Gujarat Ayurved University, GAU, Jamnagar

Gujarat Ayurveda University being a premiere institution of Ayurveda and W.H.O. collaborative center, became a center of attraction for foreigners. Students from Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Mauritius came here for regular P.G. degree course. The University started a three-month introductory course in Ayurveda in 1990. Since then students from the countries like Germany, Poland, England, Iceland, Switzerland, Netherlands, USA, Canada, Malta, Russia, Ukraine, Mongolia, Australia, Vietnam, Japan, Reunion Island, UK, Poland, Russia, Korea, Finland, Italy, Israel, Turkey, South Africa, Myanmar, Denmark have come to this University to attend various courses. In 1998 the University has broadened its objectives and set a goal to popularize Ayurveda in foreign countries and opened all its courses for foreigners. Many new courses have been introduced exclusively for foreign nationals.

To coordinate these activities and to provide exclusive information to foreign nationals, an International Center for Ayurvedic Studies has been inaugurated on January 5th, 1999. This center looks after the admission of foreign nationals in various courses and provides technical and administrative help to the students. Other than regular courses of the various Institutes this center organizes following courses exclusively for the foreign nationals.