Bhavnagar University came into existence in the year 1978 and the university is offering education through its different departments like social work, library & information science, Sanskrit, bioinformatics, business administration, education, commerce, computer science & application, marine science, life science, statistics, physics, chemistry, mathematics, psychology, history, sociology, Gujarati, Hindi and English.

In addition to these departments, several postgraduate centers are also functioning under the University for offering post graduation courses qualitatively. The list of courses offered by Bhavnagar University through its different department and postgraduate centers is given below:

Department of English:

• Master of Arts

• Doctor of Philosophy

Department of Hindi:

• Master of Arts

• Doctor of Philosophy

Department of Gujarati:

• Master of Arts

• Master of Philosophy

• Doctor of Philosophy

Department of Economics:

• Master of Arts

• Doctor of Philosophy

Department of Sociology:

• Master of Arts

• Doctor of Philosophy

• Master of Social Work

Department of History:

• Master of Arts

Department of Psychology:

• Master of Arts

• Doctor of Philosophy

Department of Mathematics:

• Master of Science

• Doctor of Philosophy

• Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications

Department of Chemistry:

• Master of Science in chemistry with specialization in

o Physical Chemistry

o Inorganic Chemistry

o Analytical Chemistry

o Organic Chemistry

Department of Physics:

• Master of Science in Physics with specialization in Electronics

• Doctor of Philosophy

Department of Statistics:

• Master of Science

• Doctor of Philosophy

Department of Life Sciences:

• Master of Science in

o Botany

o Microbiology

o Zoology

• Doctor of Philosophy in life sciences

Department of Marine Science:

• Master of Science

Department of Computer Science & Application:

• Master of Computer Applications

• Doctor of Philosophy

Department of Commerce:

• Master of Commerce

• Doctor of Philosophy

Department of Education:

• Master of Education

• Doctor of Philosophy

Department of Business Administration:

• Doctor of Philosophy

• Master of Philosophy

• Master of Business Administration

• Post Graduate Diploma in

o Business Management

o Disaster Management

o Sports Management

Department of Bioinformatics:

• Master of Science

Department of Library & Information Sciences:

• Bachelor of Library & Information Sciences

• Master of Library & Information Sciences

Department of Social Work:

• Master of Social Work

Courses offered through PG centers:

PG Centre for Rural Studies:

• Master of Rural Studies

PG Centre for Hindi:

• Master of Arts

PG Centre for Political Science:

• Master of Arts

PG Centre for Gujarati:

• Master of Arts

PG Centre for Social Work:

• Master of Social Work

PG Centre for Home Science:

• Master of Arts

PG Centre for Industrial Chemistry:

• Master of Science

PG Centre for MHRD:

• Master of Human Resource Management

PG Centre for Information Technology:

• Master of Science in Information Technology

Diploma Courses offered by the University:

• Post Graduate Diploma in

o Business Management

o Disaster Management

o Sports Management

o Computer Applications

• Diploma in

o Taxation law

o Labour law

o Co-operative law

o Comp. law

o Neuropathy & Yogic Sciences

o Yoga

o Painting

o T.B & Chest

o Psychiatry

o P.S.M

o Pathology

o Pediatrics

o ENT

o Obs. & Gyn.

o Microbiology

o Skin & VD

o Anesthesia

o Human Rights & international humanitarian laws

o Astrology

Bhavnagar University’s department of physics is known internationally for its research work in the field of magnetic fluids. The university is also carrying out research in other areas like intellectual property rights, marine ecology, nano-technology, history and social sciences.

Many government colleges and grant-in-aid colleges located in the state of Gujarat are offering education with affiliation from Bhavnagar University and these colleges belong to different fields of education like medicine, engineering, arts, pharmacy, science, law, etc…