Govt. Zirtiri Residential Science College is a multi-faculty co-educational college with three undergraduate streams viz. Science, Home Science and Computer Science. The college is affiliated to Mizoram University and is registered under 2(f) & 12-B of the UGC Act. The college has been converted into its present form in the year 2000 from the erstwhile Government Zirtiri Women’s College (established in 1.8.1980) by amalgamating the existing Home Science Department with science faculties from other government colleges of the state. The permanent campus at Durtlang has been occupied since 2022. The college has undergone its third cycle of accreditation from NAAC and has been awarded grade A with CGPA 3.09. It has also completed its first cycle of External Academic and Administrative Audit conducted by Higher & Technical Education and has attained 71.6% with aggregate institutional points of 1074.