Rajagiri College of Social Sciences

1955: Rajagiri College of Social Sciences established. Initiated as a Department of Social Work at Sacred Heart College (Thevara) offering a one year Diploma Course in Social Service (DSS), affiliated to the University of Madras.

:: 1961: Started the first two year Master’s Degree Programme in Social Work (MSW) in the State of Kerala, affiliated to Kerala University.

:: 1968: The Post Graduate Department of Social Work shifted from Sacred Heart College to Rajagiri, Kalamassery as an off-campus study center of the College.

:: 1969 to 1980: Specializations including Family and Child Welfare, Community Development, Medical and Psychiatric Social Work, Social Welfare Administration introduced to MSW programme.

:: 1973: The Research Institute established as multi-disciplinary centre spearheading research and information dissemination in Social Sciences, together with the functions of an extension centre for community action and action research.

:: 1980: Rajagiri College of Social Sciences raised to the status of Independent College affiliated to Kerala University.

:: 1984: On recommendation of the review committee appointed for Social Work Education, Personnel Management, Labour Welfare and Industrial Relations delinked from MSW programme, becoming a separate post graduate degree programme MA [PM&IR] under the Department of Personnel Management.

:: 1988: College recognized as a centre for Doctoral Research for Social Work, Sociology and Allied Social Sciences under M.G. University, Kottayam, Kerala.

:: 1993: The college recognized as a centre for Doctoral Research in Management Studies under M.G. University.

:: 1994: The Department of Business Administration introduced offering Master’s Degree Programme in Business Administration (MBA).

:: 2001: Post Graduate Department of Computer Sciences launched offering a Post Graduate Degree Course in Computer Applications (MCA). The DSS Course was renamed as PGDAHS and MA(PM&IR) as MHRM.
The valley campus inaugurated at Kakkanad, housing the School of Management in a sprawling 95 acre land on the banks of Chitrapuzha.

:: 2002: Undergraduate Programme in Social Work was introduced in the state for the first time at the College as Bachelor of Social Work [BSW].

:: 2005: Bachelor of Library and Information Science (B.L.I.Sc) launched at the Hill Campus.
Golden Jubilee of the establishment of the college celebrated – “Golden Leap to Global Heights 2004-05”


Eligibility

Graduates who have scored a minimum of 50% marks in Arts and Commerce , or 55% in any other discipline at the graduation level , are eligible to apply for admission.


Admission Process

The admission process would consist of three stages.

Stage 1
This would comprise a national level test which is recognized by the university. Examples of such tests are CAT, MAT etc. Any student who wishes to apply to Rajagiri for the above mentioned courses would have to appear for the national level test. The test/tests scores that would be acceptable to Rajagiri would be intimated at the time of admission announcement.

Stage 2
This would be the Group Discussion stage. Candidates who have been shortlisted based on their test scores would be called for GD. There is no preset minimum test score fixed by the school. It would depend on the number and range of applicants and their scores for the limit to be set.

Stage 3
This is the stage of the personal interview.


Candidates who wish to apply to Rajagiri would have to procure two applications. One application to appear for the entrance test and the other one would be the application form of Rajagiri College. The application form of the college would be available from the website of the college, from the college offices and from select bank counters as may be notified in the admission announcement.