Gujarat University: Ranking, Courses, Fees, Admission, Placements

Gujarat University Overview

Gujarat University Latest Updates

• May 9, 2022: Second semester exams at Gujarat University are likely to be rescheduled till June.
• May 1, 2022: The admission process for UG courses is open.
• April 9, 2022: The date of the entrance exam for PG physiotherapy and nursing admission is April 9.
  
• April 4, 2022: Admit card will be available for physiotherapy and nursing admission on April 4, 2022.

Gujarat University is a public state university located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. It is ranked No.1 with 5 stars by the GSIRF consecutively for the second academic year 2020-21 and has secured 43rd national rank under the NIRF rankings and 9th national rank under the ARIIA rankings. The university has four centrally-funded startup and innovation incubators, a research park for industry-academia collaboration, five centers of excellence, an Olympics standard sports city, and cutting-edge programs offered for students within the campus. It works as an affiliating university at the undergraduate level and a teaching one at the postgraduate level.

Table of Contents

• Quick Insights
• Ranking
• Courses
• Departments
• Admission
• Why Choose Gujarat University?
• Result
• Infrastructure
• Placement
• Scholarship
• Collaborations
• Alumni

Gujarat University Quick Insights

Gujarat University offers a 'Study Abroad Program,' which invites students from all over the world to learn about Indian culture, tourism, languages, journalism, and other topics. The highlights of Gujarat University, such as university type, accreditations, etc are mentioned below:

Gujarat University
Year of Establishment	1949
Type of University	Public
Accreditations	NAAC, UGC
No. of Affiliated Colleges	235
Campus Area	260 acres
Courses Offered	Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Doctorate, Diploma, PG Diploma
No. of Programs Offered	125+
Infrastructure Facilities	Library, Sports, Hostel, Utility Store Vidya Shree
Location	Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Gujarat University Ranking

Gujarat University is honoured by many national and international organizations for its outstanding performance in various disciplines. Below is an overview of Gujarat University ranking in India and achievements in the last few years by different organizations. 

• Ranked No.1 with 5 stars by the GSIRF consecutively for the second academic year 2020-21
  
• Secured 1st rank in Gujarat and 26th in India among Public State Universities by Outlook-ICARE India University Rankings in 2019
• Recipient of President's National Award for National Social Services Scheme (NSS)
• 43^rd national rank under the NIRF Rankings and 9^th national rank under the ARIIA rankings

Gujarat University Courses

Gujarat University offers courses at various levels like diploma, undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels. Additionally, there are certificate and diploma courses, MS (philosophy), and study abroad courses. Given below is a brief overview of the different courses offered by the university across various disciplines with their specializations:

Departments	Courses
School of Commerce	M.Com, PGD
School of Law	LLM
School of Business Management	MBA
Department of Computer Science	MCA

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Gujarat University Departments

Mentioned below are the departments of the Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. Every department is designed for a particular field or two and offers courses and programs in that field. Here is the list of departments that they have: 

• Education, Philosophy & Psychology
• Languages
• Science
• Social Sciences
• Commerce
• Design
• Law
• Business Management
• Journalism and Mass Communication
• Performing Arts

Gujarat University Admission

At Gujarat University, 200 + colleges are registered so admission for different courses and different streams varies according to eligibility criteria for it. The admission process for 2022 is based on the entrance exam, and scholarship test. Admission is all based on past academic merit, and if selected based on rank, they will have to appear for a personal interview for details.

Gujarat University Eligibility Criteria

Numerous courses are offered by the university, each of which has different eligibility criteria. Given below is a list of a few courses offered by the university with their eligibility criteria:

B.Sc Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates are required to qualify the 10+2 with 45 %
• The accepted exam is GUJCET
  

MBA Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates are required to qualify the 10+2 with 50%
• A valid score of 40-50% in the graduation
• The accepted exams are: CMAT, GCET, CAT

ME/ M.Tech Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates are required to qualify the graduation with a 50%
• GATE exam is the accepted exam 

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Why Choose Gujarat University?

