It is affiliated with Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Islamabad Pakistan, and with University of Punjab for graduation level.
Dr. Allah Bakhsh Malik, PhD, PAS, UNESCO Confucius Laureate and former Federal Secretary, Government of Pakistan studied here in 1976–78.
There are more than a thousand students who get admission every year in FG Sir Syed College.
The students of Sir Syed College have achieved 127 Federal Board positions since its inception.
The college was run by the Cantonment Board, Rawalpindi until its nationalization on 1 June 1975.
It is presently under the administrative control of the Federal Government Educational Institutions (Cantts/Garrisons) Directorate, GHQ, Rawalpindi.