Sardar Patel University


Sardar Patel University is a public state university in Vallabh Vidyanagar, a Anand City Gujarat, India. It is named after politician Vallabhbhai Patel and was founded in October 1955 by an Act of the Legislative Assembly of the then-Bombay Province and was UGC recognized under 2 of the UGC Act in October 1968. Originally it had the status of a rural university.

Jurisdiction

Originally, in 1955 the jurisdiction of the university was limited to the 5 miles of Vallabh Vidyanagar. Under amendment the university has its jurisdiction over two districts.