Gujrat University

During the 1920s, Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Kasturbhai Lalbhai, Dada Saheb Mavlankar, Acharya Anandshankar B. Dhruva and other learned and public-spirited men conceived the concept of the Gujarat University. However, only after India gained independence did this university came into existence. In 1949, the state government of Gujarat passed the Gujarat University Act as per which the Gujarat University was formed as a teaching and affiliating university. This was done for decentralising and reorganising university education in the Bombay province, which existed in those days.

In the next 50 years, the following universities were formed under the jurisdiction of the Gujarat University:

• North Gujarat University
• Gujarat Agricultural University
• Gujarat Ayurveda University
• South Gujarat University
• Bhavnagar University
• Saurashtra University
• Sardar Patel University

Despite these changes, Gujarat University remains the largest university in Gujarat with the following statistics:

• Approved institutions: 24
• Recognised institutions: 15
• Colleges: 235
• Number of students undergoing higher education: more than 2 lakhs
• Post-graduate departments: 34
• Post-graduate centres: 221
• A teaching university at the post-graduate level
• An affiliating university at the under-graduate level

The Gujarat University has the responsibility of doing post-graduate instruction. Therefore, this university has direct control and supervision over the evolution of the plan of co-ordinated instruction, which is an assurance of diversified and efficient instruction. This university conducts external examinations in the Commerce faculty and the Arts faculty both at the UG and the PG levels. This introduction of external examinations was particularly to make it feasible for working students and students who were not able to afford the expenses of university education to pursue their ambition of getting education.

Due to continuous progress for 67 years, today Gujarat University is looked up to as a premier university in India. Here, the education is in one of the broadest gamut of disciplines to more than 2 lakh students.