In the state of Gujarat, students can take up their collegiate education on successful completion of their higher secondary course either in arts, science or commerce stream. A number of professional colleges in the faculties of medicine, engineering and law are functioning in the state and the Government of Gujarat has developed knowledge corridor in the city of Gandhinagar.

A number of educational institutions are available in this city including some of the best universities like Gujarat National Law University and Pandeet Deendayal Petroleum University. The list of government colleges operating in the city of Gandhinagar is given below:

Engineering Colleges:

• Government Engineering College

• Vishwakarma Government Engineering College

Polytechnic College:

• Government Polytechic

Arts, Science & Commerce Colleges:

• Government College for Women

• Government Commerce College

• Government Arts College

• Arts & Commerce College

• Government Science College

Some of the details regarding these government colleges are given below:

Engineering Colleges:

Two Government-run engineering colleges are functioning in the city of Gandhinagar and both these institutions are approved by the All India Council for Technical Education. Both these colleges are affiliated to Gujarat University and they offer courses in the following branches of engineering at the UG level:

• Power Electronics

• Mechanical Engineering

• Instrumentation & Control Engineering

• Information technology

• Electronics & communication engineering

• Electrical engineering

• Computer engineering

• Civil engineering

• Chemical engineering

Admission to Vishwakarma Govt. Engineering College is managed by the central admission committee, while for the other government engineering college, it is done based on the marks secured by the students in the Gujarat Common Admission Test.

Polytechnic College:

Government Polytechnic College offers diploma courses in the following branches of engineering:

• Instrumentation & control

• Electronics & Communication

• Computer Engineering

Arts, Science & Commerce Colleges:

Most of the arts and science colleges irrespective of whether it is government or private located in the city of Gandhinagar are affiliated to Gujarat University. For getting admission to these government-run arts, commerce and science colleges, candidates must have completed their 10+2 or higher secondary certificate course or equivalent examination in arts, commerce and science stream respectively. In these colleges, admission of students is made based on the marks secured by them in the qualifying examination. Therefore, candidates with good percentage of mark can easily get into their desired course.

Even though, there is no government medical colleges in the city of Gandhinagar, there are a number of Government run medical colleges in the nearby cities and not only these government colleges, but also the government colleges in Gandhinagar are famous for the quality of education offered.