Gauhati University: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Gauhati University was incorporated by an Act of 1947. K. K. Handique served as the institution's first vice-chancellor as it began operations on January 26, 1948, as an affiliating, teaching, and residential university in a few temporary buildings in Guwahati. The university offers admission to postgraduate diploma, postgraduate, and integrated programmes. Admission to postgraduate programmes at Gauhati University is granted based on prior academic achievement.

For admission in Gauhati University’s M.A programme, students must complete B.A. degree in the respective field with minimum 45 per cent marks from a recognised university. For M.Sc. degree students should obtain at least 45 per cent marks in B.Sc. degree in the respective field from a recognised university. To get admission in M.Com students must have at least 45 per cent in B.Com and for M.Lib.I.Sc. students need to get at least 40 per cent in any stream from a recognised board. For admission in MBA degree, candidates who have received more than a 75 percentile in the CAT, MAT, XAT are excluded from appearing from the admission exam.

Students who want to register at Gauhati University, can register themselves by visiting https://guportal.in and clicking on “New student registration and login”. While they click on the “New student registration and login”, a new page will come and there, students need to click on “New Student Registration” and then again they will get an online application form to fill in with all their details. But if the students have already registered then they can fill their application number and password in the previous page.

K. K. Handique served as the institution's first vice-chancellor as it began operations on January 26, 1948, as an affiliating, teaching, and residential university in a few temporary buildings in Guwahati. As the registrar, treasurer, and secretary of university classes, respectively, Phanidhar Dutta, Sailandhar Rajkhowa, and Sarat Kumar Dutta were appointed.

Gauhati University is a public state university, and is approved by the University Grants Commission (UGC). NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council)has accredited the university with an ‘A’ grade. According to the NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) ranking, Guwahati University got the rank 64th under the overall category.

325 degree colleges and institutions are currently affiliated with Gauhati University. Some of the colleges are Abhayapuri College, Ajmal Law College, Alamganj Rangamati College, AR BEd College, Arya Vidyapeeth College, Asian Institute of Management And Technology, Assam Engineering College, Ataur Rahman College of Education, Barak Valley Engineering College, Barnagar BEd College, Sorbhog, BRM Govt Law College, College of Aeronautical Engineering.

Gauhati University or GU which is located in Guwahati, Assam, is a collegiate public state university. Under the provisions of an Act passed by the Assam Legislative Assembly, it was founded on January 26, 1948. Many international institutions and universities collaborate with Gauhati University. Gauhati University grants its students a wide range of national level scholarships.

The NIRF ranking 2021 of Gauhati University, Guwahati in the university category is 45.

The fee for the entire duration of M.Sc. course is Rs. 21,790.

Presently, there are 359 colleges affiliated to the varsity.