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 (2.4 km²), is in Durgakona, about 20 km from Silchar

Silchar

Silchar is the headquarters of Cachar district in the state of Assam in India. It is the economic gateway to the state of Mizoram and part of Manipur. It is south east of Guwahati. The city of Silchar has tremendous commercial importance and is the second largest city in the state of Assam...

. The university is 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

1. Department of Ecology and Environmental Science

School of Humanities

1. Department of Education
2. Department of Fine Arts
3. Department of Philosophy

School of Information Sciences

1. Department of Mass Communication

School of Life Sciences

1. Department of Biotechnology
2. Department of Life Science

School of Management Studies

1. Department of Business Administration
2. Department of Commerce

School of Physical Sciences

1. Department of Computer Science
2. Department of Chemistry
3. Department of Mathematics
4. Department of Physics

School of Languages

1. Department of Arabic
2. Department of Bengali
3. Department of English
4. Department of Foreign Languages
5. Department of Hindi
6. Department of Linguistics
7. Department of Manipuri
8. Department of Sanskrit

School of Social Sciences

1. Department of Economics
2. Department of History
3. Department of Law
4. Department of Political Science
5. Department of Social Work
6. Department of Sociology

School of Technology

1. Department of Agricultural Engineering
2. Department of Information Technology
3. Department of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering

Facilities

• Hostels: Hostel facilities for the students or research scholars are available in one Gents' Hostel and one Ladies' Hostel. Apart from these, privately run hostels are available in the nearby Irongmara and Dwarbond areas.
• Computer Centre: One Computer Centre on the campus is available for students and the academic community.
• Transport: Two buses ply between Silchar and the campus (about 20 km from the town) daily to bring the students from Silchar town and return them. Besides this, chartered buses for staff serve Silchar and the campus.
• Major scientific equipment: With one-time assistance from the UGC and funds from other agencies like DST, DAE and CSIR, the science departments have procured the following state-of-the-art instruments:

1. Department of Physics: LCR meter (HP 4263), Meade computerised 16" telescope, FTIR spectometer
2. Department of Chemistry: UV-VIS spectrometer, polarizing microscopy, Pyris 1 DSC system.
3. Department of Ecology & Environmental Science: OXi Top BOD determination system, laser leaf area meter, Anderson sampler.
4. Department of Life Science: Leica-Leitz trinocular phase contrast microscope, CO2 incubator, PCR system, growth chamber.
   • Library: Assam University Central Library has a holding of 52,557 books. The library subscribes to 13 foreign and 186 Indian journals, 16 newspapers, and 12 popular magazines. Assam University Library was selected by U.G.C. for automation and networking under the INFLIBNET
     INFLIBNET
     Information and Library Network Centre is an Autonomous Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission , Government of India, involved in creating infrastructure for sharing of library and information resources and services among Academic and Research Institutions...
     
     programme in 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 library for ready reference by the students.