Bhopal, which is the capital city of state of Madhya Pradesh is literally acting as the centre part of India. As far as education in the city is concerned, it is the home for four top universities in the state of Madhya Pradesh and they are Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, National Law Institute University, Makhanlal Chatruvedi Rashtriya Patrakarita Vishwavidyalaya, Bhoj Open University and Barkatullah University.

A number of private and government colleges are operating in this city with affiliation from the aforesaid universities and the list of government colleges is given below:

Medical Colleges:

• Gandhi Medical College

• Government Homeopathic Medical College

• Government Ayurvedic College

• Unani Medical College

Engineering College:

• Government Engineering College

Law College:

• State Law College

Education College:

• Government College of Education

Sanskrit College:

• Government Ramanand Sanskrit College

Arts, Commerce & Science Colleges:

• Government Hamida Arts, Commerce College

• Government Maharani Laxmi Bai Girls College

• Government Science & Commerce College

• Government M.V.M. College

• Government Sarojini Naidu Girls College

• Government Benazeer College

• Government College, BHEL

• Government Geetanjali Girls College

• Government College, Malvia Hospital

• Government Swami Vivekananda College

• Government Girls College, TT Nagar

Medical Colleges:

Gandhi Medical College is a popular name in the medical field in the state of Bhopal and the college is affiliated to Barkatullah University. The college is offering MBBS and several other PG courses in the field of medicine. The other three government medical colleges in Bhopal offer BHMS, BAMS and BUMS courses respectively at the UG level. Admission to these colleges are made based on the performance of the students in the open entrance examination conducted by the affiliating university.

Engineering College:

Government Engineering College offers UG course in the following branches of engineering:

• Electronics & Telecommunication

• Computer Engineering

Admission to this college is made based on the performance of the students in the Pre-Engineering Test. The college has reserved some seats for SC, ST and OBC candidates according to the norms issued by the Government of Madhya Pradesh from time to time.

Law College:

State Law College is a government-run law college offering three-year law course and it is a Post Graduate Law College affiliated to the Barkatullah University.

Education College:

Government College of Education came into existence in the year 1956 and this institution is also affiliated to Barkatullah University. The college is upgraded as Institute of Advanced Study in Education and it offers Bachelor and Master’s of Education courses. Admission to these courses are done as per government norms.

Sanskrit College:

Government Ramanand Sanskrit College came into existence in the year 1986 and the college offers an array of courses in the language of Sanskrit.

Arts, Commerce & Science Colleges:

A long list of Government colleges are functioning in the faculties of arts, commerce and science in the city of Bhopal and all these colleges offer varied courses in arts, science and commerce stream with affiliation from Barkatullah University.

Thus, the city of Bhopal is always in the developing stage with a number of universities and educational institutions to educationally develop the people of the state of Madhya Pradesh.