RK University (RKU) is a

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Rajkot Rajkot () is the fourth-largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat after Ahmedabad, Vadodara, and Surat, and is in the centre of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Rajkot is the 35th-largest metropolitan area in India, with a population of ...

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. It was created by the state of Gujarat under the Private State University Act by a gazetted notification dated 12 October 2011, along with three other universities. On Rajkot-Bhavnagar Highway, in a campus of nearly 100 acres, RK University has been functioning as RK Group of Colleges since 2005, offering degrees in engineering, pharmacy, physiotherapy, and in management studies. It has more than 5500 students. The campus offers hostel facilities for nearly 1200 students.

Academics

RK University offers a variety of

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and

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courses in the fields of medicine, health sciences, pharmacy, engineering, computer Application, management, sciences, agriculture and design. It also offers doctoral studies programs. Click on Academics

Events

Galore is the annual sports and cultural festival of the university. It is normally organized in February by students and faculty. Huge number of students from other local colleges take part in the festival. RK University celebrates its foundation day every year in October. Apart from these two main events, RK University celebrates techno-cultural and physio-cultural events every year.

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* {{Authority control Education in Rajkot Universities in Gujarat Private universities in India 2011 establishments in Gujarat Educational institutions established in 2011