GLS University is a state private university in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, established in April 2015 under the Gujarat private-university framework. Its sponsoring body is Gujarat Law Society, an education organization founded in 1927 by prominent public figures including Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Ganesh Mavlankar and I. M. Nanavati. This long institutional lineage gives the university almost a century of educational background beyond its own statutory age. The university operates from the Gujarat Law Society campus near Law Garden in central Ahmedabad. Academic fields include business management, commerce, law, computer applications, engineering and technology, design, performing arts, humanities and research. The structure combines long-established GLS institutions with newer university departments, allowing traditional professional strengths such as law and commerce to sit alongside technology, design and entrepreneurship. Innovation and enterprise are visible parts of the university ecosystem. GLS promotes the Leadership Entrepreneurship and Acceleration Foundation, a technology-business-incubation initiative supported through public startup and innovation programmes. Industry-linked curricula, applied projects, professional events and student clubs complement conventional academic study. The central Ahmedabad location also gives students direct access to the city's legal, business, technology and creative sectors. GLS University's identity therefore joins a recent university statute with the much older Gujarat Law Society tradition. The university was not created as an isolated campus; it emerged from an established education network that had already operated law, commerce, management and other institutions for decades. Its current development builds on that heritage while expanding research, technology and creative disciplines. For students, this means a modern university environment supported by one of Gujarat's longest-running private educational societies. Its academic model also supports progression across related disciplines while maintaining the institution's established educational strengths. This combination gives students access to academic breadth, practical exposure and structured opportunities for further study. The university also emphasizes practical learning and student development alongside formal classroom instruction.