Assam University

Established
1994
State
Assam
City
Silchar
Recognized
UGC
Website(s)
www.assamuniversity.nic.in
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Assam University

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Contact info
Assam University,
Silchar - 788 011,
Assam, India
Email:
auliba@sancharnet.in, asokesen@sancharnet.in
Phone No(s):
Vice Chancellor: 91-03842-270801
Registrar: 91-03842-270806
Finance Officer: 91-03842-270804

Assam University is a UGC recognized Central University of India, situated about 20kms from Silchar at Durgakona. The campus covers an area of 600 acres in the South Assam region, bordering with Bangladesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Maghalaya, and Nagaland. Assam University was established in year 1994. It is a teaching-cum-affiliating University and it has a total of 9 Schools which offer Life Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, Languages, Information Sciences, Physical Sciences, Technology and Management Studies. There are 29 Departments under these nine Schools. The five districts under the jurisdiction of Assam University have 51 Undergraduate Colleges. It acts as the main hub of education in the seven sisters of India.

Hostel facilities for the students or research scholars are available at the university. Students can stay at Gents Hostel or Ladies Hostel. Assam University Central library is located inside the campus. Presently the Library has 52,557 books. The Library subscribes to 13 foreign and 186 Indian journals, 16 news papers, and 12 popular magazines.

Courses Offered & Department

a) School of Environmental Science

Department Of Ecology & Environmental Science
Courses Offered:

  1. M.Sc. (by course work).
    – Duration: Two Years (Four Semesters).
    – No. of seats : 31
  2. M.Phil (by course work and dissertation).
    – Duration: Three Semesters.
    – No. of seats: 13
  3. Ph.D. (by research work)
  4. D.Sc.
  5. PGDTM (by course work)
    – Duration: Two Semester

b) School of Life Sciences

Department Of Biotechnology

  1. M.Sc. (by course work).
    – Duration: Two Years (Four Semesters).
    – No. of seats : 19
  2. M.Phil (by course work & dissertation).
    – Duration: Three Semesters.
    – No. of seats: 06
  3. Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management (PGDMM)
    – Duration: Two Semester
    - No. of seats: 20
  4. Ph.D. (by research work),
    – Area of Ph.D. : Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Genomics, Microbial Diversity, Plant Biotechnology.

Department Of Life Science
Courses Offered:

  1. M.A. (by course work).
    – Duration: Two Years (Four Semesters).
    – No. of seats: 38
  2. M.Phil (by course work and dissertation).
    – Duration: Three Semesters.
    – No. of seats: 13
  3. Ph.D. (by research work)

Department Of Microbiology
Courses Offered:

  1. M.Sc. (by course work).
    – Duration: Two Years (Four Semesters).
  2. Ph.D. (by research work)

c). School of Languages

Department Of Arabic
Courses Offered:

  1. M.A. (by course work).
    – Duration : Two Years (Four Semesters).
    – No. of seats : 31
  2. M.Phil ( by course work and dissertation).
    – Duration : Three Semesters.
    – No. of seats: 15
  3. Ph.D. (by research work)

Department Of Bengali
Courses Offered:

  1. M.A. (by course work).
    – Duration : Two Years (Four Semesters).
    – No. of seats : 77
  2. M.Phil (by course work & dissertation).
    – Duration : Three Semesters.
    – No. of seats : 15
  3. Ph.D. (by research work)

Department Of English
Courses Offered:

  1. M.A. (by course work).
    – Duration : Two Years (Four Semesters).
    – No. of seats : 38
  2. M.Phil (by course work & dissertation).
    – Duration : Three Semesters.
    – No. of seats : 15
  3. Ph.D. (by research work)

Department Of French
Courses Offered:

  1. M.A. (by course work).
    – Duration : Four Semesters.
    – No. of seats : 20
  2. Certificate of Proficiency in French.
    – Duration : Two semesters.
    – No. of Seats : 18
  3. Diploma of Proficiency in French.
    – Duration : Two semesters.
    – No. of Seats : 18

Department Of Hindi
Courses Offered:

  1. M.A. (by course work).
    – Duration : Two Years (Four Semesters).
    – No. of seats : 46
  2. M.Phil (by course work & dissertation).
    – Duration : Three Semesters.
    – No. of seats : 15
  3. Ph.D. ( by course work and research work )
  4. D.Litt. ( by research work )

Department of Linguistics
Courses Offered:

  1. M.A. (by course work).
    – Duration : Four Semesters.
    – No. of seats : 31
  2. M. Phil. (by course work & dissertation).
    – Duration : Three Semesters.
    – No. of Seats : 15
  3. Ph.D. (by research work)

Department Of Manipuri
Courses Offered:

  1. M.A. (by course work).
    – Duration : Two Years (Four Semesters).
    – No. of seats : 31
  2. M.Phil ( by course work and dissertation).
    – Duration : Three Semesters.
    – No. of seats: 15
  3. Ph.D. (by research work)

Department Of Sanskrit
Courses Offered:

  1. M.A. (by course work).
    – Duration : Two Years (Four Semesters).
    – No. of seats : 31
  2. .Phil (by course work & dissertation).
    – Duration : Three Semesters.
    – No. of seats : 15
  3. Ph.D. ( by course work and research work )
  4. D.Litt. ( by research work )

d). School of Humanities

Department Of Education
Courses Offered:

  1. M.A. (by course work).
    – Duration : Two Years (Four Semesters).
    – No. of seats : 46
  2. M.Ed. (by course work & dissertation).
    – Duration : Two Semesters.
    – No. of seats : 38
  3. M.Phil. (by course work & dissertation)
    – Duration : Three Semester
    – No. of seats : 18
  4. Ph.D. (by research work)

Department Of Fine Arts
Courses Offered:

  1. BVA (by course work).
    – Duration : Four Years (Eight Semesters).
    – No. of seats : 38
  2. MVA (by course work & dissertation).
    – Duration : Two Years (Four Semesters).
    – No. of seats : 38
  3. Ph.D. (by research work).

