Education in Assam

Main article: Education in Assam

See also: List of educational institutions in Assam

Cotton College in Guwahati initiated modern tertiary education and research in Assam and has been continuing classical and high-educational standards for more than hundred years; many of the buildings in the college are excellent examples of Assamese architecture with colonial flavours

Academic complex of IIT Guwahati

Main building of Jorhat Engineering College

Assam boasts of the most wide-ranging networks of higher educational institutions in the whole of North-Eastern region of India. Assam has developed into a top educational destination at the state as well as at the national level. To enhance the status of Assam education, the state government has introduced many innovative education polices. Its capital city, Guwahati, is a key destination for higher education for students of the whole of north-eastern region. A special mentioning is deserved by Cotton College, Guwahati which holds a heritage that goes back a century (Estd. 1901). One of India's best boarding schools The Assam Valley School is located at Balipara in the Sonitpur(Tezpur) District of Assam. It is a co-educational ICSE residential school. Assam has several institutions for tertiary education and research. Assam's other major cities like Silchar and Dibrugarh are also major educational hubs with universities, medical colleges and engineering colleges established there.

The major institutions are:

Universities[edit]

• Gauhati University, Guwahati
• Cotton College State University, Guwahati
• National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam
• Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh
• Tezpur University, Tezpur
• K.K.Handique State Open University, Guwahati, Dibrugarh
• Assam University, Silchar
• Tata Institute of Social Science (Guwahati Campus) ( Deemed University)
• Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat
• Bodoland University,^[122] Kokrajhar
• Don Bosco University,^[123] (private)
• Assam down town University,^[124] (private)
• Kaziranga University,^[125] Jorhat (private)

Medical Colleges[edit]

• Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh
• Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Guwahati
• Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Silchar
• Jorhat Medical College,^[126] Jorhat
• Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College, Barpeta
• Dr. J. K. Saikia Homeopathic Medical College, Jorhat
• Assam Government Ayurvedic College, Guwahati
• Susruta School of Medical and Paramedical Sciences,

Government Technology and Engineering College[edit]

• Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
• National Institute of Technology, Silchar
• Central Institute of Technology Kokrajhar
• Assam Engineering College, Guwahati
• Jorhat Engineering College, Jorhat
• Gauhati University Institute of Science and Technology, Gauhati University, Guwahati
• Bineswar Brahma Engineering College,Kokrajhar
• Jorhat Institute of Science and Techhnology, Jorhat
• Dibrugarh University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh
• Triguna Sen School of Technology, Assam University, Silchar
• School of Engineering, Tezpur University, Tezpur
• North East Institute of Science and Technology,(www.rrljorhat.res.in), Jorhat

Private Technology and Engineering College[edit]

• Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Management and Technology, Guwahati
• Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Management and Technology, Tezpur
• Don Bosco College of Engineering and Technology, Guwahati
• Royal School of Engineering and Technology, Guwahati
• NETES Institute of Technology and Science Mirza
• Down Town College of Engineering, Guwahati
• KU School of Engineering, Technology and Management
• Asian Institute of Management and Technology(AIMT)
• Assam Institute of Management (AIM)
• Regional Institute of Science & Technology, Guwahati

UGC Autonomous Colleges[edit]

• North Lakhimpur College, North Lakhimpur

Law Academy[edit]

• Bishnu Ram Medhi Government Law College (Earlier Earl Law College), Guwahati.
• Dispur Law College, Guwahati
• Goalpara Law College, Goalpara
• Jorhat Law College, Jorhat.
• Tinsukia Law College, Tinsukia
• NEF Law College, Guwahati, Affiliated to Gauhati University, University Topper of session 2011-12
• J.B Law College, Guwahati
• Department Of Law,Guwahati University, Guwahati
• National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam, Guwahati
• Law and judicial studies Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh.
• Deshabandhu Chittaranjan School of Legal Studies, Assam Central University, Silchar
• The National Law University and Judicial Academy
• A.K.Chanda Law College, Tarapur, Silchar