Ahmedabad is the largest city and former capital of Gujarat. It is the sixth largest city and seventh largest metropolitan area of India. Ahmedabad has developed as an imperative economic and industrial hub in India. It is the second biggest producer of cotton in India. Ahmedabad has been chosen as one of the hundred Indian cities to be produced as a smart city under Government of Indias leader Smart Cities Mission.

Since the pre-independence era, Ahmedabad has been an important education hub for higher studies in India. A large number of colleges in the city are affiliated to the Gujarat University and offer courses in Medicine, Engineering, Arts, Science, Commerce, Law and Management. The city has big research centers of India such as the Space Applications Center of the Indian Space Research Organization and Physical Research Laboratory.

Top Universities, Colleges and Institutions in Ahmedabad, Gujarat:

• Gujarat University‎
• Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad‎
• Institutes of Nirma University of Science & Technology‎
• Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management
• AMC Dental College
• AMC MET Medical College
• B.D. Arts College
• B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad
• B.K. School of Business Management
• Dar-ul-Uloom Shah-e-Alam
• Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University
• Government Engineering College, Gandhinagar
• Gujarat College
• Gujarat Vidyapith
• Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
• Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management
• Institute Of Technology, Nirma University
• K.S. School of Business Management
• L. J. Institute of Engineering and Technology
• L. J. Institute of Management Studies
• L.J. Institute of Pharmacy
• Lalbhai Dalpatbhai College of Engineering
• LJ Institute of Business Administration
• Madhuben and Bhanubhai Patel Women Institute of Engineering – MICA (institute)
• National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ahmedabad
• S.L.U. Arts and H. & .P Thakore Commerce College for Women
• SAL Group of Institutions
• Silver Oak College of Engineering and Technology
• Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College
• St. Kabir Institute
• Unitedworld Institute of Design
• Vishwakarma Government Engineering College