Objects of the University

Following shall be the objects of the university, namely:-

1. (1) to provide instructions, teaching, training, consultancy in Higher Education that includes disciplines in areas such as Science, Arts, Social Sciences, Humanities and Management, Computer Applications, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Allied Health Sciences and make provisions for research, advancement and dissemination of knowledge;
2. (2) to establish, endow, run, control, manage and maintain medical institutions including medical college, teaching hospital, nursing college, college of Pharmacy and other allied health institutions.
3. (3) to establish, endow, run, control, manage and maintain K-12 (Kindergarten to Grade 12) schools and to provide students with relevant pre-school, primary, secondary, higher secondary and vocational education of the highest standard with an objective to bring education within the reach of poor and underprivileged children and also to serve as an University School for the teacher education programmes run by the university.
4. (4) to create higher levels of intellectual things;
5. (5) to establish state of the art facilities for education and training;
6. (6) to carry out teaching and research and offer continuing education programmes;
7. (7) to create centres of excellence for research and development and for sharing knowledge and its application;
8. (8) to establish campus in Assam and to have study centres at different places within its jurisdiction;
9. (9) to establish examination centres;
10. (10) to institute degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions on the basis of examination, or any such method;
11. (11) to ensure that the standards of degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions are not lower than those laid down by AICTE, NCTE, UGC, MCI, Pharmacy Council and other similar agency/agencies established by the Central Government for regulation of education;
12. (12) to open study centres within its jurisdiction;
13. (13) to set up off campus centre within and out of the State, subject to the permission of the regulatory bodies under any law made by the Parliament and any regulations, rules etc. made by the regulating bodies;
14. (14) to pursue any other objective as may be approved by the Government.