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

Assam Agricultural University (AAU) is the only educational centre in the world to offer a comprehensive four-year degree program in Agriculture with specialization in Tea Husbandry and Technology (THT), which covers the entire gamut of tea cultivation, production and marketing. The AAU campus in Jorhat also has a College of Home Science. The university offers B. Sc (Agri.) and M. Sc (Agri.) courses as well as B. Sc and M. Sc Home Science courses

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


Affiliated Colleges:-
Medical Colleges
College of Veterinary Science, Khanapara Campus
Other Colleges
B N College of Agricultural, Viswanatha Chariall, Sonitpur
College of Agriculture, Jorhat
College of Home Science, AAU, Jorhat
College of Fisheries Sc, Raha
L C Vety Science, Azad Lakhimpur

Address:-
Assam Agricultural University
Jorhat-785013 (Assam)
vc@aau.ren.nic.in
anm@aau.nic.in
Phone:-+91-376-320919, 320965, 325344
For more details follow this link Website of Assam Agricultural University