Higher Education in Assam

Institution

Number

1. University (including Private and Deemed University)

Central University

2

State University

13

Private University

7

Arts, Science and Commerce College

(i) Govt. College

4

(ii) Govt. Model College

11

(iii) Provincialised College

321

(iv) Private College

92

2. Govt. Law College

1

3. Non-Govt. Law College

26

4. Literary & Voluntary Organization

25

2023-24

District

Govt. College

Provincialised College

Model College

Private College

Commerce College

Kokrajhar

1

8

-

3

1

Dhubri

-

13

1

-

1

Goalpara

-

9

1

3

-

Barpeta

-

16

2

2

1

Morigaon

-

7

-

3

1

Nagaon

-

21

1

3

3

Sonitpur

-

7

1

3

2

Lakhimpur

-

17

-

5

2

Dhemaji

-

15

-

8

2

Tinsukia

-

9

2

5

5

Dibrugarh

-

15

-

4

6

Sivasagar

-

15

-

1

3

Jorhat

-

16

-

-

4

Golaghat

-

15

1

1

4

Karbi Anglong

1

3

1

8

1

Dima Hasao

1

1

1

2

1

Cachar

-

13

1

8

2

Sribhumi

-

7

1

3

2

Hailakandi

-

6

1

-

1

Bongaigaon

-

8

1

1

2

Chirang

-

4

-

2

-

Kamrup

-

26

-

2

3

Kamrup Metro

2

20

-

8

6

Nalbari

-

10

-

1

1

Baksa

-

5

1

6

-

Darrang

-

5

1

1

1

Udalguri

-

5

-

4

1

Biswanath

-

4

1

1

-

Charaideo

-

4

-

-

1

Hojai

-

4

-

-

2

Majuli

-

5

-

1

-

South Salmara

-

3

-

-

-

West K. Anglong

-

1

-

3

-

Bajali

-

4

-

-

-

Tamulpur

-

-

-

-

-

Assam

5

321

18

92

59

2022-23

District

Govt. College

Provincialised College

Model College

Private College

Commerce College

Kokrajhar

1

8

-

3

1

Dhubri

-

13

-

-

1

Goalpara

-

9

1

3

-

Barpeta

-

16

-

2

1

Morigaon

-

7

-

3

1

Nagaon

-

21

-

3

3

Sonitpur

-

7

-

3

2

Lakhimpur

-

17

-

5

2

Dhemaji

-

15

-

8

2

Tinsukia

-

9

2

5

5

Dibrugarh

-

15

-

4

6

Sivasagar

-

15

-

1

3

Jorhat

-

16

-

-

4

Golaghat

-

15

1

1

4

Karbi Anglong

1

3

1

8

1

Dima Hasao

1

1

-

2

1

Cachar

-

13

1

8

2

Karimganj

-

7

1

3

2

Hailakandi

-

6

1

-

1

Bongaigaon

-

8

1

1

2

Chirang

-

4

-

2

-

Kamrup

-

26

-

2

3

Kamrup Metro

2

20

-

8

6

Nalbari

-

10

-

1

1

Baksa

-

5

-

6

-

Darrang

-

5

1

1

1

Udalguri

-

5

-

4

1

Biswanath

-

4

1

1

-

Charaideo

-

4

-

-

1

Hojai

-

4

-

-

2

Majuli

-

5

-

1

-

South Salmara

-

3

-

-

-

West Karbi Anglong

-

1

-

3

-

Tamulpur

-

-

-

-

-

Bajali

-

4

-

-

-

Assam

5

321

11

92

59

2023-24

Name of Institution/ College

District/ Location

Ayurvedic College/ Homeopathic College

No. of Teacher

Course-wise Enrolment (Nos.)

Enrolment by sex

Under Graduate

Post Graduate

Any Other

Male

Female

Govt. Ayurvedic College, Guwahati

Kamrup Metro

42

60

29

-

39

38

S J N  Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati

Kamrup Metro

38

62

0

-

35

27

2022-23

Name of Institution/College

District/ Location

Ayurvedic College/Homeopathic College

No. of Teacher

Course-wise Enrolment (Nos.)

