Gandhinagar University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Gandhinagar University Facilities 

Gandhinagar University of Gujarat has a world-class and ultra-modern infrastructure along with a large, beautiful and Wi-Fi-enabled 15 acres campus and the University is situated in a pollution-free environment. Cited below are some of the best quality amenities college has for students.

Smart Classrooms and Resource Center: GU has the latest and fully equipped knowledge-sharing platforms and digital classrooms with required aids and University regularly conducts events such as workshops, certificate courses, conferences, expert talks, and training programs for all the students. Along with this, there is a spacious resource center to fulfill academic and research related requirements of students and teachers and this place is normally called a Library which is a home of a large collection of books, journals, periodicals and magazines. 

Core Strength: The strengths of GU are its highly qualified, experienced, dedicated and committed faculty members who not only teach students but act as an actual architect of the University. Most of the teachers have a PhD Degree or they are pursuing it. 

Modern Laboratories and Students Store: The Gandhinagar University also has fully furnished and modern labs including 3D Printer Lab, Fab Lab, IOT Lab having all the required equipment, softwares and instruments. And there is a store on college campus that supplies textbooks, stationery items, and other essential commodities to students. 

Transportation Facility and Canteen: The University also offers transport facility to students for pickup and drop and this facility is available for all main areas across Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. AMTS bus service to the University is also available for staff to avail. Then there is a very commodious cafeteria to provide delicious, fresh, healthy snacks and food items to students and teachers at an affordable price. 

Amphi-theater and ATM: University has a spacious open Air Theatre with a seating capacity of 2000+ students and ATM facility is too there on campus so that students can transact money without any hurdles and pay for things on time.

Sports Facilities: GU has big playgrounds where students regularly play outdoor games like Cricket, Football and Basketball and there is enough space for indoor games like carrom, chess and table tennis etc. The main aim here is to keep students physically fit and strong and provide a platform to those who are passionate about sports.

Gandhinagar University Campus Life

The University's aim is to become a pioneer study and research center; hence it is working in close association with big and reputed businesses and corporate organizations for the purpose of enhancing opportunities for technological innovation and economic development of the University and transforming students into great future leaders. Also, university gives equal attention to both academic progress and intellectual development of students and because it firmly believes that only theory would not be enough to make students ready for this cut-throat competitive world, hence it provides them best possible and positive environment which is essential for students to not only enjoy the college life but also to grow on both professional and social level. Given below are the details of extra-curricular and adventurous activities University organizes on a regular basis.

Jazba: This is the annual fest of GU in which functions and events like Quizzes, singing, competitions, essay writing, poster making and debates takes place and this is also the time when students' achievements are celebrated and rewarded too by the college.

Festivals Celebration: GU never forget to celebrate national days and festivals such as Republic Day, Independence Day with abundant pride and love for nation in the heart. Apart from this, cultural festivals like Navratri, Holi, Kite Flying are also celebrated on campus.

Hobby Club: For the purpose of organizing co-curricular activities for the students on a regular basis, University has established a Hobby Club which conducts Book meets, Movie meets, Jamming sessions and Poetry meets from time to time to help students polish their unique skills and hobbies

Dark Flames-Prom Night and Community Services: Gandhinagar University conduct dark-flames-prom night to welcome freshers and aware them about university, when they join university to pursue their dream courses and social initiatives like tree plantation drives, traffic awareness camp, blood donation camp, women empowerment and cancer awareness sessions are conducted by college as and when required.

Opportunity to interact with foreign students: As GU has students from all over the world including Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Fiji and Mozambique, hence it is truly diverse and culturally rich and all this in return helps students to connect with their fellow students and know about diverse kinds of academic, research, personal and professional life. 

TechXtreme: This is the annual technical festival of GU and this is specifically conducted to provide a platform to those who have extreme and advanced technical skills.

NCC and NSS: With the intention of making students honest, truthful, socially aware and patriotic, maintaining discipline in campus and among students, character building of ambitious youths, Gandhinagar University of Gujarat has developed a NCC cell whose primary responsibility is to train students on service subjects, social service, and community development. In addition to this, there is a NSS camp in Gandhinagar University whose work is to conduct events and sessions on sanitation, tree planting, swachhata abhiyan, traffic awareness, women empowerment, drug awareness and consumer rights etc.

Gandhinagar University Teaching Pedagogy

As Gandhinagar University is committed to offer best quality education to students and working professionals, hence its amazing team of highly educated and experienced teachers always try to maintain an equal balance between theory and practical. Apart from this, faculty members also use many interactive options and methodologies such as team-based learning and case studies to help students correlate theories with practical examples.

• Lectures delivered by educators are always augmented by real time case studies for the purpose of developing critical thinking skills in students and helping them to understand and analyze business scenarios to figure out viable solutions.
• To assess the knowledge of students, teachers use different approaches including student participation in the classroom, short quizzes, surprise tests, assignments and mini-major projects.
• With the aim of teaching the value of collaboration and adaptability, professors give projects to students by dividing them in multiple teams.
• Last but not the least, internship opportunities are offered to students in eminent companies and workshops on different domains are also conducted on a regular basis to inculcate essential industry skills in students.

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