Assam Agricultural University (AAU) was established in 1969 under the Assam Agricultural University Act l968 January 2 l969. The jurisdiction of the University extends to the entire State of Assam with regard to teaching, research and extension education in the field of agriculture and allied sciences. 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/Road/Rail. The latitude, longitude and altitude of Jorhat are 26°44´N, 94°l0´E and 9l m. above mean sea level respectively. The objectives of the University are:
To make provision for imparting education to the people in agriculture and other allied branches of learning
To further the advancement of learning and research in agriculture and other allied sciences
To undertake the extension of such sciences especially to the rural people of the state.
Faculties
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
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.