Assam University, Silchar

Established 1994
Type: Public
Chancellor: Prof. R. A. Mashelkar
Vice-Chancellor: Prof. Tapodhir Bhattacharjee
Location Silchar, Assam, India
Campus: Rural
Affiliations: UGC
Website: www.assamuniversity.nic.in

The Assam University was established on 21 January 1994. Its campus is located in Silchar city which is at the heart of the barak valley in southern Assam, India. Within such a short frame of time, the institution has established its permanent campus with more than 24 teaching departments and 3 interdisciplinary centres, also the university has 8 schools on major disciplines. Being an affiliating university, the institution sustains a multidisciplinary approach to higher education.

Schools:

The major teaching schools of the university are:

* School of Environmental Science
* School of Humanities
* School of Information Science
* School of Life Science
* School of Management Studies
* School of Physical Science
* School of Language
* School of Social Science
* School of Technology