Enrolment by sex

Under Graduate

Post Graduate

Any Other

Male

Female

Govt. Ayurvedic College, Guwahati

Kamrup Metro

43

24

18

-

27

15

SJN Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati

Kamrup Metro

39

39

0

-

30

9

2023-24

Particulars

Ayurvedic

Homepathic

No. of Institution (Govt. )

1

1

Intake Capacity

63

63

30

0

Enrolment :

Male

29

35

10

0

Female

19

27

19

0

No. of Teacher

27

29

15

9

2022-23

Particulars

Ayurvedic

Homepathic

No. of Institution (Govt. )

1

1

Intake Capacity

63

63

30

0

Enrolment :

Male

44

19

12

0

Female

19

18

17

0

No. of Teacher

27

30

15

9

2024-25

Name of the State Govt. Engineering College

Total Intake Capacity

Total Enrolment

Scheduled Caste

Scheduled Tribes (Plain)

Scheduled Tribes (Hills)

Female

Total

Female

Total

Female

Total

Female

Total

Assam Engineering College, Jalukbari Guwahati

462

114

445

11

33

11

41

8

20

Jorhat Engineering College, Jorhat

347

101

335

8

21

7

31

9

13

Jorhat Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat

264

75

258

5

18

7

23

1

6

Bineswar Brahma Engineering College, Kokrajhar

264

74

259

5

24

11

32

0

4

Barak Valley Engineering College, Sribhumi

264

64

243

5

22

11

22

1

1

Golaghat Engineering College, Golaghat

198

55

198

2

20

5

19

3

4

Dhemaji Engineering College, Dhemaji

198

49

186

3

15

9

21

1

3

Total

1997

532

1924

39

153

61

189

23

51

2023-24

Name of the State Govt. Engineering College

Total Intake Capacity

Total Enrolment

Scheduled Caste

Scheduled Tribes (Plain)

Scheduled Tribes (Hills)

Female

Total

Female

Total

Female

Total

Female

Total

Assam Engineering College, Jalukbari Guwahati

462

117

449

8

31

15

42

10

19

Jorhat Engineering College, Jorhat

347

80

335

7

23

11

33

5

10

Jorhat Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat

264

72

232

5

13

6

24

0

2

Bineswar Brahma Engineering College, Kokrajhar

264

67

225

3

15

12

28

0

2

Barak Velly Engineering College, Karimganj

265

39

194

3

15

5

21

0

2

Golaghat Engineering College, Golaghat

198

55

177

6

14

8

19

0

0

Dhemaji Engineering College, Dhemaji

198

48

152

4

8

5

16

0

0

2024-25

Name of the Polytechnic College

Total Intake Capacity

Total Enrolment

Scheduled Caste

Scheduled Tribes (Plain)

Scheduled Tribes (Hills)

