Government Degree College Ramkote was Established in the year 2011 vide Govt. Order No 264-Hr. Edu. of 2011 dated 29-06-2011 under centrally sponsored scheme in the Educationally Backward Districts. The Foundation stome was laid by Ch. Lal Singh (Ex Minister of Forest & Wildlife). Initially the college started functioning in the makeshift campus at the Government Higher Secondary School Ramkote in 2012, with first batch of students having strength of 65. The College and Ramkote area was under the Tehsil Basohli.
In 2014, Ramkote got the Tehsil Status. The college shifted from Higher Secondary School Ramkote to its present campus on October 17, 2017, when Ex Minister, Principal, Staff and students moved on foot toward the present campus.Presently the college falls in Panchayat B of Tehsil Ramkote adjacent to Dhar Road near Forest Department.