Raiganj University, was established on 3rd February, 2015, with the establishment of Raiganj University. The Department was also in existence in the erstwhile Raiganj College (University College). At present, the Department of History has six substantive faculty members; one government approved Part-Time Teacher, one Guest Teacher and one non-teaching staff. The Department offers both Under-graduate (including Hons. and Programme Course) and Post -Graduate Courses, in three shifts viz. Morning, Day and Evening. Programme Course classes are held during the Morning shift. In the Evening shift, UG (Hons. and Programme Course) and PG Courses are offered as Self-financed Courses. As an institution of higher education per excellence, especially in research, the Department also offers M.Phil and Ph.D Courses in History. Both M.Phil and Ph.D works of the Department are chiefly pursued in the temporal area of Modern History with varied thematic treatments.
As a mark of well-designed Department, the Department of History boasts of a well-stocked Departmental Library complete with newspapers and its reading table. It also has a Smart Class Room and a separate class room fitted with audio system. It has temperature controlled, hygienic water dispenser for clean drinking water and separate hygiene facilities for students. The Department, has also been publishing, an annual peer -reviewed journal titled ‘Raiganj University Journal of History’, since 2019. The faculty members encourage the students to appear in the NET/SET Examinations and often provide necessary guidance. A number of students of this Department came out successful in such and other different competitive examinations. The Department envisions to provide holistic ideas to the students regarding the recent trends in history and scientific researches.