The main campus in Veraval is home to seven departments, or faculties, which, together with 110 affiliated colleges, research institutes, and centers across Gujarat, award nine different degrees, including B.A., M.A., and PhD, in a variety of fields.
degree (Shastri), students are required to study: Sanskrit (Vyākaraṇa, Sāhitya, and Darśana), English, Digital Literacy, Hindi or Gujarati, Sociology, Economics, History, and Political Science.
degree (Acharya), the following subjects are studied: Sanskrit (study of various texts of religious history and linguistics), three primary textual emphases chosen from within the fields of Navya-Vyākaraṇa, Sarvadarśana, Rāmānuja Vedānta, Swāminārāyaṇ Vedānta, Navya-Nyāya, Sāhitya, Purāṇa, Dharmaśāstra, Veda, Jyotiṣa, Vāstuśāstra, and Paurohitya, and a secondary textual emphasis chosen from Navya-Vyākaraṇa, Sarva-Darśana, Sāhitya, Purāṇa, Dharma-śāstra, Veda, and Jyotiṣa.
[7] The university offers a PhD in the following fields of study: Sāhitya, Veda, Purāṇa, Jyotiṣa, Vāstu-śāstra, Paurohitya, Nyāya, Vedānta, and Vyākaraṇa.
[2] In its Veraval campus during the 2019-2020 academic year, under the leadership of Vice-Chancellor Dr. Gopabandhu Mishra, 50 faculty and staff taught approximately 318 students.
The MoU specifies that the universities will foster academic exchange of cultural and religious studies, Sanskrit, and other South Asian languages between faculty and students.
The courses include temple management, paurohitya, jyotisha, vastu śāstra, yoga, spoken Sanskrit, and a post-graduate diploma in computer applications.
Bhadreshdas Swami, the author of the Swaminārāyaṇ Vedānta commentaries on the Prasthānatrayī, gave one of the presentations, which featured a line-by-line discussion of the section on inference in the tarkasaṃgraha (a Navya-Nyāya text).
Shrutiprakashdas Swami, director of the Akshardham Center for Applied Research in Social Harmony, presented on the differences and similarities between Ramanuja and Swaminārāyaṇ’s theologies.
To increase students’ familiarity with how Sanskrit poets have employed figurative language and rhetorical elements, excerpts of their works were discussed.
[31] In July 2017, the university organized a workshop on English speaking and writing, as a part of its broader mission to ensure that students gain a comprehensive education, becoming proficient in languages and skills in addition to Sanskrit.
[31] In 2018, SSSU conferred upon Viveksagar Swami of the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha a D.Litt for his contributions to Hindu philosophy.
[32] On October 28, 2017, Arknath Chaudhary, Vice-Chancellor of SSSU, awarded Bhadreshdas Swami of the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha the title Abhinava-Bhāskara, in recognition of his contribution to the Indian dārśanika tradition: namely, reviving interest in the Sanskrit language and inspiring a new lineage of scholars, by composing a set of commentaries on the Prasthānatrayī.
[9] The university’s annual youth festival is called Yuvak Mahotsava, and includes various literary, cultural, and sports activities.
[33] In 2011, the university allocated 22.5 lakh rupees towards teaching the knowledge of Hindu priesthood rituals to students from Dalit and tribal families.
[34] The diploma includes the study of the Vedas, Vedant, Sāhitya, dharma śāstras, Nyāya, jyotish, shikshā, Vyākaraṇa, mimamsa, darshan, vastu, Purāṇa, English, and computer science.