Female

Total

Female

Total

Female

Total

Female

Total

Assam Engineering Institute, Guwahati

299

73

299

6

16

9

27

4

12

Diphu Polytechnic, Diphu

67

11

67

0

3

0

6

1

3

Assam Textile Institute, Guwahati

78

25

63

1

3

0

4

3

3

Dibrugarh Polytechnic, Dibrugarh

149

48

148

0

8

2

10

2

5

Bongaigaon Polytechnic, Bongaigaon

133

21

133

0

6

1

9

0

6

Nagaon Polytechnic, Nagaon

189

48

189

2

11

4

16

2

9

PCPS Girls Polytechnic, Guwahati

132

128

128

7

7

11

11

3

3

Residential Girls Polytechnic

67

45

45

0

0

1

1

0

0

Silchar Politechnic

244

47

243

2

14

3

16

3

11

HRH the Powiet

287

76

285

4

18

4

25

2

10

Baksa Polytechnic, Baksa

200

35

198

3

12

9

18

1

6

Barpeta Polytechnic, Barpeta

200

42

198

2

10

2

14

0

4

Dhemaji Polytechnic, Dhemaji

200

49

200

3

10

7

18

1

2

Lakhimpur Polytechnic, Lakhimpur

200

60

199

3

13

7

18

1

2

Karimganj Polytechnic, Sribhumi

200

15

180

1

13

0

14

1

4

Golaghat Polytechnic, Golaghat

200

43

200

3

12

4

17

2

6

Goalpara Polytechnic, Goalpara

199

31

199

1

13

6

16

0

2

Nalbari Polytechnic,Nalbari

200

26

200

1

11

1

14

1

3

Kamrup Polytechnic, Kamrup

199

29

199

0

11

4

15

0

4

Sivasagar Polytechnic, Demow

200

45

200

5

12

4

17

1

6

Sonitpur Polytechnic, Sonitpur

200

48

200

2

12

4

16

1

5

Morigaon polytechnic, Morigaon

198

39

197

1

11

4

17

2

7

Tinsukia Polytechnic, Tinsukia

198

67

198

9

12

5

17

1

2

Chirang Polytechnic, Bijni

199

56

199

2

11

7

18

0

1

Udalguri polytechnic, Udalguri

198

29

198

1

11

2

15

0

2

Hailakandi polytechnic, Hailakandi

198

14

180

2

11

2

9

1

2

Total

4834

1150

4745

61

271

103

378

33

120

2023-24

Name of the Polytechnic College

Total Intake Capacity

Total Enrolment

Scheduled Caste

Scheduled Tribes (Plain)

Scheduled Tribes (Hills)

Female

Total

Female

Total

Female

Total

Female

Total

Assam Engineering Institute, Guwahati

315

65

601

3

25

9

30

6

16

Diphu Polytechnic, Diphu

65

10

127

1

3

0

6

3

17

Prince of Wales Institute, Jorhat

290

70

570

4

20

6

26

5

12

Assam Textile Institute, Guwahati

78

20

115

0

1

4

8

1

3

Dibrugarh Polytechnic, Dibrugarh

155

40

296

5

13

7

18

3

7

Bongaigaon Polytechnic, Bongaigaon

133

22

247

1

7

3

13

0

5

Nowgaon Polytechnic, Nowgaon

189

35

370

6

16

4

18

3

10

Girls Polytechnic, Guwahati

132

107

239

8

8

16

16

5

5

Silchar Polytechnic, Silchar

244

42

469

2

24

5

20

2

12

Baksa Polytechnic, Baksa

200

32

349

7

18

9

29

1

3

Barpeta Polytechnic, Barpeta

200

35

363

5

14

4

19

2

8

Dhemaji Polytechnic, Dhemaji

200

48

372

4

16

11

33

2

2

Lakhimpur Polytechnic, Lakhimpur

200

50

374

4

15

9

36

3

3

Karimganj Polytechnic, Karimganj

200

13

339

3

16

0

11

0

5

Golaghat Polytechnic, Golaghat

200

49

389

2

15

4

18

3

7

Gioalpara Polytechnic, Goalpara

199

27

362

3

14

5

21

0

1

Nalbari Polytechnic, Nalbari

200

30

349

4

13

3

19

-

-

Kamrup Polytechnic, Kamrup

199

14

352

1

18

0

21

1

4

Sivasagar Polytechnic, Demow

200

51

392

3

14

4

22

3

8

Sonitpur Polytechnic, Sonitpur

200

44

383

2

16

5

22

1

7

Residential Girls' Polytechnic, Golaghat

67

47

114

3

3

10

10

2

2

Morigaon Polytechnic, Morigaon

198

47

350

5

13

9

21

2

7

Tinsukia Polytechnic, Tinsukia

198

63

375

9

16

5

23

1

1

Chirang Polytechnic, Bijni

199

54

379

6

14

17

45

1

2

Udalguri Polytechnic, Udalguri

198

38

338

1

10

17

49

0

1

Hailakandi Polytechnic, Hailakandi

198

19

324

3

12

2

9

0

1

Total

4857

1072

8938

95

354

168

563

50

149

Institution

No. of Institution (State)

