Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya
Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya is a central  University in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. It is one of Chhattisgarh's largest and oldest institutions of higher education. Established under Central Universities Act 2009, No. 25 of 2009. Formerly known as Guru Ghasidas  University (GGU), established by an Act of the State Legislative Assembly, it was formally inaugurated on 16 June 1983. GGV is an active member of the Association of Indian Universities and Association of Commonwealth Universities. The National Assessment & Accreditation Council (NAAC) has accredited the  University as B+. The  University is named after the Satnami Guru Ghasidas. Campus
Guru Ghasidas  University campus spread over an area of , five kilometres from the main Bilaspur town. The Arpa river runs parallel to the  University campus. Library 
The Central Library of Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya comprises more than 105,000 books, 3,950 back volumes of journals and 1,100 Ph.D. theses. The library also provides access to online databases, e-journals and e-books. This library has a well Wi-Fi system along with a sufficient number computers for free access. Along with Central library, departments of GGV have their separate Departmental libraries. The library has been recently named as Nalanda Central Library. Auditorium 
The University Auditorium near the administrative block can accommodate about 800 people. Residential student halls 
GGV is a residential institution. There are six hostels at GGV, three for boys, namely Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Hostel, Swami Vivekananda Hostel and Shaheed Veer Narayan Hostel and three for girls namely Raj Mohini Devi Girls Hostel, Minimata Girls Hostel, Bilasa Devi Girls Hostel. Every hostel has a common room, a TV room, a reading room and an attached mess that serves vegetarian food. There is Internet Facility in Hostels, availed by MHRD. They have a good academic environment for students. Faculty members of  University act as wardens for supervision of them. Swami Vivekanand Boys Hostel: This hostel has 436 seats and is located near the main gate of the campus. The hostel has four blocks with double occupancy rooms. The residents of this hostel are second, third and fourth year students from all the different branches of engineering. Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Boys Hostel: This hostel has 200 seats and is located near the School of Studies of Engineering and Technology of the campus. The hostel has two blocks with double occupancy rooms. The residents of this hostel are first year students from all the different branches of engineering. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Boys Hostel: This hostel has 200 seats and is located near the School of Studies of Engineering and Technology of the campus. The hostel has two blocks with double occupancy rooms. The residents of this hostel are students from all the other departments except engineering. Raj Mohini Devi Girls Hostel: This hostel has 436 seats and is located near the School of Studies of Arts of the campus. The hostel has four blocks with double occupancy rooms. Health Centre 
The  University Health Centre, near the  University Computer Centre, has one Medical Officer, supporting staff and visiting specialists from CIMS. Sports complex 
The  University has a sports complex with facilities for various indoor and outdoor games such as Badminton, Kabaddi, Volleyball, Basketball, Football, Cricket, and Athletics etc. The University also organizes inter-college and inter-University sports competitions and encourages students to participate in national and international events. Cafeteria 
The  University has a cafeteria near the Administrative Building that provides snacks, tea, coffee, cold drinks, etc. during office hours from 09 a.m. to 06 p.m. on all working days. Canteen committee appointed by the  University monitors the quality, rates & standard. Bank 
There is a branch of Punjab National Bank on campus with ATM. Post office 
The post office on campus is a branch of Koni, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, 495009. Transport 
The  University has a fleet of buses that ply between the campus and the city (Nehru Chowk) for students and employees of this University at regular intervals. The buses are also available for educational tours and excursions. Organisation and administration
The  University is structured into the following academic divisions:

Anthropology & Tribal Development
Biotechnology
Botany
Chemistry
Commerce
Computer Science & IT
Economics
Education
English
Forensic Science
Forestry, Wild Life & Environment Sc. Hindi
History
Institute of Technology
Journalism & Mass Communication
Law
Library & Information Science
Management
Pharmacy
Physical Education
Pure & Applied Mathematics
Pure & Applied Physics
Political Sc. & Public Administration
Rural Technology
Social Work
Zoology

School of Studies in Engineering and Technology

Institute of Technology, Guru Ghasidas  University (IT-GGV) is a Constituent institution of Guru Ghasidas  University. It was established in 1997. Currently, institute offers Bachelor of Technology, Master of Technology and Ph.D in various engineering disciplines. Admissions to B.Tech. is done on the basis of merit obtained by the candidate in JEE-main. National Centre for Accelerator Based Research
GGV is going to establish a 3.0 MV pelletron accelerator(9SDH-4, NEC). This is accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Board of Research in Nuclear Science, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India and the  University, which is for setting a Special Scientific Centre in the campus with the name "National Centre for Accelerator-based Research"(in short NCAR). This inter-disciplinary research facility is related to atomic energy, it would help to create skilled manpower required for nuclear plants. NCAR will be the first of its kind in entire Central India. The machine have already reached from National Electrostatics Corporation, United States. The process of developing necessary infrastructure is going on. NCAR organized two days national workshop on particle accelerator under the aegis of Indian Society of Particle Accelerator(ISPA) on 18–19 February 2014. Academic profile

Ranking

Guru Ghasidas  University was ranked 43 in the pharmacy ranking in India by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2022. 