Assam Agricultural University (AAU) is a premier institution in India’s North-Eastern region, dedicated to advancing agricultural education, research, and innovation. For students aspiring to build a career in agriculture and allied sciences, the AAU Information Bulletin for the 2025-2026 academic year offers a wealth of opportunities. This guide dives deep into the university’s offerings, from its rich history and diverse programmes to admission details and campus life, making it an essential read for prospective students
Important Date
- Online Start :- May 2025
- Last Date :- 9 June 2025
- Admit :- later
- Exam Date :- later
Documents Required
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- 10th, 12th Marksheet (UG) with Degree Marksheet for PG (if Passed) (pdf max. 150KB)
- Highest Qualification Certificate (pdf max. 150KB)
- Age Proof (pdf max. 150KB)
- Address Proof (pdf max. 150KB)
- EWS (if applicable) (pdf max. 150KB)
- PWD (if applicable) (pdf max. 150KB)
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Courses Details for UG & PG
Undergraduate (UG) Courses
Faculty of Agriculture
- B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture
- Duration: 8 semesters (4 years, including 6 months Student READY Programme)
- Colleges and Admission Capacity:
- College of Agriculture, Jorhat: 182 seats (142 + 40 Higher Fee Category)
- Biswanath College of Agriculture, Biswanath Chariali: 100 seats (83 + 17 Higher Fee Category)
- Sarat Chandra Singha College of Agriculture, Chapar, Dhubri: 60 seats (56 + 4 Higher Fee Category)
- Total Seats: 342
- Departments Offering Courses:
- Agricultural Biotechnology
- Agricultural Economics
- Agricultural Engineering
- Agricultural Meteorology
- Agricultural Statistics
- Agronomy
- Animal Husbandry & Dairying
- Biochemistry
- Plant Physiology
- Entomology
- Agricultural Extension Education
- Horticulture
- Nematology
- Genetics & Plant Breeding
- Plant Pathology
- Sericulture
- Soil Science
- Tea Husbandry & Technology
- B.Sc. (Hons) Horticulture
- Duration: 8 semesters (4 years, including 6 months Student READY Programme)
- College: College of Horticulture & Farming System Research, Nalbari
- Admission Capacity: 45 seats (36 + 9 Higher Fee Category)
- Departments Offering Courses:
- Basic Science
- Plant Protection
- Floriculture & Landscape Architecture
- Post-Harvest Technology
- Fruit Science
- Social Science
- Natural Resource Management
- Vegetable Science
- B.Sc. (Hons) Sericulture
- Duration: 8 semesters (4 years, including 6 months Student READY Programme)
- College: College of Sericulture, Titabar (currently functioning at AAU Jorhat Campus)
- Admission Capacity: 30 seats (27 + 3 Higher Fee Category)
- Departments Offering Courses:
- Agriculture & Allied Subjects
- Basic Sciences & Humanities
- Cocoon Crop Production
- Host Plant Production
- Sericulture Crop Improvement
- Silk Product Science
- Integrated B.Tech - M.Tech in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
- Duration: 10 semesters (8 semesters for B.Tech + 2 additional semesters for M.Tech)
- College: College of Agriculture, Jorhat
- Admission Capacity: 40 seats
- Department: Agricultural Biotechnology
Faculty of Community Science
- B.Sc. (Hons) Community Science
- Duration: 8 semesters (4 years, including 6 months Student READY Programme)
- College: College of Community Science, Jorhat
- Admission Capacity: 55 seats
- Departments Offering Courses:
- Extension Education and Communication Management
- Resource Management and Consumer Science
- Food and Nutrition
- Human Development and Family Studies
- Apparel and Textile Sciences
- B.Sc. (Hons) Food Nutrition & Dietetics
- Duration: 8 semesters (4 years, including 6 months Student READY Programme)
- College: College of Community Science, Jorhat
- Admission Capacity: Included within the 55 seats for Community Science
- Departments: Primarily Food and Nutrition
