RK University (RKU) is a

private university Private universities and private colleges are higher education institutions not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. However, they often receive tax breaks, public student loans, and government grants. Depending on the count ...

Rajkot Rajkot () is the fourth-largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the ...

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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 Private universities in Gujarat 2011 establishments in Gujarat Universities and colleges established in 2011