Ramnarain Ruia College

Ruia College is located in the central part of Mumbai close to Hindu colony, between the Dadar and Matunga railway stations. It is one of the most highly reputed colleges in the country. It comprises the Ramnarain Ruia College of Arts and Science and the Ramnivas Ruia Junior College of Arts and Science. The college has been awarded a five star rating by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council of India. Also the National Assessment and Accreditation Council accorded it the A Grade. The college earned a CGPA of 3.65 out of 4, which is the highest in Maharashtra. Ruia College has become the first college in the country to achieve the 'College of Excellence' status by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The college was given the Potential for Excellence status in 2010-11.

The students and alumni of Ruia college are colloquially known as Ruiaites. The katta (literally meaning meeting place, in Marathi) is a popular meeting point for Ruiaites, present and past.

The College was established in June 1937.

Ruia college won the award for the best college given by University of Mumbai for the year 2006. It has been winning the trophy in the youth festival organized by Mumbai University for the last six consecutive years.

With its varied experience and diligence, the Ruia faculty was in a position to innovate and experiment soon after the college started functioning. Considerable emphasis was placed on development of the instructional programme and evaluation procedures. Under several programmes, such as COSIP (College Science Improvement Programme) and COHSSIP (College Human and Social Science Improvement Programme), Ruia has successfully implemented several innovative and experimental academic programmes that won wide acclaim.

The senior college library has a large reading hall which accommodates about 400 students and the reading hall in junior college building accommodates about 200 students. Special facilities to borrow books and exam papers are available in these reading halls. The Open Shelf Library is an important unit of the library for Graduate students, with about 30,000 books readily available to students. The sub-sections are well categorised and meticulously laid out, and book selection is such as to be of great use to students specialising in different subjects. The college also provides instructional material on audio and videocassetes to the students through the audio-visual centre and AV library.