Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University
Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University (HNGU) is a public university in Patan, Gujarat, India. The geographical jurisdiction of the North Gujarat University encompasses four districts: Mehsana, Patan, Banaskantha and Sabarkantha. It is NACC 'A' accredited state university with a CGPA of 3.02. History. North Gujarat University was established by Ordinance No. 5 of 1986 dated 17 May 1986 which was later passed as the North Gujarat University Act No. 22 of 1986 on 11 September 1986 by Gujarat Legislative Assembly. Location and campus growth. This university was carved out of Gujarat University. On bifurcation, the North Gujarat  University inherited no physical assets from its parent university. Patan, a historical town in northern part of Gujarat, was officially designated as the headquarters of the university. The town happens to have composite campus of four affiliated colleges. The managing council of the colleges was kind enough to let the infant university rent its two hostel buildings to accommodate its offices. Thus the university began to operate and serve 41 colleges scattered over the three districts of Banaskantha, Mehsana and Sabarkantha. With the two hostel buildings, the university rented Gandhi Memorial Hall to house its library. The aim was to  start building a nucleus library for the future post-graduate departments. The university simultaneously moved the state government to acquire land measuring about from farmers. It also requested the state government to transfer its seed farm land measuring about to the university. This entailed considerable delay owing to litigation in the State High Court and then in the Supreme Court. Following the Supreme Court judgment, acquisition of the land has been possible. As a result, over the years the university has been able to get land as follows: The total land available is . In addition to this, the university has  received a property worth Rs.10 lakhs donated by the Gramodhyog Mandal, Patan. The university employment bureau is housed in that building. Proposals to the state government for further assistance in materializing plans for more constructions, in phased manner, are under active consideration.