K.L.E. Society Jagadguru Gangadhar College of Commerce, Hubli was established in 1947.

The College started with a meager strength 114 students came under the jurisdiction of Karnatak University Dharwad in 1949. J.G. College of Commerce, Hubli is the oldest single faculty collegiate institution in Karnataka which is affiliated to Karnatak University Dharwad.

The degree college is that it has the privilege of being the first commerce college accredited at ‘A’ grade by NAAC in the Karnatak University jurisdiction which itself is a testimony to the high ideals, vision, mission and goals it has kept before it.

The main aim of the college is to impart quality commerce education catering to the needs of the ever changing business world by bringing out the potential competency among the students so as to help them in establishing the business of their own and to train them to become professionals in the field of Commerce and Management.