Gujarat Ayurveda University is an academic and institution of higher learning established in 1967 by an Act of Gujarat State Assembly. This university is an autonomous organization fully financed by Govt. of Gujarat State. University looks after the management of the Institutes and Colleges situated in the campus along with conducting the examination of all the degree/diplomas awarded by the University. This University has three wings.

• Administrative wing and the centers working directly under University.
• Constituent Institutes and Colleges working in the campus.
• Affiliated colleges of Ayurveda whose examinations are conducted by the University.

To support the teaching programmes University has following centralized units:

• Central Library
• Medicinal Plants Garden
• Ayurvedic Pharmacy
• Press & Publication