Ahmedabad University

Ahmedabad University (AU) was established in July 2009. It is promoted by Ahmedabad Education Society (AES), a Society established in 1935 which is one of the best education societies in western India. It is a self-financed, non-affiliating State Private University established under Section 3(1) of the Gujarat Private Universities Act, 2009.

Ahmedabad University is a private, non-profit university that offers students a liberal education focused on research and interdisciplinary learning.

We seek to mould independent thinkers and compassionate leaders who go on to engage innovatively with the complex challenges of our societies. As a research university, we are committed to the discovery of new ideas, and to the belief that good theory results in good practice.

Our academic environment offers students, researchers and faculty the opportunity to participate in a unique learning process, mediated by fieldwork and projects that enable deep creative insight, rigorous analytical experimentation, and fulfilling careers.

Ahmedabad University is dedicated to fostering the continuous progress of the self and the society. We aspire to become an exemplar in the transformation of higher education and research in India. Our graduates bear the capabilities, attitude and values to excel in whatever field they choose to pursue around the world.

Our mission:

• To prepare leaders of outstanding character who will contribute significantly to their fields of study and
  practice.
• To build an evolving learning environment that is based on cross-disciplinary linkages between the arts, sciences, and professional disciplines, combined with rigor and reflection.
• To actively advance research and intellectual enterprise at the university and in the society.
• To promote Independent mindedness and diversity across all dimensions of the university.
• To generate knowledge that provides a context of learning from and contribution to India and the world.
• To actively advance the social, economic, and ecological development of local, national, and international communities.
• To educate young people of India and the world to become contextually-literate global citizens.
• To catalyze students to mature into critical thinkers who are analytically equipped, practically oriented, and ethically driven.

We recognise that social challenges and job opportunities are occurring at the intersection of various axes of influence, defined by disciplines (data, materials, biology, and behavior), nature (air, water, forests, and land), sectors of impact (health, transport, energy, and education) and society (individual and community). Accordingly, Ahmedabad University strives to guide students on how to learn through interdisciplinary academics and real-life experiences that traverse these intersections. Research programmes at the university also embody this integrative philosophy.