Assam University

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Assam University, Silchar
আসাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, শিলচর
Assam University logo.jpg
Type Public
Established 1994
Chancellor Gulzar[1]
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dilip Chandra Nath[2]
Location , ,
Campus Urban
Affiliations UGC
Website www.aus.ac.in

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Assam University (Bengali: আসাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a teaching-cum-affiliating Central University. The history of Assam University is the history of people's struggle in Barak Valley . The "Saheed Minar" situated near the entrance of the university commemorates the history of Bengali language movement (বাংলা ভাষা আন্দোলন) of this valley.[3] The university has sixteen schools which offer Social Sciences, Humanities, Languages, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Information Sciences, Technology and Management Studies. There are 35 departments under these sixteen schools. The five districts under the jurisdiction of Assam University have 56 undergraduate colleges. Assam University is an institutional signatory to the Global Universities Network for Innovation (GUNI), Barcelona and United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) for its commitment to educational social responsibilities.

The main campus, in an area of 600 acres (2.4 km2), is located at Dargakona, near Airongmara about 20 km from Silchar, while a second campus of the university is at Diphu, in the East Karbi Anglong district of Assam.

Schools and Departments

The major teaching schools of the university along with the departments under them are:[4]

Abanindranath Tagore School of Creative Arts and Communication Studies

  • Department of Mass Communication
  • Department of Visual Arts

Albert Einstein School of Physical Science

  • Department of Computer Science(DCS)
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Physics
  • Department of Statistics
  • Department of Mathematics

Aryabhatta School of Earth Sciences

Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay School of Education

  • Department of Educational Science

Deshabandhu Chittaranjan School of Legal Studies

  • Department of Law

E. P. Odam School of Environmental Sciences

  • Department of Ecology and Environmental Science

Hargobind Khurana School of Life Sciences

  • Department of Life Science & Bioinformatics
  • Department of Biotechnology
  • Department of Microbiology

Jadunath Sarkar School of Social Sciences

  • Department of Anthropology
  • Department of History
  • Department of Political Science
  • Department of Social Work
  • Department of Sociology

Jawaharlal Nehru School of Management Studies

  • Department of Business Administration

Mahatma Gandhi School of Economics and Commerce

  • Department of Economics
  • Department of Commerce

Rabindranath Tagore School of Indian Languages and Cultural Studies

  • Department of Bengali
  • Department of Hindi
  • Department of Manipuri
  • Department of Sanskrit
  • Department of Linguistics
  • Department of Assamese

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan School of Philosophy

  • Department of Philosophy

Shushrutu School of Medical and Paramedical Sciences

  • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Suniti Kumar Chattopadhyay School of English and Foreign Language Studies

  • Department of English
  • Department of Arabic
  • Department of French

Swami Vivekananda School of Library Sciences

  • Department of Library & Information Science

Triguna Sen School of Technology

  • Department of Agricultural Engineering
  • Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering
  • Department of Computer Science & Engineering [5] (Formerly Department of Information Technology)

Assam University Students Union

Current office holder:

Academic collaboration

Affiliated colleges

All the colleges in the 5 districts of South Assam, viz, Cachar, Karimganj, Hailakandi, North Cachar Hills or Dima Hasao and Karbi Anglong district fall within university's jurisdiction. Till the year 2013 there are 50 colleges which include Degree colleges, a Medical college, a few Law colleges and Teachers' Training colleges. This is a list of colleges affiliated with Assam University.[6][7]

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