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{{Short description|University in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India}}
{{Distinguish|University of Gujrat}}
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| native_name = ગુજરાત યુનિવર્સિટી
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| motto = {{Motto|योग: कर्मसु कौशलम्|sa}}
| mottoeng = Excellence in action is Yog
| established = {{start date and age|23 November 1949}}
| type = [[Public university|Public]]
| chancellor = [[Governor of Gujarat]]
| vice_chancellor = Dr. Neerja A. Gupta
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The '''Gujarat University''' is a [[Public university|public]] [[State university (India)|state university]] located at [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. The university is an [[affiliating university]] at the under-graduate level and a teaching university at the post graduate level. It is accredited A+ by [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council|NAAC]].<ref>{{cite web|title=List Of Institutions Accredited By Naac (2nd And Subsequent Cycle) (On 24th September 2014) Universities|url=http://naac.gov.in/docs/Result%20RAR-24-SEPT-2014.pdf|website=naac.gov.in|access-date=9 November 2015}}</ref> It was established on 23 November 1949.

==History==
Many leaders like [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Sardar Patel]], [[Anandshankar Dhruv]], [[Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar]] and [[Kasturbhai Lalbhai]] recommended formation of the university in the 1920s, and the university was established soon after the [[Indian independence movement|independence of India]].<ref name="guob">{{cite web | url=http://gujaratuniversity.ac.in/web/page/history | title=Brief History | publisher=Gujarat University Official Website | access-date=9 January 2013}}</ref> Gujarat University was evolved out of [[Ahmedabad Education Society]], a major educational organisation of Gujarat then.<ref name=g>{{cite book|title=Gandhinagar: Building National Identity in Postcolonial India|year=2004|page=53|isbn=9781570035449|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RVhNO2MwOCAC&pg=PA53|author=Ravi Kalia|publisher=Univ of South Carolina Press }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Mehta|first1=Kapilray M.|title=Ahmedabad, 1958|date=3 May 2010|publisher=Gujarat Publishers, 1959|pages=233|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_AouAQAAIAAJ}}</ref>

Gujarat University was formed under the Gujarat University Act of the [[Government of Gujarat]] in 1949 as a teaching and affiliating university. It was established under the recommendation of a committee headed by Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar for rearrangement of university education in [[Bombay State]].<ref name=hun>{{cite book|last1=Kumar|first1=compiled by Ameeta Gupta; Ashish|title=Handbook of universities : includes universities, deemed universities, colleges, private universities and prominent educational and research institutions|date=29 October 2008|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distributors|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-8126906086|pages=472|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bFucAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> Many universities were established later which resulted in decrease in jurisdiction of Gujarat University.<ref name="guob"/>

It is an affiliating university at the under-graduate level and a teaching one at the post-graduate level. Close to 300,000 students study at university in the courses, faculties and affiliated institutes. The university caters for external as well as enrolled students. Affiliates include 285 colleges, 35 approved institutions and 20 recognised institutions, as of 2014. Gujarat University Ranks 1st in Gujarat and 26th in India for the Category: "Public State Universities" under the prestigious Outlook-ICare India University Ranking 2019.<ref name=":3">{{cite web|title=Affiliated Colleges & Recognised Institutions Part (A) Colleges|url=http://gujaratuniversity.ac.in/web/data/pdfs/static/08082017_Gujarat_University_Affiliated_Colleges_List%20(2017).pdf|website=gujaratuniversity.ac.in|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref>
[[File:Gujarat University Tower Building.jpg|thumb|Gujarat University Tower Building]]
Organisation of the university is based on the Gujarat University Act, 1949.<ref name="guoc">{{cite web | url=http://gujaratuniversity.ac.in/web/page/overview | title=Organization of Gujarat University | publisher=Gujarat University | access-date=19 August 2017 | archive-date=17 October 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017100135/http://www.gujaratuniversity.ac.in/web/page/overview | url-status=dead }}</ref>

In March 2023, Gujarat University was at the center of a controversy following a clash at one of its hostels during a religious observance that resulted in injuries to several students, including those from abroad.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-18 |title=Ahmedabad police arrest 3 more in Gujarat University foreign students' assault case |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/police-arrest-gujarat-university-foreign-students-assault-case-9220511/ |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-20 |title=Attack on foreign students: Gambian delegation visits Gujarat University |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/attack-on-foreign-students-gambian-delegation-visits-gujarat-university-101710903217304.html |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-17 |title=Mob targets Gujarat University's foreign students during namaz, 5 injured |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/foreign-students-attacked-ramzan-prayers-gujarat-university-9218993/ |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bajpai |first=Shailaja |date=2024-03-21 |title=Gujarat University violence—Indian news channels focus on 'slap'; BBC, Al Jazeera on 'namaz' |url=https://theprint.in/opinion/telescope/gujarat-university-violence-indian-news-channels-focus-on-slap-bbc-al-jazeera-on-namaz/2009213/ |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Campus==
The campus of the university, located in the [[Navarangpura]] area of [[Ahmedabad]], is spread over {{convert|300|acre|km2}}. Affiliated colleges and institutes are spread across the [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gandhinagar]], [[Kheda district]] (excluding the limits of [[Vallabh Vidyanagar]] in [[Anand, Gujarat|Anand]] Taluka and the area with a radius of {{convert|5|mi|km}} from the office of [[Sardar Patel University]]).

