The Residential Coaching Academy (RCA) scheme was introduced by the University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi in the year 2009 at the initiation of Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India to nourish the requirement of the aspirants among Minorities/SC/ST/ and Women for various competitive exams. Only 5 RCA’s were sanctioned by the UGC. One such academy has been established in Maulana Azad National Urdu University and named it as Civil Services Examination – Residential Coaching Academy (CSE-RCA).

The Residential Coaching Academy in Universities was established with a motto of nurturing the Under Graduate/Post Graduate level aspirants belonging to Minorities / SC / ST and Women with residential facilities during their coaching period to succeed in various competitive exams (UPSC, SPSC, RRB, SSC etc.,).

The Residential Coaching Academy established at MANUU in 2009 was focused on imparting coaching and providing counseling and guidance among the Minorities/ SC/ ST and Women. It catered to the needs of the aspirants from these segments who cannot afford qualitative coaching and counseling from private institutions. Many of these aspirants are first generation graduates in their family who could not have mentors to groom them for the various services. Further majority of them hail from remote villages and lower status of the society, who are less accessible to proper library access in addition to ICT enabled facilities and guidance services.

The RCA has a separate building with a state of the art facility in the MANUU, Hyderabad campus with audio-visual class rooms, seminar hall, centralized computer facilities, library with the access to round the clock etc.

The Library has procured around 3000 Books consists of Text and Reference books, and has also subscribed various Journals, Magazines and Newspapers (English, Telugu and Urdu) are stocked in accordance with needs of the aspirants. The Auditorium has a Public Address System and an LCD Projector and Class Rooms with air condition and other necessary furniture supported by teaching aids.