Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya

Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV) is the state technological university of Madhya Pradesh, based in Bhopal. It was established in 1998 under Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Act 13 of 1998, the Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya Adhiniyam, 1998, which was amended in 2003, 2011 and 2012. The campus on Airport Bypass Road covers more than 240 acres. The University Grants Commission recognised it under Section 2(f) on 27 October 2000 and under Section 12B on 7 November 2008. Its second-cycle NAAC self-study report was submitted in November 2024. The same report lists 144 affiliated engineering colleges, 120 pharmacy colleges, 13 MCA colleges, 26 MBA colleges, 4 architecture colleges and 85 polytechnic institutions.

Teaching on the Bhopal campus is shared between the University Institute of Technology (UIT-RGPV) and the university's own schools of Applied Management, Architecture, Bio-Molecular Engineering and Biotechnology, Energy and Environment Management, Information Technology, Nanotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sciences. UIT offers B.Tech in eight branches, five M.E. programmes and an MCA. The schools add B.Tech in computer science and business systems, AI and machine learning and data sciences, a five-year B.Arch with 60 seats, an MBA in general management, M.Pharm in three specialisations and M.Tech in nanotechnology, energy technology, biotechnology and data sciences. Undergraduate seats are filled through centralised counselling by the Directorate of Technical Education, Madhya Pradesh, and postgraduate seats on GATE or non-GATE merit.