Central University of Gujarat is a public central research university in Kundhela village, Dabhoi taluka, Vadodara,[6] Gujarat, India, offering courses at undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels.

[7]Rama Shanker Dubey is vice-chancellor of Central University of Gujarat.

[8] The university includes 16 schools, 14 academic departments, and 2 other special centres.

The Central Universities Bill 2009 aims at creating one new central university each in Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.

[12] It also seeks to convert Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya in Chhattisgarh, Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya in Sagar (Madhya Pradesh), Utkal University in Bhubaneswar, Odisha and Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University in Uttarakhand into Central universities.