Central University of Gujarat

Central University of Gujarat is a public central research university in Kundhela village, Dabhoi taluka, Vadodara, Gujarat offering courses at undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels. Rama Shanker Dubey is vice-chancellor of Central University of Gujarat.

The university includes 16 schools, 14 academic departments, and 2 other special centres.

Organization & Governance
The Central University of Gujarat has eleven schools in different disciplines with various centres within them, at one special Centre.

Schools & Centres
The university has 11 specialized schools imparting education in various fields. Some schools have further specialized centres within them.
 * School of Applied Material Science (SAMS)
 * School of Chemical Sciences (SCS)
 * School of Education (SE)
 * Centre for Studies in Research and Education(CSRE)
 * School of Environment and Sustainable Development (SESD)
 * School of International Studies (SIS)
 * Politics & International Relations (School level) (PIR) Established in 2012, the PIR-SIS offers postgraduate course in Politics & International Relations.
 * Centre for International Politics (CIP) The CIP offers doctoral programme in International politics.
 * School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies (SLLCS)
 * Centre for German Studies (CGS) The CGS-SLLCS offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral courses in German language, people, and culture.
 * Centre for Comparative Literature and Translation Studies (CCLTS)
 * Centre for English Studies (CES)
 * Centre for Hindi Language & Literature (CHLL)
 * Centre for Gujarati Language & Literature (CGLL)
 * Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS)
 * School of Library & Information Sciences (SLIS)
 * School of Life Sciences (SLS)
 * School of Nano Sciences (SNS)
 * School of National Security Studies (SNSS)
 * School of Social Sciences (SSS)

Special Centre
The university also has a special centre for Diaspora studies.
 * Special Centre for Diaspora Studies

2009 Bill
The Central Universities Bill 2009 aims at creating one new central university each in Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.

It also seeks to convert Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya in Chhattisgarh, Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya in Sagar (Madhya Pradesh), Utkal University in Bhubaneswar, Odisha and Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University in Uttarakhand into Central universities.