Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

has both private and public universities, many of which are supported by the

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and the state government -

Government of Gujarat The Government of Gujarat, also known as Gujarat Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Gujarat and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive of the legislators appointed by the Governor of Gujarat, a judiciary ...

. Apart from these there are private universities supported by various bodies and societies. Here is a list of

research Research is "creativity, creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular att ...

organisations and

educational Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Vari ...

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s of

Universities

There are a total of 30 universities in Gujarat as of 4 February 2012. In

there are one central university, eighteen state universities, two deemed universities and nine private universities.

Central Universities

Institute of National Importance

State Universities

Deemed

Private

Commerce, Management and technology

A. D. Patel Institute of Technology The A. D. Patel Institute of Technology (ADIT) is a degree engineering college established by in 2000 in affiliation with Gujarat Technological University under the management of Charutar Vidhya Mandal (CVM). The college has a campus developed ...

Vallabh Vidyanagar Vallabh Vidyanagar, also known as V.V.Nagar, is a town and a municipality in Anand district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is located between Ahmedabad and Vadodara, from the town of Anand. V.V.Nagar is renowned as an educational hub of Guj ...

*Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management,

Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...

B.K. School of Business Management The B. K. School of Business Management is a business schools in the state of Gujarat. It is a postgraduate department of Gujarat University situated in Gujarat University Campus, Ahmedabad. The school was started in 1976, to serve local stude ...

, Ahmedabad *

Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalaya Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya (BVM) is a grant-aided engineering institution located in the educational town of Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India. It is affiliated to Gujarat Technological University and became an autonomous institution in Au ...

, Anand *

C K Pithawala College of Engineering and Technology The C K Pithawala College of Engineering and Technology (CKPCET) in Surat, Gujarat, India, is an engineering college Opened by Chhotubhai Pithawalla and Inaugurated by pramukh Swami Maharaj (BAPS), currently affiliated to GTU ( Gujarat Technica ...

, Surat *

C. U. Shah College of Engineering and Technology, Surendranagar The C.U.Shah College of Engineering and Technology, now known as the C.U.Shah University, is located in Surendranagar, Gujarat. This institute was established in September 1997. The C.U.Shah College of Engineering and Technology, also known as ...

Dr. Jivraj Mehta Institute of Technology, Anand Dr. Jivraj Mehta Institute of Technology (DJMIT) is an engineering institute located in Anand, Gujarat, India. It is named after the first Chief Minister of Gujarat Jivraj Narayan Mehta. It was established in July 2010. It is located near Anand - ...

* G H Patel College Of Engineering & Technology,

Government Engineering College, Bhavnagar Government Engineering College Bhavnagar is a state-governed educational institution of Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. Recognized by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), it offers multi-discipline undergraduate programmes in engi ...

Government Engineering College, Dahod The Government Engineering College, Dahod (GECD or GEC Dahod) is one of the 18 Government Engineering Colleges in Gujarat. It was established in 2004. It specializes in the fields of engineering and technology. The institute is recognized by the ...

* Government Engineering College,

Gandhinagar Gandhinagar (, ) is the capital of the state of Gujarat in India. Gandhinagar is located approximately 23 km north of Ahmedabad, on the west central point of the Industrial corridor between Delhi, the political capital of India, and Mu ...

Government Engineering College, Patan Government Engineering College, Patan (GEC Patan) is an AICTE approved post-secondary engineering college located in Katpur village near Patan, Gujarat, India. It was founded in April 2004, and was moved to Katpur in August 2008. History Gover ...

Government Engineering College, Bhuj The Government Engineering College, Bhuj (GECB) is an AICTE-accredited engineering College in Bhuj, Gujarat, India. It is affiliated with Gujarat Technological University Gujarat Technological University (International Innovative University), ...

Hasmukh Goswami College of Engineering Hasmukh Goswami College of Engineering (HGCE) is a private degree engineering and degree management college located near Vahelal village, district Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, India. The college is affiliated to the GTU and all of the courses ar ...

International Institute of Management and Technical Studies International Institute of Management and Technical Studies (IIMT STUDIES) is an Indian-based educational outfit offering e-learning and distance education to working professionals. History International Institute of Management and Technical St ...