The main tower building of the university was designed by [[Atmaram Gajjar]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=2016-08-28 |title=Creative tale of Amdavad's iconic buildings |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/tale-of-amdavads-iconic-buildings/articleshow/53826775.cms |access-date=2023-05-17 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last1=Lang |first1=Jon T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0iwkAgAACAAJ |title=Architecture & Independence: The Search for Identity – India 1880 to 1980 |last2=Desai |first2=Madhavi |last3=Desai |first3=Miki |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-19-565247-5 |location=Delhi |pages=145, 174, 197 |language=}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{cite book |last=Frenger |first=Marion |url=https://www.degruyter.com/database/AKL/entry/_40458378/html |title=Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon - Internationale Künstlerdatenbank – Online |publisher=[[De Gruyter]] |others=K. G. Saur (2021) |year=2005 |editor=Andreas Beyer, Bénédicte Savoy and Wolf Tegethoff |edition=Online |volume=XLVII |place=Berlin, New York |pages=341 |language=de |chapter=Gajjar, Atmaram Mancharam |access-date=2023-05-17}}</ref>

==Academics==
===Rankings===
{{Infobox India university ranking
|NIRF_O_2024=94|NIRF_U_2024=76}}
* The [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) ranked Gujarat University 60th overall in India<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nirfindia.org/2020/OverallRanking.html | title=MoE, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) | access-date=27 July 2023 | archive-date=13 August 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813035901/https://www.nirfindia.org/2020/OverallRanking.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> and 44th among universities in 2020<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nirfindia.org/2020/UniversityRanking.html | title=MoE, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) | access-date=27 July 2023 | archive-date=28 June 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628054704/https://www.nirfindia.org/2020/UniversityRanking.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* The [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) ranked Gujarat University 62nd overall in India<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nirfindia.org/2021/OverallRanking.html | title=MoE, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) | access-date=27 July 2023 | archive-date=9 September 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909140852/https://www.nirfindia.org/2021/OverallRanking.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> and 43rd among universities<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nirfindia.org/2021/UniversityRanking.html | title=MoE, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) | access-date=27 July 2023 | archive-date=9 September 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909133741/https://www.nirfindia.org/2021/UniversityRanking.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> in 2021.
* The [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) ranked Gujarat University 73rd overall in India<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nirfindia.org/2022/OverallRanking.html | title=MoE, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) | access-date=27 July 2023 | archive-date=20 August 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820073138/https://www.nirfindia.org/2022/OverallRanking.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> and 58th among universities<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nirfindia.org/2022/UniversityRanking.html | title=MoE, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) | access-date=27 July 2023 | archive-date=12 November 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112070520/https://www.nirfindia.org/2022/UniversityRanking.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> in 2022.
* The [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) ranked Gujarat University 94th overall in India and 76th among universities in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 NIRF Ranking |url=https://www.nirfindia.org/nirfpdfcdn/2024/pdf/Report/IR2024_Report.pdf}}</ref>

===Awards===
Gujarat University has received the University Level National Service Scheme Award (2016–17) by [[President of India]] [[Ram Nath Kovind]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuliGEduzFY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/xuliGEduzFY |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Gujarat University receives NSS Award {{!}} YouTube|website=[[YouTube]] |date=23 December 2017 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
[[File:NSS 2016-17 Trophy 1.jpg|thumb|NSS Awards (2016–17)]]

==Student life==
In March 2012, the university started a campus radio service named GURU on 90.8 MHz, which was first kind of it in the state of [[Gujarat]] and fifth in [[India]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Ahmed|first=Syed Khalique|title=GU launches first campus FM radio station in state, fifth in country|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/gu-launches-first-campus-fm-radio-station-in-state-fifth-in-country/930856/1|access-date=6 October 2012|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=31 March 2012}}</ref>

== B.K. School of Business Management ==
The B. K. School of Business Management is a [[Business school|business school]] 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 students and those who could not afford the higher fees at other schools. The school offers two-year full-time and three-year part-time [[MBA]] programs for working executives. It is approved by the [[All India Council for Technical Education]] and part of B+ [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]] accreditation. The school receives a grant from the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] (UGC), and runs an Industry Institute Partnership cell under the UGC umbrella.

The school started a [[port management]] program to cater needs of expanding international business and privatisation of ports in Gujarat.

The school offers two year full-time MBA program and three year MBA part-time program (i.e. evening program for working executives) and offers specialization in finance, marketing and human resources. The school also offer post graduate diploma program in port management and diplomas in finance, human resources, and marketing and advertisement. The school updates courses in response to the demands of industry{{citation needed|date=January 2013}} and offers placement assistance for graduating students.

==Notable alumni and faculties==
*[[Amit Shah]], [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Union Minister of Home Affairs]]
* [[Gautam Adani]], founder of [[Adani Group]] (dropped out)
* [[Pranav Mistry]], [[Computer Scientist]]
* [[Pankaj Patel]], chairman of [[Zydus Lifesciences|Zydus]]
* [[Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan]], Space Scientist for [[ISRO]]
*[[Hasmukh Adhia]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]], [[Secretary to Government of India|Revenue Secretary]] of [[Government of India|India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://supremo.nic.in/ERSheetHtml.aspx?OffIDErhtml=14275&PageId=|title=Dr. Hasmukh Adhia – Executive Record sheet|website=Department of Personnel and Training, [[Government of India]]|access-date=15 August 2017}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/business/economy/phd-in-yoga-iim-a-gold-medallist-all-about-hasmukh-adhia-indias-new-financial-services-secy-1995383.html|title=PhD in Yoga, IIM-A gold medallist: All about Hasmukh Adhia, India's new financial services secy|date=5 November 2014|website=Firstpost|access-date=15 August 2017}}</ref>
* [[Kumarpal Desai]], Author
*[[Komal Shah (art collector)|Komal Shah]], Indian-born American art collector
*Michael Dabhi , Indian Politician

==See also==
* [[Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University]]
* [[List of educational institutions of Gujarat]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website}}

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