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Assam University, Silchar

Assam University is a teaching-cum-affiliating University. The University has nine Schools which offer Social Sciences, Humanities, Languages, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Information 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. Drawing its faculty from many disciplines, from all over the country, the university sustains a multidisciplinary approach to higher education.

The campus, in an area of 600 acres, is situated at Dargakona, about 20 km from Silchar. The University is situated in South Assam, bordering Bangladesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Maghalaya, and Nagaland.

Schools and departments

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

School of Environmental Science

: Department of Ecology and Environmental Science

School of Humanities

Department of Education
Department of Fine Arts
Department of Philosophy

School of Information Sciences

Department of Mass Communication

School of Life Sciences

Department of Biotechnology
Department of Life Science

School of Management Studies

Department of Business Administration
Department of Commerce

School of Physical Sciences

Department of Chemistry
Department of Computer Science
Department of Mathematics
Department of Physics

School of Languages

Department of Arabic
Department of Bengali
Department of English
Department of Foreign Languages
Department of Hindi
Department of Linguistics
Department of Manipuri
Department of Sanskrit

School of Social Sciences

Department of Economics
Department of History
Department of Law
Department of Political Science
Department of Social Work
Department of Sociology

School of Technology

Department of Agricultural Engineering
Department of Information Technology

Facilities

Hostel: Hostel facilities for the students or research scholars are available from this year. Accommodations in one Gents Hostel and one Ladies Hostel are being provided to students. Apart from these, privately run hostels are also available in the nearby Irongmara & Dwarbond areas for the university students.
Computer Centre: One Computer Centre located inside the campus is available for the use by both students and academic community.
Transport: Two buses for the students ply between Silchar and the campus (about 20 KM. from the town) daily for bringing the students from Silchar town and dropping them back. Besides this, chartered buses for staff also ply between Silchar and the campus.
Major Scientific Equipments: With the one time assistance from the UGC and the funds available from other agencies like DST, DAE and CSIR the various Science Departments have procured the following state of the art instruments:

Department of Physics: LCR Meter (HP 4263), Meade computerised 16" Telescope, FTIR Spectometer
Department of Chemistry: UV -VIS- Spectrometer, Polarizing Microscopy, Pyris 1 DSC System.
Department of Ecology & Environmental Science: OXi Top BOD Determination System, Laser Leaf Area Meter, Anderson Sampler.
Department of Life Science: Leica-Leitz Trinocular Phase contrast microscope, CO2 incubator, PCR system, Growth chamber.

Library: Assam University Central library located inside the campus is available for students. Presently the Library has a holding of 52,557 books. The Library subscribes to 13 foreign and 186 Indian journals, 16 news papers, and 12 popular magazines. Assam University Library is one of the libraries selected by U.G.C. for automation and networking under INFLIBNET Programme in the year 1998-1999. The Library automation is under progress and a database of 25000 books have already been created using SOUL software provided by INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad. Besides the Central Library, most of the departments have their own Departmental Library for ready reference by the students.

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