Faculty of Fisheries Science
- B.F.Sc. (Bachelor of Fisheries Science)
- Duration: 8 semesters (4 years, including In-Plant Training and Fisheries Work Experience Programme)
- College: College of Fisheries, Raha
- Admission Capacity: 50 seats (39 + 11 Higher Fee Category)
- Departments Offering Courses:
- Aquaculture
- Aquatic Animal Health Management
- Aquatic Environment Management
- Fisheries Engineering
- Fisheries Extension, Economics & Statistics
- Fish Processing Technology
- Fisheries Resource Management
Faculty of Veterinary Science
- B.V.Sc. & A.H. (Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry)
- Duration: 5.5 years (including 12-month internship)
- Colleges and Admission Capacity:
- College of Veterinary Science, Khanapara, Guwahati: 110 seats (105 + 5 Higher Fee Category)
- Lakhimpur College of Veterinary Science, Joyhing, North Lakhimpur: 60 seats
- Total Seats: 170
- Departments Offering Courses:
- Animal Genetics & Breeding
- Animal Nutrition
- Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics
- Veterinary and Animal Husbandry
- Livestock Production Management
- Livestock Products Technology
- Veterinary Clinical Complex
- Veterinary Anatomy
- Veterinary Biochemistry
- Veterinary Medicine
- Livestock Farm Complex
- Veterinary Microbiology
- Veterinary Parasitology
- Veterinary Pathology
- Veterinary Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Veterinary Physiology
- Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology
- Veterinary Surgery and Radiology
- Veterinary Extension Education
Total UG Seats: 763 (including Higher Fee Category and reserved seats for EWS, J&K/Ladakh under PM’s Scholarship Scheme, wards of Kashmiri migrants, foreign students, NRI/NRI-sponsored candidates, and other supernumerary seats).
Postgraduate (PG) Courses
The PG programmes are offered across the faculties of Agriculture, Community Science, Fisheries Science, and Veterinary Science, with most programmes spanning 4 semesters (2 years). Ph.D. programmes (6 semesters) are also listed where applicable, as they are considered part of postgraduate education.
Faculty of Agriculture
College of Agriculture, Jorhat
- M.Sc. (Agri)
- Duration: 4 semesters
- Departments and Admission Capacity:
- Agricultural Biotechnology: 6 seats
- Agricultural Economics: 10 seats
- Agricultural Engineering: 3 seats (M.Tech in Soil and Water Conservation Engineering)
- Agricultural Statistics: 3 seats
- Agricultural Meteorology: 4 seats
- Agronomy: 12 seats
- Biochemistry: 10 seats
- Plant Physiology: 10 seats
- Entomology: 15 seats
- Sericulture (under Entomology): 10 seats
- Agricultural Extension Education: 10 seats
- Horticulture:
- Fruit Science: 3 seats
- Vegetable Science: 3 seats
- Post-Harvest Management: 3 seats
- Floriculture and Landscaping: 3 seats
- Nematology: 4 seats
- Genetics and Plant Breeding: 8 seats
- Seed Science and Technology (under Genetics and Plant Breeding): 5 seats
- Plant Pathology: 15 seats
- Tea Husbandry and Technology: 4 seats
- Soil Science: 10 seats
- Total M.Sc. (Agri) Seats: 178
- M.Sc. in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
- Duration: 4 semesters
- Department: Agricultural Biotechnology
- Admission Capacity: 11 seats
- M.Tech in Food Technology (Processing Technology)
- Duration: 4 semesters
- Department: Horticulture
- Admission Capacity: 6 seats
- MBA (Agri-Business)
- Duration: 4 semesters
- Department: Agricultural Economics
- Admission Capacity: 10 seats
- Ph.D. in Agriculture
- Duration: 6 semesters
- Departments and Admission Capacity:
- Agricultural Biotechnology: 10 seats
- Agricultural Economics: 5 seats
- Agronomy: 6 seats
- Biochemistry: 5 seats
- Plant Physiology: 5 seats
- Entomology: 10 seats
- Agricultural Extension Education: 3 seats
- Horticulture: 5 seats (Fruit Science: 1, Vegetable Science: 2, Post-Harvest Management: 1, Floriculture and Landscaping: 1)
