Education

Rajkot is famous for providing education to Mahatma Gandhi (Gandhiji), at the Alfred High School. A number of schools in the city are run by Rajkot Municipal Corporation.They include 20 schools and learning centers,^[25] which consist of 3 elementary schools, 7 middle schools, 4 junior high schools, 4 senior high schools, 1 education centers, and 1 special school.^[26] There are also some self-financed public schools. TGES (The Galaxy Educational System) is a group of sister schools.Rajkot is home to Rajkumar College, Rajkot, also known RKC, which is one of the oldest schools of India.

Rajkot also has Union Government HRD Ministry run Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, now shifted to Jamnagar highway premise. Earlier it started at the Juni Khadki school premise of Sir Lakhajiraj High School and later on moved to its own building on the Jamnagar Road. It is CBSE Board affiliated, residential school for girls and boys, providing education to those selected at the Class VI level all India entrance test.^[27][28]

The city is home to Saurashtra University, several colleges, and other institutions of higher education, both public and private. Rajkot is also home to the first private university in Saurashtra, RK University (RKU), which offers more than 50 programs at different levels from diploma to doctorate degrees.^[29] The city has 12 engineering colleges. It has a Performing Arts College (Vocal, Classical dance, Tabla Vadan etc.) opposite Hemu Gadhvi Natya Gruh. The Saurashtra University is the city's public university. It is spread across approximately 410 acres (1.7 km²) of green land with 28 post graduation departments.