U.V.Patel College of Engineering (UVPCE), Kherva was established in 1997. The college is affiliated to Ganpat University.

Ganpat University-U. V. Patel College of Engineering (GUNI-UVPCE) is situated in Ganpat Vidyanagar campus. It was established in September 1997 with the aim of providing educational opportunities to students from it is one of constituent colleges of Ganpat Universitvarious strata of society. It was armed with the vision of educating and training young talented students of Gujarat in the field of Engineering and Technology so that they could meet the demands of Industries in Gujarat and across the globe.

The College is named after Shri Ugarchandbhai Varanasibhai Patel, a leading industralist of Gujarat, for this generous support. It is a self-financed institute approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi and the Commissionerate of Technical Education, Government of Gujarat.

The college is spread over 25 acres of land and is a part of Ganpat Vidyanagar Campus. It has six ultra modern buildings of architectural splendor, class rooms, tutorial rooms, seminar halls, offices, drawing hall, workshop, library, well equipped departmental laboratories and several computer laboratories with internet connectivity through 10 GBPS. Fiber link, satellite link education center with two-way audio and one-way video link. The superior infrastructure of the Institute is conducive for learning, research and training.

The Institute offers various undergraduate programs, postgraudate programs, and Ph.D Programs.

Placement plays a key role in shaping the future of the students, and keeping this in mind; the institute has forged healthy relations with the prominent industries. These tie-ups are mutually beneficial. The industries get a chance to employ the resources of the institute for thier R & D. In turn they extend every possible help to the institute especially with regard to providing hands-on training to the students. As part of this initiative, Incubation Centre/Start-up activities have also been developed.