Gujarat University is a well-known campus university in India with more than 2 to 3 lakh students, over 4,000 faculty and staff, and scattered over 235 colleges, 15 recognized institutions, and 24 approved institutions. There are 221 PG centers and 34 PG university departments. It has been awarded the President's national award for National Service Scheme (NSS) in 2019. The unique feature about Gujarat University is its ‘Study Abroad Program’. Under this program, students from across the world are invited every year since 2007, to learn about Indian culture, tourism, languages, journalism, etc. The following are the additional features of the university:

• Technology Business Incubator (TBI)
• Research Park - Gujarat University Park for Industrial Extension and Research (GU-PIER)
• Sardar Patel Sports City (SPSC) for Olympic Standard Sports Activities
• Finishing Schools for Computational Biology and Molecular Diagnostics
• Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Centre for Extension Research and Innovation (CERI)
• Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMRC)
• Centre for Post-doctoral Research (CPDR)
• Centre for Indic Studies
• Ahmedabad Heritage Park
• Jan Sikshan Sansthan

Gujarat University Result

Gujarat University's undergraduate and postgraduate courses results are recently released on its official website. The students who appeared for offline exams can also view their results from the official website. The result for undergraduate courses for the 2022 sessions like BBA, BCA, BA, B.Sc, and B.Com has been released.

Displayed below is the step-by-step process to check the Gujarat University results 2022 for various UG and PG programs:

1. Visit the Gujarat University official website
2. Click on ‘Examination’ and select ‘Result’ from the dropdown menu
3. Click on the desired result from the list
4. Enter the seat number and the correct credentials in the portal to find the results

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Gujarat University Infrastructure

Gujarat University campus area has one of the largest fully wifi-enabled campus students have hostel facilities, Libraries, sports clubs, etc well-equipped laboratories, smart classrooms, and many more. Some of the facilities offered within the campus are:

• ATM
• Hostel
• Library
• Research dept
• Indoor auditorium and playgrounds
• University Store - Utility Store Vidya Shree
• Banks
• Post Office
• Canteen

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Gujarat University Placement

Gujarat University has a placement cell that helps students in starting their careers from affiliated colleges, departments, recognized institutes at the local, national, and international levels. The placement cell leaves no stone unturned to get students settled in multinationals, government organizations, NGOs. Students have to register themselves in the placement cell and all registered students will be provided arrangements, help, and support for business/self/Social enterprise. The highest salary offered was INR 3 LPA while the lowest salary was INR 1.5 LPA. The top recruiting companies for the year 2021 were:

Zip Hire	Deloitte	Amazon
TCS	Evosys	Kotak Mahindra Bank
Zydus Group	EY	NIT Ahmedabad

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Gujarat University Scholarship

Gujarat University provides scholarships to students who perform well in academics but cannot afford the cost of education at the same time. The following are the types of scholarships offered:

• Higher Education Scheme or Fellowship Scheme
• National Scholarships
• Mukhyamantri Yuva Swavalamban Yojana

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Gujarat University Collaborations

The university has shared MoUs with a number of organizations for academic, placement, research, cultural exchange, economics, social, and skills. The following enlists some of the recent collaborations with the Gujarat University:

Organization	Objective of MoU	Date
Jio Extension	Academic extension collaboration for IAS Study Centre	09-Jul-2020
Institute of Seismological Research	Developing new knowledge-based techniques of earthquake forecasting, micro and macro zoning of various vulnerable zones.	04-Dec-2020
SVDU	Academics, Research, Faculty and students exchange, Health service	06-Nov-2020
Swarnim Gujarat Sports University, Gandhinagar	Exchange activities of students, faculty, research.	17-Dec-2020
IIMT, Studies	To design, develop & deliver industry-oriented professional certification programs for the students and working professionals	01-Dec-2021
RUSA	To facilitate various methods of assessment	22-Jan-2021
BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha	For Integrated Personality Development Course	18-Feb-2021
BVG Life Science Limited	Jointly discuss herbal and biological LEDs for validation.	02-Mar-2021
ICARE	To Increase the use of digital solutions for verification and authentication of student's documents	12-Apr-2021
o2h Discovery Pvt Ltd.	Create an ecosystem that stimulates innovation/novel ideas	01-Jun-2021

Gujarat University Alumni

The university has an alumni network of placed alumni. The vast network of alumni of the university is working all over India and abroad in reputed multinational corporations. Since 1949, Gujarat University is spread worldwide through its talents. The alumni network helps the students currently studying at the university by guiding them throughout their studies. All the alumni are well settled and are doing great in their careers.

Notable Alumni	Profession
Shri Narendra Modi	Honorable Prime Minister
Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan	Indian Space Scientist
Shri Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi	26th Chief Justice of India
Shri Amit Shah	President of BJP
Shri Pankaj Patel	Chairman and Managing director of Cadila Healthcare
Dr. Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi	Padma Shri, Renowned Indian Neurologist
Shri Sudhir Mehta	Torrent Group
Shri Pranav Mistry	Global Vice President of Research at Samsung
Shri Kumarpal Desai	Padma Shri, Author, Critic, Columnist, and Translator