, Ahmedabad *

K.S. School of Business Management The Gujarat University is a public state university located at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The university is an affiliating university at the under-graduate level and a teaching university at the postgraduate level. It is accredited B++ by ...

, Ahmedabad *

Karnavati University Karnavati University (KU) is a private university located in Uvarsad, near Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. The University was established in 2017 by the Karnavati Medical and Educational Trust through ''The Gujarat Private Universities (Amendment) ...

, Ahmedabad * Shri Labhubhai Trivedi Institute of Engineering & Technology, Rajkot * L.J. Institute of Engineering & Technology, Ahmedabad *

L. J. Institute of Management Studies L. J. Institute of Management Studies (LJMS) is a private (non-profit) management institute located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Institute is approved by All India Council for Technical Education and is the part of L.J. Group of Institutes man ...

, Ahmedabad *

Lalbhai Dalpatbhai College of Engineering Lalbhai Dalpatbhai College of Engineering (LDCE or LD), is a state college located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. History The institute was established in 1948 with a donation of Rs. 25 lacs and of land by the textile magnate Kasturbhai Lalbha ...

, Ahmedabad *

LDRP Institute of Technology and Research LDRP Institute of Technology and Research in Gandhinagar was established in 2006. It was established as an institute of technical education imparting undergraduate and postgraduate education. It offers BE, MBA and MCA programs and facilities. Th ...

* Lukhdhirji Engineering College,

Morbi Morbi or Morvi is a city in the Morbi district in the state of Gujarat, India. It is situated on the Kathiawar peninsula. , the city's population was determined to be 194,947. The city is on the Machhu River, from the sea and from Rajkot. Hi ...

Narnarayan Shastri Institute of Technology Narnarayan Shastri Institute of Technology is an engineering college in the town of Jetalpur very near to the city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The academic program of Narnarayan Shastri Institute of Technology is approved by the All Indi ...

National Institute of Mass Communication and Journalism NIMCJ, formerly National Institute of Mass Communications and Journalism, Ahmedabad is a higher education institute for Mass Communication in India. It was established by Vishwa Samvad Education Foundation in 2007. It is located at Bodakdev, S ...

- NIMCJ,

Parul Institute of Engineering and Technology Parul University is a private university in Vadodara, Gujarat, India. It was established in 2009 as the Parul Group of Institutes, and was given university status in 2015. Recognition Parul University is recognized by University Grants Commi ...

Vadodara Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capital ...

* PDM College of Commerce,

Rajkot Rajkot () is the fourth-largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat after Ahmedabad, Vadodara, and Surat, and is in the centre of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Rajkot is the 35th-largest metropolitan area in India, with a population of ...

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology, Vasad, or SVIT, is a private technical institute located on the bank of the Mahi River, Gujarat, India. It offers undergraduate and graduate-level technical education. It also organizes many eve ...

Vasad Vasad is a town in the Anand District of Gujarat, India. It is located on the bank of the Mahi River, Mahi. It was formerly known as Vasudhanagari, is situated on the north bank of the Mahi River, Mahi and serves as a gateway to the Kheda distric ...

* Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology, Surat *

Shantilal Shah Engineering College Shantilal Shah Engineering College is approved by and affiliated to the Gujarat Technological University. It is accredited by All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi and Government of Gujarat The Government of Gujarat, also know ...

, Sidsar,

Bhavnagar Bhavnagar is a city in the Bhavnagar district of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, a States of India, state of India. It was founded in 1723 by Gohil Koli, Bhavsinhji Takhtasinhji Gohil (1703–1764). It was the capital of Bhavnagar State, whi ...

* Silver Oak College of Engineering and Technology, Ahmedabad * St. Kabir Institute of Professional Studies, Ahmedabad * St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad * Times Business School, Bodakdev,

U. V. Patel College of Engineering Ganpat University - U. V. Patel College of Engineering (GUNI-UVPCE) is an Institute situated inside Ganpat University campus at Ganpat Vidyanagar, Kherva, Mehsana in the state of Gujarat, India. UVPCE, which was named in honor of Gujarat indus ...

