Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Baroda

The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, named after Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the former ruler of Baroda, is one of the premier universities of India and the largest university in the city of Baroda in Gujarat, India. It is popularly known as M.S.University (MSU). It is known throughout Asia for the Faculty of Arts & Fine Arts. Originally known as the Baroda College of Science (established 1881), it became a university in 1949 after the independence of the country. It is both teaching and residential university in the sense that it offers all its courses under a single roof. It is the only university in Gujarat whose medium of instruction is English for all its courses. The university's alumni include IG Patel, the former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Chimanbhai Patel, the former Chief Minister of Gujarat, and the cricketer Kiran More.