U. V. Patel College of engineering (UVPCE) situated in Ganpat vidyanagar campus was established in septmber-1997 under the aegis of Mehsana District Education Foundation with a view of educating and training young talented students of Gujarat at the field of engineering and technology to meet the needs of industries in Gujarat and beyond for the growth of the industries.
The College is named after Shri Ugarchandbhai Varanasibhai Patel, a leading industrialist of Gujarat, for his generous donation of Rs. 1.25 crores. It is a self-financed institute approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, the Government of Gujarat and now it became the constituent college of Ganpat University.
The College is spread over 25 acres of land and is a part of Ganpat vidyanagar Campus. It has two ultra modern buildings of architectural splendor measuring 6100 sqm. and 2700 sqm., for housing class rooms, tutorial rooms, seminar hall, offices, drawing hall, workshop, library, well equipped different departmental laboratories, several computer labs with internet connectivity through 1 Mbps wireless link, satellite link education center with two-way audio and one-way video link with Gandhinagar etc.