The city of Vadodara, which was previously called as Baroda in the third largest populated city in the state of Gujarat next to the cities of Ahmedabad and Surat. The city has the population of more than one million people and the city is also called as Sayaji Nagari in honor of the popular ruler Maharaja Sayajirao, in whose name a university is also functioning in the city.

The city has a literacy rate of more than 75% and plans are being made to make this city as the knowledge city. With a number of educational institutions functioning in the city, the names of government colleges functioning in this city are given below:

Medical Colleges:

• Medical College, Baroda

• Government Ayurved College

Physiotherapy College:

• Government Physiotherapy College

Nursing College:

• Government Nursing College

Education College:

• Government B. Ed College, Naswadi

Arts & Commerce College:

• Government Arts & Commerce College for Girls

Some of the details regarding these government-run colleges offering the best quality education in the city of Vadodara are given below:

Medical Colleges:

Medical College, Baroda came into existence in the year 1949 and it is affiliated to Maharaja Sayaji Rao University of Baroda with an approved intake capacity of 180 students per year for the MBBS course. This college is functioning under the aegis of the Department of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of Gujarat. It is offering several diploma courses and MD and MS courses in different branches of Medicine. Admission to the UG courses offered by the college are done based on the performance of the students in the GUJCET examination, while for PG Courses admission is done based on PG Entrance Examination of the state of Gujarat.

Government Ayurved College came into existence in the year 1956 and it is affiliated to the Gujarat Ayurved University. This college offers Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine & Surgery Course with an intake capacity of 35 students per year.

Physiotherapy College:

Government Physiotherapy College is functioning from the same campus of the Medical College, Baroda and this college is also affiliated to the MS University. The College offers Bachelor of Physiotherapy course with an intake capacity of 100 students per year and admission to this course is done based on the performance of the students in the GUJCET.

Nursing College:

Government Nursing College is also functioning from the same campus of the Medical College, Baroda and this college offers Bachelor of Science in Nursing course for which students are admitted on the basis of GUJCET score.

Education College:

Government B. Ed College, Naswadi is located in the district of Vadodara and this college came into existence in the year 2004. This college offers Bachelor of Education course with optional subjects like Sanskrit, Gujarati, Educational Administration and management, educational and mental measure under method one and economics, social sciences and Hindi under method two. The intake capacity of the college for this course is 100 students per year with affiliation from Gujarat University.

Arts & Commerce College:

Government Arts & Commerce College for Girls is also affiliated to Gujarat University and this college offers Bachelor’s degree course in arts and commerce streams.