Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences is located in Bangalore. The university promotes and imparts higher education in health sciences in the state of Karnataka. The university has been approved by University Grant Commission (UGC), but is not funded by UGC grants. It is a self-contained, state university. About 276 colleges in the state, conducting similar courses, were affiliated by Rajiv Gandhi University, in order to achieve uniform standards in academics and administration. RGUHS is a member of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
Educational Streams
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences offers a number of courses in various disciplines. The university is committed in providing education in Medical, Dental, Pharmacy, Homoeopathy, Unani, Naturopathy, Yoga and in Nursing.
Facilities
RGUHS facilitates their students with proper infrastructure and ambience, to accomplish their mission of imparting higher education in health and sciences. The university provides the facility of highly equipped laboratories, computer labs, library, to achieve excellence in education. In addition to this, the university provides facility of on-line results.
History
Rajiv Gandhi University was established in 1996 at Mysore (originally) and shifted to Bangalore in 1998, as per the directions of Karnataka State Legislature. The institution was named in the memory of Rajiv Gandhi, the former prime minister of India. The university was established under the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Act of 1994.
Faculties/Departments:
- Homeopathy
- Medicine
- Dentistry
- Pharmacy
- Nursing
- Unani
- Naturopathy
- Yoga
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Karnataka, has issued the notification for Post Graduate Entrance Test (Medical & Dental) 2013, popularly known as PGET. 