- Nematology: 2 seats
- Genetics and Plant Breeding: 5 seats
- Plant Pathology: 10 seats
- Soil Science: 5 seats
- Tea Husbandry and Technology: 1 seat
- Total Ph.D. Seats: 72
Biswanath College of Agriculture, Biswanath Chariali
- M.Sc. (Agri)
- Duration: 4 semesters
- Departments and Admission Capacity:
- Agricultural Economics: 6 seats
- Agronomy: 5 seats
- Entomology: 4 seats
- Agricultural Extension Education: 6 seats
- Horticulture:
- Floriculture and Landscaping: 2 seats
- Post-Harvest Management: 2 seats
- Genetics and Plant Breeding: 5 seats
- Plant Pathology: 4 seats
- Soil Science: 5 seats
- Total Seats: 39
Faculty of Community Science
College of Community Science, Jorhat
- M.Sc. (Community Science)
- Duration: 4 semesters
- Departments and Admission Capacity:
- Extension Education and Communication Management: 1 seat
- Apparel and Textile Sciences: 7 seats
- Food and Nutrition: 10 seats
- Human Development and Family Studies: 7 seats
- Resource Management and Consumer Science: 7 seats
- Total M.Sc. Seats: 32
- Ph.D. in Community Science
- Duration: 6 semesters
- Departments and Admission Capacity:
- Extension Education and Communication Management: 1 seat
- Apparel and Textile Sciences: 4 seats
- Food and Nutrition: 5 seats
- Human Development and Family Studies: 5 seats
- Resource Management and Consumer Science: 4 seats
- Total Ph.D. Seats: 19
Faculty of Fisheries Science
College of Fisheries, Raha
- M.F.Sc. (Master of Fisheries Science)
- Duration: 4 semesters
- Departments and Admission Capacity:
- Aquaculture: 4 seats
- Fisheries Resource Management: 4 seats
- Aquatic Environment Management: 4 seats
- Fish Processing Technology: 3 seats
- Fisheries Extension, Economics & Statistics: 2 seats
- Total M.F.Sc. Seats: 17
- Ph.D. in Fisheries Science
- Duration: 6 semesters
- Departments and Admission Capacity:
- Aquaculture: 1 seat
- Aquatic Environment Management: 1 seat
- Fish Processing Technology: 1 seat
- Total Ph.D. Seats: 3
Faculty of Veterinary Science
College of Veterinary Science, Khanapara
- M.V.Sc. (Master of Veterinary Science)
- Duration: 4 semesters
- Departments and Admission Capacity:
- Animal Reproduction, Gynecology and Obstetrics: 6 seats
- Animal Biotechnology: 15 seats
- Animal Genetics and Breeding: 10 seats
- Animal Nutrition: 6 seats
- Livestock Production and Management: 3 seats
- Livestock Products Technology: 5 seats
- Poultry Science: 4 seats
- Veterinary Anatomy & Histology: 6 seats
- Veterinary Extension Education: 4 seats
- Veterinary Medicine: 10 seats
- Veterinary Microbiology: 10 seats
- Veterinary Parasitology: 10 seats
- Veterinary Pathology: 5 seats
- Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology: 6 seats
- Veterinary Physiology: 10 seats
- Veterinary Public Health & Epidemiology: 4 seats
- Veterinary Surgery and Radiology: 5 seats
- Veterinary Biochemistry: 5 seats
- Total M.V.Sc. Seats: 124
- Ph.D. in Veterinary Science
- Duration: 6 semesters
- Departments and Admission Capacity:
- Animal Reproduction, Gynecology and Obstetrics: 3 seats
- Animal Biotechnology: 3 seats
- Animal Genetics and Breeding: 4 seats
- Animal Nutrition: 3 seats
- Livestock Production and Management: 3 seats
- Livestock Products Technology: 1 seat
- Poultry Science: 1 seat
- Veterinary Anatomy & Histology: 6 seats
- Veterinary Extension Education: 1 seat
- Veterinary Medicine: 1 seat
- Veterinary Microbiology: 4 seats
- Veterinary Parasitology: 3 seats
- Veterinary Pathology: 3 seats
- Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology: 4 seats
- Veterinary Physiology: 5 seats
- Veterinary Public Health & Epidemiology: 1 seat
- Veterinary Surgery and Radiology: 2 seats
- Veterinary Biochemistry: 3 seats
- Total Ph.D. Seats: 51
Total PG Seats (M.Sc., M.Tech, MBA, M.F.Sc., M.V.Sc.): 360 Total Ph.D. Seats: 145
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