The Rajkumar College, Rajkot was established in 1868 by the Princes and Chiefs of Kathiawar [currently Saurashtra region of Gujarat]. It is the oldest of the colleges in India founded for the education of the Princely order.
The College is a founder member of the Indian Public Schools Conference (IPSC) established in 1939 on the lines of the British Public School Education system.
The Rajkumar College (widely known simply as RKC) is a co-educational boarding and day school catering for children between the ages of five to eighteen. We are affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education [CBSE], New Delhi – Affiliation No. 430005 since 1st May, 1973 and have applied for extension of Provisional Affiliation. The College is recognised by the Education Department, Government of Gujarat and NOC has been obtained from the Office of the District Education Officer vide their letter dtd. 17th March, 2008.
One of the buildings on the campus houses ‘Priyalok Vilas’ – a professionally run pre-school, established in 2001, providing quality activity-based education for children from three years of age.
Rajkot, capital of the former Saurashtra State, is an important industrial city in the Saurashtrian peninsula of Gujarat. It is well connected to all major cities in India by road and rail. There are daily flights to Mumbai.