Government Raza Post Graduate College, Rampur, is housed in Khusro Bagh Palace, popularly known as the Nawab's Summer Palace, and is the oldest government seat of higher education in Uttar Pradesh. It stands in tranquil surroundings and is regarded as one of the most elegant monuments of Indo-European architecture in north India. The last ruling Nawab of Rampur State, Sir Syed Raza Ali Khan, founder of the college, donated the entire building and campus of Khusro Bagh Palace to the institution, along with the furniture of the dissolved Rampur State Constituent Assembly. The college came into existence on 16th July 1949 at state expense, with its maiden academic session starting on 2nd September 1949. Postgraduate classes began here during 1968-69. The college runs UG, PG and Ph.D. programmes in Arts, Science and Commerce, and also offers a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) programme recognised by NCTE and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Retail. Undergraduate programmes include B.A. (Hindi Literature, English Literature, Urdu, Sanskrit, Sociology, Political Science, History, Economics, Geography, Psychology, Philosophy, Persian, Physical Education), B.Sc. (Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, Mathematics, Industrial Chemistry) and B.Com. (Business Organisation, Business Statistics, Business Communication). Postgraduate programmes include M.A. (Hindi, English, Urdu, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, History), M.Sc. (Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, Mathematics) and M.Com. (Business Organisation, Business Statistics, Business Communication). Ph.D. programmes are offered in English Literature, Economics, Hindi Literature, Urdu, Political Science, History, Psychology, Geography, Chemistry, Physics, Botany, Zoology, Mathematics, Commerce and Education. The college also functions as an IGNOU Study Centre, offering Open Distance Learning (ODL) undergraduate programmes (BA Economics Honours, BA English Honours, BA General, BA History Honours, BA Political Science Honours, BA Sociology Honours, BBA, B.Com, B.Com General, Bachelor Preparatory Programme, Bachelor of Social Work), six-month certificate courses (Disaster Management, Food and Nutrition, Guidance, Nutrition and Childcare, Laboratory Techniques, Rural Development, Teaching of English as a Second Language), one-year diploma courses (Creative Writing in English, Early Childhood Care and Education, Nutrition and Health Education), two-year M.A. programmes (Education, Rural Development, Public Administration, Sociology, Social Work) and one-year PG diploma courses (Geo Informatics, Analytical Chemistry, International Business Operations, Rural Development). As a government institution, fees are highly subsidised: as per the college's official fee structure, most UG and PG programmes carry an annual fee of roughly Rs.1,100 to Rs.2,000 for General/Regular category students, with self-financing add-on subjects (such as Industrial Chemistry) and the B.Ed. programme carrying higher components due to additional self-financing charges. Exact category-wise and semester-wise fee break-ups are published in the official Fee Structure document on the college website. Admission to UG and PG courses is through an online registration and merit-list based counselling process conducted directly by the college each academic session (2026-27 admissions opened 19-05-2026 for UG and later for PG), with successive merit lists released as seats are filled. The college is headed by Principal Prof. Dr. Jagriti Madan Dhingra, who has emphasised building a safe, nurturing and challenging learning environment focused on the emotional, social and academic development of students.