Assam Women's University is a public university located in

Jorhat Jorhat ( /) is a major city in Upper Assam division, Upper Assam and among the fastest growing urban centres in the state of Assam in India. Etymology Jorhat ("jor" means twin and "hat" means market) means two hats or mandis - "Masorhaat" and ...

Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. It was established by the Assam Women's University Act, 2013 (XXII of 2013) by the Assam Government. It is the first women's university in Assam. During the initial set up Assam Agricultural University Vice-Chancellor was appointed as the mentor of the university by the state government. On 12 September 2019, the

Governor of Assam This is a list of governors of Assam, and other offices of similar scope, from the start of British occupation of the area in 1824 during the First Anglo-Burmese War. The governor of Assam is the nominal head of the Indian state of Assam. The ...

and chancellor of the university

Jagdish Mukhi Prof. Jagdish Mukhi (born 1 December 1942) is an Indian politician who served as the 28th Governor of Assam from 2017 to 2023 and the Governor of Nagaland (Additional Charge) from 2021 to 2023 and the Governor of Mizoram on 2019. He is a member ...

appointed Malinee Goswami as the first vice chancellor of the university.

Academics

The university offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programs in various disciplines such as Arts, Science, Commerce, Management, Social Work, and Education. Some of the popular courses offered by AWU are BA, B.Sc, B.Com, BBA, MBA, MCA, M.Sc, MA, M.Ed, BPT, and Ph.D. The university follows a semester system for all its courses.

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* Education in Jorhat district Women's universities and colleges in Assam 2013 establishments in Assam Educational institutions established in 2013 Jorhat State universities in Assam {{Assam-university-stub