Gujarat University

SMAID is a private institute established in 2012. SMAID stands for Shantaben Manubhai Patel School of Studies and Research in Architecture and Interior Design. It offer courses like B.Des, B.Plan, B.Arch, M.Des, M.Plan. It offers a blend of industry exposure, state-of-art infrastructure, Design studios, highly qualified faculty, good placement assistance and opportunities, live projects, summer internships, diverse peer group and many more. Many top recruiters like Deloitte, Accenture, IBM, Adani Group and many more visited in the campus placement drive of SMAID. The median package of B.Arch students was INR 3.10 LPA. 20 students out of 39 B.Arch students got placement in placement drives of 2020 and 2021.

Gujarat University is a Public/ Government universityb established in 1950. It offer various UG and PG courses.Top recruiters like TCS, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Deloitte, EY, QX Global Group and many more participated in the ampus placement drive. The placement record for PG 2 year students was 49% in 2022 and the median package offered was INR 8.55 LPA. The college offer various amaeities like well-equipped infrastructure, placement assistance and opportunities, industry exposure and hands-on learning through various projects. 

Yes, SMAI is as good as Gujarat University but SMAID is good for students who want to pursue their career in design.

Shantaben Manubhai Patel School of Studies & Research Architecture & Interior Design (SMAID), was established in 2012 as an affiliated institute to SPU, Vallabh Vidyanagar. The institute provides a wide range of architecture and interior design undergraduate and graduate courses. Merit-based admission to the SMAID is determined in addition to entrance exam results. Furthermore, SMAID offers good infrastructure with state of art facilities to give students the best possible environment. In addition, the SMAID faculty members have extensive expertise and are graduates of recognised universities. The scores of the candidates in NATA entrance exam determines their admission to the B.Arch programme at SMAID.

The Central University of Gujarat offers admission to various UG courses based on CUET UG scores followed by round-wise counselling. The university releases the merit lists for candidates who qualify for the cutoff. Going as per the Central University of Gujarat cutoff 2023, the Round 1 closing score for Master of Education (M.Ed.) is 200, for B.A. (Hons) in Chinese is B.A. (Hons) in Chinese, for B.A. (Hons.) in German Studies is 315.11 for the General category students belonging to All India Quota. Candidates aspiring for Central University of Gujarat admission 2024 to UG courses, must have a valid score in CUET.