Foundation Stone of Cadet College Kohat was laid by Governor West Pakistan, Malik Amir Muhammad Khan on 19 April 1964.

Lt Col (Retd) Faizullah Khan Khattak was the founder Principal of this premier residential academic institution.

Although the College does not prepare cadets purely for military career, yet in 1971 out of 107 cadets, 95 were selected for Commission in Defence Forces-a record percentage of success achieved by any single educational institution in the country.

However, a large number of cadets also opt for professions such as medical, engineering, business management and civil services etc.

Ever since its inception, the College has displayed outstanding results in SSC and HSSC Board Examinations.

Under the supervision of a qualified Librarian, the library is providing services to 542 Cadets and 230 College employees.

Similarly to provide the latest information and to improve the English language of the Cadets, English & Urdu magazines, Journals, Digests, Newspapers etc., of National and International level have also been subscribed for the library.

An audio-visual library has been set up with the latest equipment to acquaint the cadets with modern techniques of learning.

Dr Rizwan Khan is currently the senior medical officer of College Hospital.