Education | About Surat
Surat is the home of Shree V. T. Choksi Suryapur Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, located in Amliran near the Kavi Narmad Chaklo. Surat has the prestigious Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), commonly known to local people as SVR from its earlier name SVREC (Sardar Vallabhbhai Regional Engineering College). It is one of the National Institutes of Technologies, which are considered as premier institutes for engineering and technology education in India. With its festivals throughout the year, the college keeps a very vibrant atmosphere inside as well as outside the campus. The college is favorite destination for morning joggers of the city. Surat is also the home to prestigious institution, “Educationam” which is growing to cater not just to Chartered Accountants but also in the area of Primary & Secondary Education. There are a few other engineering colleges in Surat, namely Government Engineering College, Surat (GEC)- Dr. S. & S. S. Ghandhy College of Engineering & Technology Campus, Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology (SCET), C K Pithawala College of Engineering and Technology (CKPCET), Bhagwan Mahavir College of Engineering and Technology.
The city has two medical colleges – “Government Medical College and New Civil Hospital” and “SMIMER”, both awarding the degrees of MBBS and MD,MS. The city also holds one Ayurvedic college namely “Shri O.H.Nazar Ayurvedic College and Hospital”, awarding BAMS degree, affiliated to Gujarat Ayurved University,Jamnagar,Gujarat,India. C. D. Pachchigar Homoeopathic (Homeopathic) Medical College and The Sarvajanik College of Physiotherapy at Rampura offer courses in homeopathy and physiotherapy respectively.
Al Jamea tus Saifiyah is an Islamic Arabic Academy situated in the heart of Surat city, with a sister campus in the northern foothills of Karachi, Pakistan. It is a leading theological University for Dawoodi Bohras. It was founded in 1814 by the 43rd Dai Syedna Abdeali Saifuddin
In 1920, Dawoodi Bohra’s 51st Dai the late Dr Syedna Taher Saifuddin transformed this institution into a university that also promoted education for Bohra girls. Present Dai Dr Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin has expanded it with the state-of-the-art facilities including International Baccalaureate Office (IBO) which has acceptance worldwide.
Under the 10+2+3 format, students attend primary and secondary schooling during the first ten years and then may complete two years of higher secondary education, followed by three years at college for commerce, arts or science degrees.Generally, engineering degree courses take four years, while medicine takes about five and half years or more. Most colleges in the city are affiliated with the Veer Narmad South Gujarat University.
A Parsi Theatre Academy is being opened in the Muglisara area of Surat, by Yezdi Karanjia, who has a long experience in staging Parsi plays. It is hoped that it will generate some interest among schoolgoers, and breath new cultural life into the dwindling community
