Milestones

2023

January

Raffles University at Medini Iskandar

 

2022

October

Raffles Singapore at Orchard Road

 

2018

December

Golden Bull Award
Best Private Education Award
Top Brand for Private Education

 

2017

September

First student intake at Raffles Milano Istituto Moda e Design in Milan, Italy

January

First student intake at Raffles American School in Bangkok, Thailand

 

2016

December

RafflesEducation received the ESQR’s Quality Choice Prize for Success in Quality Management, Excellence of the Year for Leadership in Education in Asia by IAIR Awards and Brand of the Year 2016 National Award by World Branding Awards

Established new college, Raffles Milano Istituto Moda e Design in Milan, Italy

September

Established new college, Raffles American School in Bangkok, Thailand

 

2015

March

RafflesEducation received the Best Company for Leadership in Private Education Asia Pacific by IAIR Awards and Brand of the Year 2015 National Award by World Branding Awards

January

Established new college in Nendaz, Switzerland

Silver Jubilee celebrated, marking 25 illustrious years of premier education at RafflesEducation

Oriental University City Holdings (H.K.) Limited listed on the Growth Enterprise Market of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited

 

2014

September

RafflesEducation received the International Star For Quality Award (ISAQ) for Excellence and Innovation in the Gold category from Business Initiative Directions (BID Group One) in Geneva, Switzerland

August

RCDC acquired its own campus building at 1-3 Fitzwilliam Street in Parramatta, NSW, Australia

January

Raffles American School receives prestigious accreditation from Western Association of Schools and Colleges, USA (WASC)

 

2013

September

Framework agreement signed for sale of 490 mu land in Oriental University City

July

Established new college in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Established new colleges in Batam and Medan, Indonesia

April

RafflesEducation’s headquarters and Raffles College of Higher Education, Singapore moved into a new building named Raffles Education Square, which is also their first permanent home after 23 years

March

RafflesEducation's wholly-owned subsidiary, Raffles Assets (Private) Limited, signed an investment agreement with the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka to establish Raffles University Sri Lanka

January

Groundbreaking ceremony of Raffles American School in Iskandar, Malaysia

 

2012

September

Establishment of a Risk Management Committee

RafflesEducation, through its subsidiary, Raffles K12 Sdn. Bhd., inked land deal with Iskandar Investment Berhad to develop Raffles American School - RAS

Sale of land and properties thereon located in Langfang Development Zone, Hebei Province, The People's Republic of China through the sale of 100% of the equity interest in Langfang Taitu Real Estate Development Co., Ltd (廊坊泰土房地产开发有限公司)

August

First student intake at Raffles American School, Malaysia

First student intake at Raffles University Iskandar, Malaysia

Proposed renounceable non-underwritten rights issue In The Capital of Raffles Education Corporation Limited

July 2012

Framework agreement in relation to the Langfang Oriental Institute Of Technology

Entered into an overall agreement for sale of 118 mu of land in OUC

June

Established Raffles Academy of Continuing Education, Singapore - RACE

March

Entered into an overall agreement for sale of 670 mu of land in OUC

February

RafflesEducation established Multicurrency Medium Term Note Programme

January 2012

Raffles College of Higher Education Singapore awarded four-year EduTrust Certification by the Council for Private Education

Established new college in Surabaya, Indonesia - RSR

 

2011

September

Proposed acquisition of land by Raffles K12 Sdn. Bhd. at Daerah Johor Bahru, Negeri Johor - RAS

August

First student intake at Raffles Millennium University, Uttar Pradesh, Greater Noida, India - JRE

June

Sale of 50% equity interests in Value Vantage Pte Ltd – Zhongfa

May

Signed JVA with Education@Iskandar Sdn Bhd to establish Raffles University Iskandar - RUI

 

Signed JVA to pursue opportunities in The Middle East - REME

 

2010

September Established new college in Manila, Philippines - RMN
May Established new college in Kolkata, India - IKK
April
Established new college in Dhaka, Bangladesh - RDH
March Established new college in Colombo, Sri Lanka - RCB
January Established new college in Phnom Penh, Cambodia - RPP
Established new colleges in India (Ahmedabad, Chennai and Hyderabad) – IAH, ICH, IHY
 

2009

April

Established new college in Bangalore, India - IBG

Established new college in Oriental University City, Langfang, China - OIT
February

Established new college in Jakarta, Indonesia - RJK

Established new college in New Delhi, India - IND
 

2008

September

Approval received to establish a joint cooperative education project with Tianjin University of Commerce Boustead College in Tianjin, China – RTJ

May

Attained full ownership of China Education Limited through amalgamation with a wholly owned subsidiary of RafflesEducation – Tianjin Boustead

Established joint venture with Educomp Solutions Ltd, India’s largest education company - ERHEL

March

Acquisition of Wanbo Education Management Co., Ltd in Hefei, China - Wanbo

Acquisition of Oriental University City Development Co., Ltd in Langfang, Hebei, China - OUC

 

2007

June Acquisition of 99% stake in Zhongfa College in Shanghai, China - Zhongfa
March

Acquisition of up to 57.3% stake in China Education Limited – Tianjin Boustead

 

2006

September

Acquisition of Digitrain, subsequently renamed to Raffles Design Institute Ltd - Auckland, RAL

March

Established PT Raffles Design Institute in Jakarta, Indonesia

 

2005

January

RafflesEducation steps up to the Mainboard of SGX

 

2004

July

Acquisition of KvB Institute of Technology through Raffles KvB Institute Pty Ltd in Sydney - RCDC

Established Raffles Design International in Mumbai, India - RMB

Established Raffles-Changzhou in Jiangsu Province, China - RCZ

 

2002

January

Listed on SGX-SESDAQ with a market capitalization of S$16 million

 

2001

September

Established Raffles-Guangzhou in Guangdong Province, China - RGZ

August

Established Raffles Design Institute in Bangkok, Thailand – RBK

 

1999

July Established Raffles-C.U. in Changchun City, Jilin Province, China - RCU
 

1996

October

Established Raffles-BICT in Beijing, China - RBICT

 

1994

June

Established first college in China, Raffles-DHU in Shanghai, China - RSH

 

1992

March

Established Raffles Design Institute in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - RKL

 

1990

April

Established Raffles Design Institute in Singapore