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{{Infobox university<br />
|name = Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University<br />
|image = Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University logo.png<br />
|caption = <br />
|motto = Tamaso mā jyotir gamaya(From darkness,towards light)<!--IN ENGLISH AS WELL, PLEASE--><br />
|established = 1978<br />
|chancellor = [[Governor of Gujarat]]<br />
|vice_chancellor = [[Mahipatsinh Chavda]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Vice Chancellor Desk |url=https://www.mkbhavuni.edu.in/mkbhavuniweb/vcdesk.php |website=www.mkbhavuni.edu.in |publisher=Maharaja Krushnakumarsinhji bhavnagar university |accessdate=1 October 2019}}</ref><br />
|city = [[Bhavnagar]]<br />
|country = [[Gujarat]], [[India]]<br />
|students = 225,500<br />
|type = [[Public university|Public]]<br />
|campus = [[Urban area|Urban]]<br />
|affiliations = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]<br />
|website = {{url|www.mkbhavuni.edu.in}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University''', formerly '''Bhavnagar University''' is a [[state university (India)|state university]] located in [[Bhavnagar]] city in the state of [[Gujarat]] in [[India]]. The university provides teaching and research programs in Arts, Commerce, Science, Medicine, Management, Rural Studies and Law Faculties.<br />
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107 colleges are affiliated with Bhavnagar University. University provides teaching with 22 departments, 60 Postgraduate centres, 30 Diploma course-centers and 05 recognized institutes and research centres.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mkbhavuni.edu.in/mkbhavuniweb/affiliated_college.php/|title=affiliated colleges| publisher=Bhavnagar University| accessdate=1 September 2019}}</ref><br />
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Bhavnagar was the first princely state to merge with the Union of India at the time of independence in 1947 by Maharaja Raol Shri Krishnakumar Sinhji Gohil.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bhavnagar.nic.in/history/| title=History of Bhavnagar| publisher=District Administration-NIC,GOI| accessdate=3 September 2019}}</ref> Bhavnagar University came into being on 24 May 1979. Its land-estate area is 269 acres.<br />
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==Academics==<br />
Research activities are carried out in the areas of Social Sciences, History, Nano-Technology, Marine Ecology, Intellectual Property Rights and its Management and Entrepreneurship.<br />
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The following Centres for Excellence and cells are engaged in research and consultancy services:<br />
* Remedial Coaching Centre for S.T., S.C. and Minority<br />
* Centre for Excellence in Nano-technology<br />
* Gandhian Study Centre<br />
* Ocean Science and Technology Cell for Western Coast<br />
* ICT and ELT<br />
* Entrepreneurship Development Cell<br />
* Industry Linkage Cell<br />
* Corporate Services Academy<br />
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==Departments==<br />
* Department Computer Science & Application<br />
* Department of Anthropology<br />
* Department of Bioinformatics<br />
* Department of Business Administration<br />
* Department of Chemistry<br />
* Department of Commerce<br />
* Department of Economics<br />
* Department of English<br />
* Department of Geology<br />
* Department of Gujarati<br />
* Department of Hindi<br />
* Department of History<br />
* Department of Life Sciences<br />
* Department of Marine Science<br />
* Department of Mathematics<br />
* Department of Physics<br />
* Department of Political Science<br />
* Department of Psychology<br />
* Department of Social Work<br />
* Department of Sociology<br />
* Department of Statistics<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|https://www.mkbhavuni.edu.in/mkbhavuniweb/}}<br />
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{{Universities in Gujarat}}<br />
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