Sardar Patel University (SPU) is a university in Gujarat, India. It is named after Vallabhbhai Patel, and was founded in December 1955 by an Act of the Legislative Assembly of the then-Bombay Province and was UGC recognized under 2(f) of the UGC Act in October 1968. Originally it had the status of a rural university but now it has diversified with the motto of "Excellence Matters". The university is the first among all the universities in Gujarat to volunteer for the accreditation in 2000. Sardar Patel University is listed among Top 30 Universities in India.
The Sardar Patel University was dream of Shri Bhaikaka.Bhaikaka was thus at the peak of his career as an Engineer when he sought premature retirement from Government Service in 1940 at the behest of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and joined Ahmedabad Municipality as Chief Engineer. This was the time when his mentor, Sardar Patel began to visualise what a soon-to-be independent India would require, and advised him to give up all this and help him in transforming Charotar into the focal point of India by serving the rural countryside so as to control migration of people from villages to towns in search of education, employment and healthcare. Bhaikaka resigned from this office too in 1942 at the behest of Sardar Patel, and was appointed as Chairman of Charotar Education Society in Anand, a few years before moving on to what we now know as the township of Vallabh Vidyanagar on 3 March 1946, but not before registering Charutar Vidya Mandal as a Charitable Education Trust on 10 August 1945. What was once a wilderness at the tri-junction of Karamsad, Bakrol and Anand thus became Vallabh Vidyanagar, and the ‘Vallabh’ was prefixed to ‘Vidyanagar’ in recognition of Sardar’s advice to work for rural uplift. Containing migration required that the reasons for migration be addressed, and Bhaikaka began to work on a plan together with Shri Bhikhabhai Patel, a dedicated and farsighted educationist, who shared Bhaikaka’s vision.
Anand-Vidyanagar is on the Vadodara-Ahmedabad line of the Western Railway in the heart of Anand District of Gujarat.It is well connected with the rest of the country by railway network and roads.It is flanked by the two major airports of Gujarat:Sardar Patel International Airport at Ahmedabad and the Vadodara Airport,Vadodara.Vidyanagar is considered as Gujarat education hub.Vidyanagar is also known for student friendly environment and student diversity.
Departments and affiliated colleges
Department of Bio-SciencesDepartment of Business StudiesDepartment of Business ManagementDepartment of ChemistryDepartment of Computer Science and TechnologyDepartment of EconomicsDepartment of EducationDepartment of ElectronicsDepartment of EnglishDepartment of GujaratiDepartment of HindiDepartment of HistoryDepartment of Home ScienceDepartment of Library & Information ScienceDepartment of Materials ScienceDepartment of MathematicsDepartment of Media StudiesDepartment of Pharmaceutical SciencesDepartment of PhysicsDepartment of Political ScienceDepartment of PsychologyDepartment of SanskritDepartment of Social Work (MSW)Department of SociologyDepartment of StatisticsUniversity Science Instrumentation Center (USIC)Anand Arts College,AnandAnand Institute of P.G. Studies in Arts,AnandH.M. Patel Institute of English Training & Research,Vallabh VidyanagarInstitute Of Language Studies & Applied Social Sciences(ILSASS),Vallabh VidyanagarInstitute of Studies & Research in Renewal Energy,Vallabh VidyanagarNalini Arvind & T.V. Patel Arts College,Vallabh VidyanagarN.S. Patel Arts College,AnandPaionner Arts College,AnandShri Bhaikhabhai Patel Arts College,AnandShri Bhikhbhai Patel Institute of PG Studies in Research and Humanities, AnandShree J.M. Patel Arts College,AnandD C Patel School Of Architecture(APIED),Vallabh VidyanagarShantaben Manubhai Patel Institute of Architecture & Interior Design,New Vallabh VidyanagarAnand Mercantile college of science,management & computer technology, (AMCOST), AnandAIMS College Of Management And Technology, BakrolAnand Commerce College, AnandAnand Institute of Business Studies(AIBS), AnandB.J. Vanijya Mahavidyalay(BJVM), AnandC.P. Patel and H.F. Shah Commerce College, AnandC.Z. Patel College Of Business & Management, New Vallabh VidyanagarShri D N Patel Institute of P.G. Studies Commerce,AnandShri D N Institute of Business Administration,AnandGordhandas Jamnadas Patel College of Management & Technology,Vallabh VidyanagarJivkaran Group Of Institute,Vallabh VidyanagarSant Stifan Institute of Business Management & Technology,AnandSardar Gunj Mercantile Co-operative(Anand) English Medium College Of Commerce & Management,Vallabh VidyanagarSardar Patel College of Administration & Management,AnandShri P.M. Patel Institute of Business Administration,AnandShri V.Z. Patel Commerce College,AnandTakshishila College of Management & Technology,BakrolAnand Education College,AnandChristian College of Education,AnandM.B. Patel College of Education,AnandN.H. Patel College of Education,AnandWaymade College Of Education,AnandI J Patel B.Ed College, MogriI J Patel M.Ed Course, MogriIPCowala Santram College of Fine Arts,Vallabh VidyanagarKala Kendra College of Music and Dance,Vallabh VidyanagarRama Manubhai Desai College Of Music And Dance,AnandCVM College of Fine Arts,Vallabh VidyanagarS.M. Patel College of Home Science,Vallabh VidyanagarSmt. Kamlaben P. Patel College of Home Science,AnandAnand Law College,AnandP.M. Patel College Of Law And Human Rights,AnandR N Ipcowala School of Law & Justice,Vallabh VidyanagarMedical and Paramedical
Anand Homeopathic Medical College & Research Institute,AnandG.H. Patel School of Nursing,AnandK. M. Patel College of Physiotherapy,KaramsadInstitute of Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology,AnandPramukhswami Medical College,KaramsadShree Dr. V.H. Dave Homeopathic Medical College,AnandShree P.M Patel College of Paramedical Science & Technology,AnandShri Babubhai G. Patel College of Physiotherapy,AnandSmt. Kamlaben P. Patel Institute of Physiotherapy,AnandSmt. L. P. Patel Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology,KaramsadAnand Mercantile College Of Science And Computer Technology(AMCOST),AnandAshok And Rita Patel Institute Of Integraterd Study & Research In Biotechnology And Allied Science(ARIBAS),New Vallabh VidyanagarInstitute Of Science And Technology For Advance Studies & Research(ISTAR),Vallabh VidyanagarM.B. Patel Science College,AnandM.B. Patel Applied Science College,MogriN.V. Patel College Of Pure And Applied Sciences(NVPAS),Vallabh VidyanagarShri A.N. Patel P.G. Institute,AnandShri P.M. Patel Institute Of Biosciences,AnandShri P.M. Patel Institute of Integrated M.Sc. in Biotechnology,AnandShri P.M. Patel Institute Of P.G. Studies And Research In Applied Sciences,AnandV.P. & R.P.T.P. Science College,Vallabh VidyanagarAnand Institute of Social Work,AnandShree J.M. Patel Institute of Social Work & Applied Arts,AnandShree J.M. Patel College of P.G. Studies & Research in Huminities,AnandN.S.Patel Institute of Social Work,Anand IILYAS Institute of Social Work,Vallabh Vidyanagar Jeevkiran Institute of Social Work,Vallabh Vidyanagar
Center for Studies & Research on Life & Works of Sarkar Vallabhbhai Patel,Vallabh VidyanagarShri D N Institute of Computer Application, AnandSt. Stephen Institute of Business Management & Technology,Anand
