Assam Agricultural University

The Assam Agricultural University was established in 1969 under the Assam Agricultural University Act l968 (Assam Act XXIV of l968) vide Governor’s notification LJL l8/67/l0 dated the 2nd January l969.
The objectives of the University are:

• making provision for imparting education to the people in agriculture and other allied branches of learning
• furthering the advancement of learning and prosecution of research in agriculture and other allied sciences
• undertaking the extension of such sciences specially to the rural people of the state

The Campus

The University has a number of campuses with its head quarter located at Borbheta at a distance of about 5 km from both bus station and railway station and 2 km from airport of the Jorhat. The city can be reached easily from Guwahati, the capital of Assam, by air/bus/train. The latitude, longitude and altitude of Jorhat are 26°44´N, 94°l0´E and 9l m above mean sea level respectively.

Departments under Assam Agricultural University against various faculties are:

FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE

• Agricultural Biotechnology
• Agricultural Economics & Farm management
• Agricultural Meteorology
• Agricultural Statistics
• Agricultural Engineering
• Agronomy
• Animal Husbandry & Dairying
• Biochemistry & Agricultural Chemistry
• Crop Physiology
• Entomology
• Extension Education
• Horticulture
• Nematology
• Plant Breeding & Genetics
• Plant Pathology
• Soil Science
• Tea Husbandry & Technology

FACULTY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE

• Animal Genetics & Breeding
• Animal Nutrition
• Animal Production & Management
• Extension Education (Veterianry)
• Veterinary Anatomy & Histology
• Veterinary Gynaecology
• Veterinary Medicine, Public Health & Hygiene
• Veterinary Microbiology
• Veterinary parasitology
• Veterinary pathology
• Veterinary Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Veterinary Physiology
• Veterinary Surgery & Radiology
• Poultry Science

FACULTY OF HOME SCIENCE

• Child Development & Family relations
• Clothing & Textiles
• Extension Education
• Food & Nutrition
• Family resource management

FACULTY OF FISHERIES SCIENCE

• Aquaculture
• Fish Biology
• Hydrography
• Fish Technology & Engineering
• Fish Extension Education
• Fish Economics & Management