Dibrugarh University, the easternmost University of India was set up in 1965 under the provisions of the Dibrugarh University Act, 1965 enacted by the Assam Legislative Assembly. It is a teaching-cum-affiliating University with limited residential facilities.

The territorial jurisdiction of Dibrugarh University covers seven districts of Upper Assam, Viz., Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Sibsagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Dhemaji and Lakhimpur.

The University Campus extends over an area of more than 500 acres of which 60 acres are still covered under tea plantation.

The University is accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with an institutional score of 71% (B grade).

Dibrugarh University is a member of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU). The Degrees conferred by this University are recognised by all India and abroad on reciprocal basis.

The University through the various teaching Departments in its campus and the affiliated Colleges scattered over the seven districts is imparting higher education in the various branches of learning in Arts, Commerce, Engineering, Medical, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Law, Science & Technology, Computer Science and Teachers' Training.

In the University Campus at present there are seventeen Departments and three centres teaching subjects in Arts, Technology, Commerce, Management, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Education leading to the M.A., M.Sc., M.Tech, M.Com, MBA, M.Pharm, M.Ed, B.Ed., B.Pharm., BBA, BCA and B.L.I.Sc. degrees. Some of these Departments/Centres also conduct Diploma Courses like the 2 years Integrated Diploma Course in Tai Language, Certificate Courses in Computer Application and the Post graduate Diploma in Computer Applications (PGDCA) etc. The Post-graduate Diploma in Bio-Informatics Course is also being introduced from the ensuing session.

Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry was started in 1968 and since then offering M.Sc. (with Organic, Inorganic and Physical Specialisation) and Ph. D. Degrees. From 1988 the Department started M. Phil course. Since inception the department has very active research group working in the areas of Polymer Chemistry, Transition metal and main group Co-ordination Chemistry, Natural Product and Synthetic Organic chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Synthetic Nanomaterials, Coal Chemistry and semiemperical calculations (EHMO and Normal coordinate analysis) of inorganic complex compounds. Department is also collaborating actively with NEIST, Jorhat and other institutes of national importance. The Dept. has completed several projects in frontier areas sponsored by DST, ISRO, UGC, GBPIHE etc. and being awarded with FIST-I (2003-2008) by DST, Govt. of India and SAP (UGC, 2007-2012). Recently, it has also established international link under Indo-Ukrain Collaborative research (sponsored by DST, Govt. of India and Ukrain Academy of Sciences).

The department is equipped with Sophisticated Instruments like UV Spectrophotometer, IR Spectrophotometer, Impedance Analyzer, TG-DTA Thermal Analyzer, and CV Analyzer.

Website address: http://dibru.ac.in

Contact Address: Dibrugarh University
Dibrugarh , 786004
Assam , India

Email: info@dibru.ac.in

Office Bearers

Chancellor : Janaki Ballav Pattanaik

Vice Chancellor: K K Deka

Registrar: P. K. Bhuyan