C. U. Shah University is a state private university at Wadhwan in Surendranagar district, Gujarat, established on 22 April 2013. It is managed and sponsored by Wardhman Bharti Trust, an educational trust founded in 1968 with a long presence in the Saurashtra region. The university developed from the trust's earlier network of educational institutions and now operates a multidisciplinary campus spread over roughly 60 acres. CUSU offers programmes from diploma through doctoral level across engineering, arts, commerce, science, education, management, nursing, pharmacy, computing and social work. Its institutional model emphasizes quality education, hands-on practice, research, ethical values and social responsibility. The university includes constituent colleges, departments and centres that allow professional and general disciplines to operate within one structure. Practical exposure is supported through student projects, industrial visits, field trips, seminars, conferences, awareness programmes and placement-oriented training. Research and innovation are visible in student engineering projects and doctoral activity, while the central library and university auditorium support broader academic life. Professional programmes function with reference to the relevant statutory and regulatory bodies. The university's Wadhwan-Surendranagar location gives it a strong regional role in Saurashtra while maintaining links with industry and professional education. C. U. Shah University's identity is therefore closely tied to the transformation of a long-established charitable education trust into a comprehensive private university. The institution's heritage is older than its 2013 university status: Wardhman Bharti Trust was established in 1968, and the university notes a wider educational legacy developing through the late twentieth century. A major recent campus milestone was the opening of University Bhavan facilities including the auditorium and central library in November 2023. The university continues to combine regional access, professional education, practical training and research within a single Surendranagar-based system. This regional role remains central to the university’s continuing development in Surendranagar.