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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Rajiv Gandhi Education City
| other_name =
| settlement_type = Education City
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| nickname =
| pushpin_map = India Haryana#India#Asia
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Haryana, India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|28.9416|N|77.1313|E|region:IN-HR_type:City|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Haryana]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Sonipat district]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type = [[Municipal Corporation]]
| governing_body = Sonipat Municipal Corporation
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 =
| area_rank =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 224.15
| population_total =
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[English language|English]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| demographics1_title2 = Additional official
| demographics1_info2 =
| demographics1_title3 = Regional
| demographics1_info3 = [[Haryanvi language|Haryanvi]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Haryanvi |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/bgc |website=Ethnologue |accessdate=8 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| registration_plate = HR
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Sonipat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sonipat]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.sonipat.nic.in/}}
| footnotes =
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = Rai Assembly Constituency
}}

'''Rajiv Gandhi Education City''' is a planned education city in [[Sonipat]] in the [[States and territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Haryana]]. The city comes under the [[National Capital Region (India)|National Capital Region]], [[Delhi]] and also under the [[Municipal Corporation]] and [[Urban Agglomeration]] of [[Sonipat|Sonipat City]]. As of 2025, it host 4 universities and extension campuse of [[IIT Delhi]]. The park is planned to cover 2,026 acres and foundation stones were laid in June 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=IIT campus to come up in Rajiv Gandhi education city in Haryana|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/IIT-campus-to-come-up-in-Rajiv-Gandhi-education-city-in-Haryana/articleshow/13997719.cms|website=Times of India|accessdate=13 June 2016|date=12 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Manav Rachna University launched at Rajiv Gandhi Education City|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/press-releases/manav-rachna-university-launched-at-rajiv-gandhi-education-city-112061000037_1.html|newspaper=Business Standard India|publisher=Business Standard Private Ltd.|accessdate=13 June 2016|date=10 June 2012}}</ref>

==Institutes==

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1" style="text-align:left"
! scope="col" |University
! scope="col" |Type
! scope="col" |Established
! scope="col" |Specialisation
|-
!scope="row" | [[Ashoka University ]]<ref>{{Cite web | title=Ashoka University | url=http://ashokauniversity.edu.in | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911233446/http://ashokauniversity.edu.in:80/ | access-date=2025-02-16 | archive-date=2012-09-11}}</ref>
| [[Private university, India|Private]]
| 2014
| General
|-
! scope="row" | [[Indian Institute of Technology Delhi]], Sonipat campus<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://home.iitd.ac.in/|title=Home Page : IIT Delhi|website=home.iitd.ac.in}}</ref>
| [[Institutes of National Importance|INI]]'s Extension campuse
| 2013
| [[Technology|Technical]]
|-
!scope="row" | [[Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Law University]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sonipatproperty.com/post.php?art=256&show=all|title=National Law University | Rajiv Gandhi Education City | Sonipat News | sonipatproperty.com|website=www.sonipatproperty.com}}</ref>
| [[State university (India)|State]]
| 2013
| Law
|-
!scope="row" | [[SRM University, Haryana]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.srmuniversity.ac.in/|title=SRM University Delhi-NCR, Sonepat : Explore the Best Private University in Delhi NCR, Sonepat Haryana|website=www.srmuniversity.ac.in}}</ref>
| Private
| 2013
| General
|-
!scope="row" | World University of Design<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worlduniversityofdesign.ac.in/|title=World University Of Design (WUD)|website=worlduniversityofdesign.ac.in}}</ref>
|Private
|2017
|Design
|}

==Technopark==
On 4 April 2018, the newly built Technopark costing INR175 crore was unveiled by the [[Chief Minister of Haryana]] at the Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Sonipat. It is aimed at boosting the technical skills, dissemination and expansion of technical skills in the state.<ref name=newiit1>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/cm-unveils-iit-campus-at-sonipat-technopark/articleshow/63603013.cms Khattar unveils IIT-D campus at Sonepat], India Time, April 2018.</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|India|Education}}
* [[List of institutions of higher education in Haryana]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Education in India}}
{{Haryana}}

[[Category:Education in Haryana]]
[[Category:Sonipat]]

Rajiv Gandhi Education City - Revision history

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