JGCC - Jagadguru Gangadhar College of Commerce was established in 1947 and is one of the oldest institutes in the state. The college offers excellent education in the field of management and business. The placement record of the university is excellent as so many big IT giants visit the campus regularly for campus recruitment. The aim of the college is to develop the mind of the student and provide him with a platform to display his skills and develop his skills.

The College started with a meager strength of 114 students and came under the jurisdiction of Karnatak University Dharwad in 1949 and it was permitted to run a B.Com Degree course. The Department of Commerce of Karnatak University to conduct Post-graduation course in M.Com was opened on the premises of J.G. College of Commerce in 1954 founded by the Karnatak Lingayat Education Society in 1947 with the blessings of His Holiness Jagadguru Gurusiddha Rajayogindra Swamiji of Murusaviramath, the active support, and encouragement from the Chamber of Commerce and the philanthropic public of Hubli, J. G. College of Commerce, Hubli is the oldest single faculty collegiate institution in this part of Karnataka. Affiliated with Karnatak University Dharwad, it has been offering value-based and career-oriented education since then. Built on a spacious area of 9.25 acres on N.H. 4, it has all the infrastructural facilities such as spacious classrooms, an independent library with a unique collection of over 72,000 volumes, well equipped Computer Lab, an LCD Multimedia System, an Auditorium, a Hostel, Staff Quarters, Play Ground, etc. Since six decades of its existence, the college has built an enviable reputation both in academics and sports. While it can boast of having produced Ranji Trophy players like Shri Avinash Vaidya, Shri Rajesh Kamat, Shri Pramod Kamat, Shri Bapu Patil, and Manoj Malhotra in the sports section, it feels equally proud about its achievements in academics too wherein it has produced hundreds of rank holders at the university level. Apart from regular B.Com., vocational B.Com. in Tax Procedure and Practice funded by UGC, is also taught to a limited number of students. It has been making consistent efforts in improving the quality of education by conducting Seminars, Group Discussions, Mock Interviews, visit to Industries and Banks, practical training on Income Tax and Sales Tax, Statutes, Entrepreneurship, interaction with entrepreneurs, and tax authorities, and practical knowledge of the subjects. An outstanding achievement of our degree college is that it has the privilege of being the first commerce college accredited an ‘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.