Mehsana Mehsana (), also spelled Mahesana, is a city and municipality in Mehsana district, in the Indian state of Gujarat. Established in 14th century, the city was under Gaekwads of Baroda State from 18th century to the independence of India in 1947 ...

Unitedworld School of Business Karnavati University (KU) is a Private university (India), private university located in Uvarsad, near Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. The University was established in 2017 by the Karnavati Medical and Educational Trust through ''The Gujarat Priva ...

, Ahmedabad *Vishwakarma Government Engineering College, Gandhinagar

Medical colleges

* AMC MET Medical College, Ahmedabad * Banas Medical College & research Institute, Palanpur *

B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad B. J. Medical College (BJMC) is a public medical college situated in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It is affiliated to the Gujarat University and Ahmedabad Civil Hospital. History Ahmedabad Medical School affiliated with Ahmedabad Civil Hospit ...

Baroda Medical College Baroda Medical College is a medical educational institution for undergraduate and postgraduate medical studies that comes under the Faculty of Medicine of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. It is located in the Raopura area at Vadodar ...

, Vadodara * C.U. Shah Medical College, Surendranagar * Dr Kiran C Patel Medical College & Research Institute, Bharuch * Dr. M.K. Shah Medical College & Research Centre, Ahmedabad * Dr. N.D. Desai Faculty of Medical Science and Research, Nadiad * GCS Medical College and Research Center, Ahmedabad * Government Medical College, Bhavnagar * Government Medical College, Surat * GMERS Medical College, Sola, Ahmedabad * GMERS Medical College, Gotri, Vadodara * GMERS Medical College, Gandhinagar * GMERS Medical College, Dharpur, Patan * GMERS Medical College, Valsad * GMERS Medical College, Junagadh * GMERS Medical College, Himmatnagar * GMERS Medical College, Vadnagar * Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhuj *

M. P. Shah Medical College Shri M. P. Shah Government Medical College (also known as M. P. Shah Medical College) is a public medical college in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India. It is associated with the Guru Gobindsingh Hospitals, the second largest hospital complex in the ...

Jamnagar Jamnagar () is a city located on the western coast of India in the state of Gujarat of Saurashtra (region), Saurashtra region. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jamnagar district and the fifth largest city in Gujarat. The city lies ...

* Nootan Medical College and Research Centre, Visnagar *

Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Medical College Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Government Medical College, located in Rajkot city of Gujarat state, India, is one of a few handful government run medical colleges of the state, working in association with the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Government Medi ...

* Parul Institute of Medical Science and Research, Limda, Waghodiya, Vadodara * Pramukh Swami Medical College, Karamsad * Shantabaa Medical College, Amreli *

Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad Nathiba Hargovandas Lakhmichand (NHL) Municipal Medical College (NHLMMC), is a Municipal Medical College located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India affiliated with the Gujarat University. The Medical College was established by the Ahmedabad Municip ...

Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education and Research Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education and Research (SMIMER) is a medical college and teaching hospital in Surat, Gujarat, India, which is the fourth-fastest-growing city in the world. It was established in 2000 and has been affiliated ...

* Zydus Medical Collage and Hospital, Dahod

Autonomous institutes

Research organizations

Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association The Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association (commonly known as ATIRA) is an autonomous non-profit association for textile research located in the Navarangpura area of Ahmedabad, India. It is the largest association for textile resear ...

* Bhaskaracharya Institute For Space Applications and Geo-Informatics,

Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (formerly Central Salt Research Institute) is a constituent laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India. The institute was inaugurated by Jawahar Lal Nehru on ...

* Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar *

Physical Research Laboratory The Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) is a National Research Institute for space and allied sciences, supported mainly by Department of Space, Government of India. This research laboratory has ongoing research programmes in astronomy and astrop ...

, Ahmedabad

References

External links

Department of Education, Government of India

Education Department, Government of Gujarat

Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board
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Universities

Central Universities

Institute of National Importance

State Universities

Deemed

Private

Commerce, Management and technology

Medical colleges

Autonomous institutes

Research organizations

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