Department Of Philosophy
Courses Offered:

  1. M.A. (by course work).
    – Duration : Two Years (Four Semesters).
    – No. of seats : 46
  2. M.Phil ( by course work and dissertation).
    – Duration : Three Semesters.
    – No. of seats: 15
  3. Ph.D. (by research work)
  4. D.Litt (by research work)

e) School of Management Studies

Department Of Business Administration
Courses Offered:

  1. MBA (by course work).
    – Duration : Two Years (Four Semesters).
    – No. of seats : 92
    Specialization (Dual Basis): Finance, Marketing, HR, IT management & Retail Management .
  2. Ph.D. (by research work).

Department Of Commerce
Courses Offered:

  1. M.Com. (by course work).
    – Duration : Two Years (Four Semesters).
    – No. of seats : 46
  2. M.Phil (by course work & dissertation).
    – Duration : Three Semesters.
    – No. of seats : 15
  3. Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management(PGDMM)
    – Duration : Two Semester
    – No. of seats : 20
  4. Ph.D. (by research work)

f). School of Social Sciences

Department Of Economics
Courses Offered:

  1. M.A. (by course work).
    – Duration : Two Years (Four Semesters).
    – No. of seats : 77
  2. M.Phil (by course work & dissertation).
    – Duration : Three Semesters.
    – No. of seats : 15
  3. Ph.D. (by research work)
  4. D.Litt/ D.Sc.

Department Of History
Courses Offered:

  1. M.A. (by course work).
    – Duration : Two Years (Four Semesters).
    – No. of seats : 46
  2. M.Phil ( by course work and dissertation).
    – Duration : Three Semesters.
    – No. of seats: 15
  3. Ph.D. (by research work)

Department Of Law

  1. B.A. L.L.B (Hons) ( by course work )
    – Duration: Ten Semesters.
    – No. of Seats: 54

Department Of Political Science
Courses Offered:

  1. M.A. (by course work).
    – Duration : Two Years (Four Semesters).
    – No. of seats : 77
  2. M.Phil ( by course work and dissertation).
    – Duration : Three Semesters.
    – No. of seats: 15
  3. Ph.D. (by research work)
  4. Integrated pre- Ph.D. Course work
    – Duration: One Semester.

Department Of Social Work
Courses Offered:

  1. M.S.W. (by course work).
    Duration : Five Years (Ten Semesters).
    No. of seats : 54
  2. Ph.D. (by research work)

Department Of Sociology
Courses Offered:

  1. M.A. (by course work).
    – Duration : Two Years (Four Semesters).
    – No. of seats : 65
  2. M.Phil ( by course work and dissertation).
    – Duration : Three Semesters.
    – No. of seats: 15
  3. Ph.D. (by research work)

g) School of Information Sciences

Department Of Mass Communication
Courses Offered:

  1. MMC (by course work).
    – Duration : Two Years (Four Semesters).
    – No. of seats : 60
  2. Integrated M.Phil & Ph.D. (by course work and dissertation).
    – Duration: M. Phil. four Semesters. However, a Candidate with 60 per cent score in all papers of first semester may thereafter directly proceed to do his/her thesis.
  3. D.Litt (by research work)

h) School of Physical Sciences

Department Of Chemistry
Courses Offered:

  1. M.Sc. (by course work).
    – Duration : Two Years (Four Semesters).
    – No. of seats : 31
  2. M.Phil (by course work & dissertation).
    – Duration : Three Semesters.
    – No. of seats : 13
  3. Pre-Ph.D.
    – Duration : One Semester
    – No. of seats : 20
  4. Ph.D. (by research work)

Department Of Computer Science
Courses Offered:

  1. M.Sc. (by course work).
    – Duration : Five Years (Ten Semesters).
    – No. of seats : 70
  2. Ph.D. (by research work).
    *Provision exists for lateral exit after six semesters with a B.Sc. Degree in Computer Science.

Department of Mathematics
The Department of Mathematics offers M.Sc. and also M.Phil. and Ph.D. Programmes.

Department Of Physics
Courses Offered:

  1. M.Sc. (by course work).
    – Duration : Two Years (Four Semesters).
    – No. of seats : 38
  2. M.Phil (by course work & dissertation).
    – Duration : Three Semesters.
    – No. of seats : 15
  3. Ph.D. ( by course work and research work )
  4. D.Sc. ( by research work )

i) School of Technology

Courses Offered :

  1. B.Tech. (by course work).
    – Duration : Four Years(Eight Semesters).
    – No. of seats : 36
  2. Ph.D. (by research work)

Department of Information Technology

 
 

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  • Rajeev Lourembam
    27 December 2011

    Sir, may i know the syllabus of Mass Communication pre- ph.d entrance exam 2012. Thank You.

     
  • Anamika
    29 November 2011

    sir i am a student of b.com 3 yr i wanted to know about the admission procedure and cut off marks for m.com.THANK YOU

     

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