Rayburn, as a Higher Education Institution, was initially established as a Higher Secondary School in the year 1994. Seeking to serve the growing needs of the under-served student communities who are otherwise unable to continue their higher education outside the District and State due to a variety of reasons, Rayburn Higher Secondary was upgraded to a college in the year 2003.
Drawing inspiration from the dedicated Christ-centred service of Dr Robert G. Rayburn, after whom the college is named by the founders of the institution, Rayburn College seeks to be a centre of excellence that promotes quality multidisciplinary education, and cultivates academically competent professionals and socially responsible citizens, through the medium of creative and innovative practices as well as integral and holistic learning experiences.
The college is situated at a distance of 62 kilometres from the State capital city of Imphal, in the heart of Churachandpur District in Manipur, Northeast India. Ever since its establishment, the college has focussed on integral and holistic development of the students through a skill-based and research-centric academic learning, as well as a spiritual and whole-person centred development. During its 20+ years of existence as a college, it has established itself as one of the premiere higher education institutes in the Hill Areas of Manipur and the Northeast of India, and caters primarily to students from rural areas with a low-income family background and other challenges.
Rayburn College was first affiliated to Manipur University with the permission to introduce Bachelor of Arts Degree (General & Honours) under Permission No. MU/2-1/2003(CDC) on 5th August, 2003, and Bachelor of Commerce under Permission No. MU/1-68/98/CDC/303 on 19th June, 2008.
It was also permanently affiliated to Manipur University under permission No. MU/1-65/98/CDC/136 on 7th August 2012, and effectively included in the 2(f) & 12 (b) of the UGC Act of 1956 on 23rd April, 2015.
It received its permission to offer Bachelor of Sciences (H) in Physics, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry and Psychology under Permission No. MU/1-65/1998 CDC/675 on 27th Nov 2020. It further received permission to offer Master Programs in M.A. (History), M.A. (Political Science) and M. Com under Permission No. MU/1-65/98/CDC/997 on 15th April, 2021.
Rayburn College received conferment of autonomous status from the University Grants Commission vide Memo No. F. 2-10/2023 (AC-Policy), on 13th November, 2023.
It remains the first college in Manipur to achieve NAAC accreditation of B++ with a grade point of CGPA 2.96 in the first cycle, and is today the only college in the hills of Manipur offering both Bachelor and Master degree programmes, under its five schools namely School of Humanities, School of Social Sciences, School of Human and Environmental Sciences, School of Commerce and Business Management, and School of Physical and Life Sciences.
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