Intake Capacity (State)*

Enrolment

No. of Teachers

Female

Total

Female

Total

Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati

1

200

45

200

184

468

Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh

1

200

55

200

136

359

Silchar Medical College, Silchar

1

125

30

125

55

290

Jorhat Medical College, Jorhat

1

125

30

125

59

162

F.A.A. Medical College, Barpeta

1

125

33

125

46

152

Tezpur Medical College, Tezpur

1

125

38

125

61

168

Diphu Medical College, Diphu

1

100

25

100

30

122

Lakhimpur Medical College, Lakhimpur

1

100

37

100

35

130

Dhubri Medical College, Dhubri

1

100

22

100

38

130

Regional Dental College, Guwahati

1

50

10

50

18

41

Government Dental College, Dibrugarh

1

63

15

63

2

6

Government Dental College, Silchar

1

63

18

63

2

5

Regional Nursing College, Guwahati

1

75

75

75

26

26

B.Sc. Nursing College, Dibrugarh

1

75

75

75

14

14

B.Sc. Nursing College, Silchar

1

75

75

75

9

9

Institute of Pharmacy attached to GMC, Guwahati

1

75

30

75

3

10

Institute of Pharmacy attached to AMC, Dibrugarh

1

125

40

125

1

12

Institute of Pharmacy attached to SMC, Silchar

1

50

15

50

1

8

Institute of Para-Med. Science attached to GMCH, Guwahati

1

194

80

190

#

#

Institute of Para-Med. Science attached to AMCH, Dibrugarh

1

179

95

175

#

#

Institute of Para-Med. Science attached to SMCH, Silchar

1

106

40

100

#

#

Institute of Para-Med. Science attached to JMCH, Jorhat

1

120

45

118

#

#

Institute of Para-Med. Science attached to FAAMCH, Barpeta

1

103

30

100

#

#

Institute of Para-Med. Science attached to TMCH, Tezpur

1

115

40

110

#

#

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

21

22

26

28

30

Year

Central University

Deemed University- Government

Institute of National Importance

State Private University

State Public University

2021-22

2

1

5

6

15

2020-21

2

1

5

6

13

2019-20

2

1

4

6

12

2018-19

2

3

6

10

2017-18

2

3

5

10

Particulars

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

Number of College

512

544

558

595

607

Average Enrolment per College

983

971

870

795

906

College per Lakh Population

14

15

15

16

15

Year

Ph.D.

M.Phil.

