Sardar Patel University (SPU) is a public state university in Vallabh Vidyanagar, a Anand City Gujarat, India.

It is named after politician Vallabhbhai Patel and was founded in October 1955 by an Act of the Legislative Assembly[2] of the then-Bombay Province and was UGC recognized under 2(f) of the UGC Act in October 1968.

Originally it had the status of a rural university.

Originally, in 1955[2] the jurisdiction of the university (known as Sardar Vallabhbhai Vidyapeeth at that time) was limited to the 5 miles of Vallabh Vidyanagar.

26 of 2015) the university has its jurisdiction over two districts.