[3] Since establishment, the group has grown to provide a full spectrum of education services through a vast network of 16 educational institute across 9 countries in Asia Pacific and Europe: Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, and the People's Republic of China.

In 2004, Raffles Design Institute received the Singapore Quality Class Award for Private Education Organizations, ensuring that all courses were registered with the appropriate bodies.

Raffles' partner in its Indian Joint Venture, Educomp Solutions Ltd., was reported to be struggling financially, and divesting from many subsidiaries.

[10] In 2013, Raffles Education Corp signed agreements to establish a university in Negombo (Sri Lanka), and three colleges in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Batam and Medan (Indonesia).

In October 2016, Raffles Design Institute shut down its Indian campus in Koramangala, Bungalore without warning, leaving over 160 students stranded with their education.

[17] In 2019, the chairman was taken to court by the second largest shareholder on allegations that the former had renegaded on an agreement to buy back the latter’s shares at a specific price.

[19] This resulted in the arrest of five Raffles Education directors,[20] including its chairman and CEO, in February 2022 after investigations by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Commercial Affairs Department,[21] on charges related to the Affin Bank loan.

[28] In June 2022, directors of the company were issued a summons by a Delhi court for alleged "extortion, theft, forgery, as well as 'threats' or 'intimidation'" against a former partner in India.