It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, including PhD programs in Botany, Chemistry, Physics, and Zoology.

[4] Ruparel College has been visited by several historical figures, including Indira Gandhi, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (former President of India), P.C.

Several faculty members are engaged in research in economics, English, philosophy, psychology, chemistry, botany, physics, mathematics, and zoology.

[5] Ruparel attracted attention when it began producing a string of merit list winners beginning in the early 1980s.

[5] In January 2011, it initiated the 'Chai and Why' sessions in association with the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai on the lines of Café Scientifique in order to make science interesting and accessible to the general public.