Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University is a public university in Patan, Gujrat, India. The geographical jurisdiction of the North Gujarat University encompasses four districts: Mehsana, Patan, Banaskantha and Sabarkantha. With a view to catering to the cultural and education needs of the area, North Gujarat University was established by the Ordinance No. 5 of 1986 dated 17.5.1986 which was later passed as the North Gujarat University Act No.22 of 1986 on 11.9.86 by the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat. The university has been functioning, growing, and expanding steadily since then. This university was carved out of Gujarat University whose headquarter is at Ahmedabad. On bifurcation, the North Gujarat University inherited no physical assets from its parent university. Patan, a historical town in northern part of Gujarat, was officially designated as the headquarters of the university. The town happens to have composite campus of four affiliated colleges. The managing council of the colleges was kind enough to let the infant university rent its two hostel buildings to accommodate its offices.