Educational institutions of Gujarat

Gujarat is home to an Indian Institute of Management, located in the city of Ahmedabad. The institute has been rated as the best in Asia by Asiaweek. Its graduates work in high positions for Fortune 500 companies and other major companies throughout the world.

Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology is the first institute in India to recognise ICT as the emerging technical discipline and impart education in the same.

Gujarat also hosts an extension campus, the National Institute of Design at Gandhinagar, for the prestigious NID at Ahmedabad. Gujarat has four state agricultural Universities, namely Anand Agricultural University, Junagadh Agricultural University, Navsari Agricultural University and Saradar Krushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University engaged in Teaching, Research and Extension Education.

Nirma Institue of Technology and L.D. College of Engineering are among the premier engineering institues of west india. Centre for Environment Planning and Technology(CEPT) is a well known institution for students of art and architecture.

Gujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar
Anand Agricultural University, Anand
Saurashtra University, Rajkot
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara
Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan
Gujarat University, Ahmedabad
Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad
Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, Ahmedabad
Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar
Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh
Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari
Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar
South Gujarat University, Surat
B. K. School of Management, Ahmedabad
Centre of Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT), Ahmedabad

Gujarat also hosts some of the premier research organisations of India. Among others, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) and Ahmedabad Textile and Industries’ Research Association (ATIRA) are the most noteworthy.

Gujarat Science City [17], is a government initiative to draw more students towards education in Science, which hosts India’s first IMAX 3D Theater, An Energy Park, A Hall of Science, An Amphitheater, And Dancing Musical fountains among others.