Government Arts College, Gandhinagar: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Government Arts College, Gandhinagar, is one of the main and the most important institutions located in Sector-15, near Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. It is a co-ed affiliated college under government ownership and is accredited with NAAC. It was instituted in the year 1991. It has a sprawling 19-acre campus and enrolls 3,359 students. The faculty strength is an impressive 36. In Government Arts College, the programs on offer are as varied as possible with emphasis on art education. The flagship course is the three-year degree course in Bachelor of Arts.

The institution is very committed to providing an amiable learning environment; it has several facilities available to help students pursue their academic and personal growth. Besides these facilities, one of the most important would be the library with a humongous collection of 22,000 books, 80,409 e-books, 3,828 e-journals, and 14 periodicals. In addition to the staff mentioned above, four drivers drive the buses of the college. Government Arts College also subscribes to six newspapers, of which four are in Gujarati and two in English. In addition to these, maps and CDs are there. This institution has a Digital Education Learning Laboratory (DELL) with 25 computers to enable students to keep pace with shifting trends in digital education. Students who believe in keeping their bodies fit also have a well-equipped gym and sports facilities at their service. The whole campus is Wi-Fi enabled, and this helps students be always connected and to access various online resources easily.

Government Arts College, Gandhinagar, is essentially an arts-oriented college and hence conducts an integrated B.A. course. It is a full-time, three-year course and would provide a well-structured foundation to the learners in the arts stream. The BA course would incorporate all streams of interests under the arts category and thus often comprises subjects from literature, history, sociology, economics, etc., though the subject combinations differ.
It is generally stated that Government Arts College, Gandhinagar, has conceptualized the admission process in a manner where it includes all and becomes completely merit-based.