Post Graduate

Male

Female

Both

Male

Female

Both

Male

Female

Both

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

2021-22

3140

2230

5370

82

132

214

26134

36830

62964

2020-21

3648

2356

6004

126

180

306

23461

33328

56789

2019-20

3214

2413

5627

245

371

616

27523

39800

67323

2018-19

2970

1970

4940

192

272

464

26709

38720

65429

2017-18

2633

1704

4337

129

224

353

39907

48393

88299

Year

Under Graduate

PG Diploma

Diploma

Male

Female

Both

Male

Female

Both

Male

Female

Both

1

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

2021-22

288411

290995

579406

693

828

1521

12793

9470

22263

2020-21

297876

304835

602711

984

946

1930

12972

9814

22786

2019-20

269915

278078

547993

1683

1530

3213

11139

8078

19217

2018-19

300082

296037

596119

1694

1564

3258

12704

10910

23614

2017-18

278600

277744

556344

1735

1627

3362

10223

7709

17932

Year

Certificate

Integrated

Grand Total

Male

Female

Both

Male

Female

Both

Male

Female

Both

1

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

2021-22

102

688

790

2571

2913

5484

333926

344086

678012

2020-21

459

866

1325

2459

2783

5242

341985

355108

697093

2019-20

743

1176

1919

2446

2247

4693

316908

333693

650601

2018-19

756

1034

1790

2377

2172

4549

347484

352679

700163

2017-18

1082

1353

2435

2630

2651

5281

336939

341405

678344

Year

All Categories

Scheduled Caste

Scheduled Tribe

Other Backward Classes

Male

Female

Both

Male

Female

Both

Male

Female

Both

Male

Female

Both

2021-22

333926

344086

678012

29419

27820

57239

63952

66267

130219

85446

92054

177500

2020-21

341985

355108

697093

27177

26775

53952

59272

63715

122987

84052

91542

175594

2019-20

316908

333693

650601

27642

26519

54161

50251

55109

105360

83549

93431

176980

2018-19

347484

352679

700163

30045

28123

58168

56783

57526

114309

91467

98892

190359

2017-18

336939

341405

678344

28384

26170

54554

49517

48090

97607

86073

88615

174688

Year

Persons with Disability

Muslim

Other Minority Communities

EWS

Male

Female

Both

Male

Female

Both

Male

Female

Both

Male

Female

Total

2021-22

429

232

661

44047

40761

84808

5841

5894

11735

12932

14272

27204

2020-21

644

316

960

44845

43084

87929

6791

6571

13362

8496

8916

17412

2019-20

511

301

812

47608

45745

93353

6796

7109

13905

-

-

-

2018-19

599

364

963

49869

47596

97465

6586

6696

13282

-

-

-

2017-18

528

354

882

45324

42480

87804

4268

4394

8662

-

-

-

Year

ALL

SC

ST

Male

Female

Both

Male

Female

Both

Male

Female

Both

2021-22

16.2

17.6

16.9

18.2

19.5

18.8

25.4

26.3

25.8

2020-21

16.8

18.4

17.5

17.0

19.0

17.9

23.8

25.6

24.7

2019-20

15.7

17.4

16.5

17.5

19.0

18.2

20.4

22.3

21.4

2018-19

17.4

18.6

18.0

19.3

20.3

19.8

23.3

23.6

23.4

2017-18

17.1

18.2

17.6

18.4

19.1

18.7

20.6

19.9

20.2

Particulars

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

All

1.07

1.07

1.11

1.09

1.09

Scheduled Caste

1.04

1.06

1.08

1.11

1.07

Scheduled Tribe

0.97

1.01

1.10

1.08

1.04

Year

All Institutions

University & Colleges

University & its Constituent Units

Regular & Distance Mode

Regular Mode

Regular & Distance Mode

Regular Mode

Regular & Distance Mode

Regular Mode

2021-22

28

25

28

26

32

18

2020-21

29

27

27

28

31

18

2019-20

28

24

35

30

38

15

2018-19

31

26

37

31

41

11

2017-18

34

29

41

35

48

12

Year

All Institutions

University & Colleges

University & its Constituent Units

Regular & Distance Mode

Regular Mode

Regular & Distance Mode

Regular Mode

Regular & Distance Mode

Regular Mode

2019-20

28

24

35

30

38

15

2018-19

31

26

37

31

41

11

2017-18

34

29

41

35

48

12

2016-17

30

26

31

24

34

14

2015-16

25

22

26

22

35

11

Year

Professor & Equivalent

Reader/Associate Professor & Equivalent

Male

Female

Both

Male

Female

Both

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

2021-22

1182

384

1566

2092

1207

3299

2020-21

1220

379

1599

2205

1276

3481

2019-20

1257

365

1622

2489

1416

3905

2018-19

1271

375

1646

2654

1526

4180

2017-18

1150

316

1466

2497

1361

3858

Year

Lecturer/Assistant Professor & Equivalent

Demonstrator/Tutor

Temporary Teacher etc.

Male

Female

Both

Male

Female

Both

Male

Female

Both

1

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

2021-22

8903

7001

15904

507

500

1007

681

843

1524

2020-21

8963

6880

15843

442

381

823

662

858

1520

2019-20

8618

6371

14989

415

375

790

781

958

1739

2018-19

8370

6020

14390

478

373

851

788

960

1748

2017-18

7255

5058

12313

318

207

525

702

815

1517

Year

Visiting Teacher

All Teacher

Male

Female

Both

Male

Female

Both

1

17

18

19

20

21

22

2021-22

20

16

36

13385

9951

23336

2020-21

18

18

36

13510

9792

23302

2019-20

19

16

35

13579

9501

23080

2018-19

21

13

34

13582

9267

22849

2017-18

36

13

49

11958

7770

19728