchange programs along with project, research work. The college also has collaboration with West Chester University, Harrisburg University and Indiana University of USA together with Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA for Short Term Summer Programs.

Ques:What are the centers & cells that are built for students' convenience by Ramnarain Ruia college?

Ans:The centers & cells that are built for students' convenience by Ramnarain Ruia college, Center for Certificate Courses, Ruia Students Council, Global Partnership Cell, Centre for Urban Studies, Self Vision Centre, Foreign Language Center, Center for Mindfulness, Dr. P. S Ramanathan Advanced Instrumentation Center, Ruia Public Center etc.