Gujarat University Highlights

Highlights of the University

§          Oldest and biggest university of the State

§          Most preferred university among students for professional courses

§          Regular and timely conduct of Academic Programs

§          Timely conduct of examinations and declaration of results

§          Internal and external evaluation

§          Highly co-operative staff

§          Culture of academic autonomy to faculty members

§          Introduce market oriented courses

§          Participation of students in decision making

§          Highest enrolment of students in the undergraduate and post graduate courses in the State.

§          External programs are extremely popular in spite of two open universities in the State/City.

§          Administration and management of the university with a lean staff, therefore higherproductivity per employee.

§          Timely and transparent election to power bodies.

§          Well placed alumni all over the globe.

§            Socially sensitive institution.

§            Facility of  Central Consumer  Co-op. Store within university building which works as a sales counter for various forms & stationery to students and provision goods to employees of the university. It also has a facility of photocopying for students.

§           Banking and Postal facility available at university campus.

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An Overview Of GUJARAT UNIVERSITY From Establishment

An Overview

                       

1	University Established	23rd November, 1949
2	University Head Quarter	Ahmedabad
3	Land-estate of the University	Acres 260
4	No. of Affiliated Colleges (2005-2006)	250
5	No. of Recognised Institutions (2004-2005)	15
6	No. of Approved Institutions (2005-2006)	24
7	No. of Examinations held in March/April 2004	230
8	No. of Examinations held in October/November 2004	205
9	No.of Students appeared in March/April 2004 Examination	2,27,812
10	No. of Students appeared in October/November 2004 Examination	36,718
11	No. of University P. G. Depts. (2004-2005)	34
12	No. of University P. G. Centres (Subjectwise) (2004-2005)	221
13	Total No. of University Teachers (P. G. Depts.) (As on 14-6-2005)	205
14	Total No. of Non-Teaching Staff in the University (As on 14-6-2005)	718
15	No. of fresh students enrolled at Under-graduate level (2004-2005)	70,966
16	No. of external students Appeared at U.G. level (April-2004)	5,085

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The Gujarat University - History

The Gujarat University 

The Gujarat University was conceived in the nineteen twenties in the minds of public-spirited and learned men like Gandhiji, Sardar Patel, Acharya Anandshankar B. Dhruva, Dada Saheb Mavlankar, and Kasturbhai Lalbhai. The University was set up after independence for India. In 1949, the University was incorporated under the Gujarat University Act of the State Government ‘as a teaching and affiliating University.’ This was done as a measure of decentralisation and reorganization of University education in the then Province of Bombay. During the course of its life, the University has seen the establishment of more Universities which were carved out of the jurisdiction of the Gujarat University, viz., Sardar Patel University, Saurashtra University, Bhavnagar University, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Gujarat Ayurveda University, Krantiguru Shyamji Krishna Verma Kachchh University, Navsari Agricultural University, Junagadh Agricultural University, Anand Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Dharmsinh Desai University, Nirma University of Science & Technology, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University and Gujarat Technological University, Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Ganpat University, Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya, Pandit Dindayal Petroleum University, Ahmedabad University ICFAI University and Navrachana University. Even then, the Gujarat University is the largest university in the state catering to the educational needs of more than 200,000 students scattered over more than 235 colleges, 15 recognised institutions and 24 approved institutions. There are more than 34 Post-Graduate University departments and 221 P.G. Centres. Gujarat University is an affiliating University at the under-graduate level, while it is a teaching one at the post-graduate level. Indeed, the responsibility for post-graduate instruction has been statutorily given to the University, and accordingly it has evolved a plan of coordinated instruction under the direct control and supervision of the University so as to ensure efficient and diversified instruction. An important feature of this University is the system of external examinations in the Faculties of Arts and Commerce, both and under-graduate and post-graduate levels. The external examinations were introduced with a view to enabling working students and the others who could not afford the high cost of university education to realize their dream. Gujarat University has developed phenomenally since its inception to be recognized as a premier University in the country today. It provides education in one of the widest range of disciplines to more than about 200,000 students.

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