State · North-East zone
This page lists every institute we currently track for the state, sourced from official registries — admission pathway (JoSAA, state counselling, or institute exam) and NIRF Engineering rank are shown per institute where we can cite them.
| Tracked institutes | 28 |
|---|---|
| With NIRF Engineering rank | 1 |
| Institute types present | 6 |
| Largest type share | STATE · 15 |
| Geographic zone | North-East |
Figures computed from institutes currently tracked for this state in Knwdle’s directory. NIRF ranks cite nirfindia.org.
Live mix of institute types on this page — use the chips below the rankings to filter cards.
State government institutes and universities form the largest group of institutes we track in Assam, ahead of private institutes. Admission pathway varies by institute — JoSAA where a seat is counselled nationally, the state's own counselling for state universities, or an institute-level exam elsewhere — and each profile states its specific route rather than assuming one process covers the whole state.
IIT Guwahati carries the highest NIRF Engineering rank we track in Assam, at #8, with NIT Silchar (#50) also on the ranked list. Ranks come from nirfindia.org — we don't compute or estimate a Knwdle-side score.
Share with a numeric NIRF Engineering rank
4%
Computed from the institutes listed on this page right now — not a fixed marketing number. Refreshes as our directory adds or re-verifies institutes.
Institutes on this page with a numeric NIRF Engineering rank, best first (up to 20). YoY movement requires multi-year NIRF rows in the database.
| Rank | Institute | Type | Score | GO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #8 | IIT Guwahati | IIT | 72.24 | 84.7 |
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
IIT Guwahati, the sixth IIT, was established in 1994 with academic programmes starting in 1995. On its Guwahati campus in Assam, it has grown to eleven…
Assam Agricultural University is a higher-education institute listed in Knwdle’s college directory. Check the official website for current admissions,…
Assam Don Bosco University is a state private, non-profit, co-educational, Catholic research university located in Assam, India. The university was founded on…
Assam Down Town University was established through the Assam Down Town University Act, 2010 in the state of Assam, India in 2010. The university is located in…
Assam Rajiv Gandhi University of Co-operative Management is a higher-education institute listed in Knwdle’s college directory. Check the official website for…
Assam University is a central public university located at Silchar, Assam, India. It was founded in the year 1994 by the provisions of an act enacted by the…
Assam Women's University is a public university located in Jorhat, Assam, India. It was established by the Assam Women's University Act, 2013 by the Assam…
Birangana Sati Sadhani Rajyik Vishwavidyalaya is a public state university located in Golaghat district, Assam. The university is established by The Birangana…
Bodoland University is a higher-education institute listed in Knwdle’s college directory. Check the official website for current admissions, programmes, and…
Central Institute of Technology(CIT) is a higher-education institute listed in Knwdle’s college directory. Check the official website for current admissions,…
Cotton University, formerly known as Cotton College, is a public state university located in Guwahati, Assam, India. It was established in 2017 by the…
Dibrugarh University is a collegiate public state university in the Indian state of Assam. It is the second oldest University in North East India and Assam,…
Gauhati University also known as GU, is a collegiate public state university located in Guwahati, Assam, India. It was established on 26 January 1948 under the…
Girijananda Chowdhury University is a private university in Guwahati, Assam, established by cabinet decision of Assam Legislative Assembly under Assam Act…
Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati
Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati is an Institute of National Importance in India’s IIT system. Undergraduate admission is through JEE…
Jagannath Barooah University is a university located in Jorhat, Assam, India. It was founded on 19 August 1930. The college is recognised by University Grants…
Kokrajhar University is a higher-education institute listed in Knwdle’s college directory. Check the official website for current admissions, programmes, and…
Madhabdev University is a higher-education institute listed in Knwdle’s college directory. Check the official website for current admissions, programmes, and…
Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva Viswavidyalaya (MSSV) is a private university located in Nagaon, Assam, India. It was established through The Mahapurusha…
Majuli University of Culture is a higher-education institute listed in Knwdle’s college directory. Check the official website for current admissions,…
State private universities in India are regulated under the UGC Regulations, 2003. Per these regulations, state private universities are established by an Act…
Rabindranath Tagore University may refer to these universities in India named after Rabindranath Tagore:Rabindranath Tagore University, Bhopal in Madhya…
This list consists of institutions of higher education in the Indian state of Assam. These university/institutions under the state government usually follow a…
Sri Sri Aniruddhdeva Sports University is a higher-education institute listed in Knwdle’s college directory. Check the official website for current admissions,…
Swami Vivekananda University may refer to these universities in India named after the monk Swami Vivekananda:Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical…
Tezpur University is a Central University located in Tezpur in the North-Eastern state of Assam, India, established by an act of Parliament, in 1994.
Kaziranga University (KU), officially established as The Assam Kaziranga University, is a state private university located at Koraikhowa, on the outskirts of…
The Assam Royal Global University is a higher-education institute listed in Knwdle’s college directory. Check the official website for current admissions,…
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NIRF Graduation Outcomes (GO) is the honest substitute for placement-intent browsing — an independent metric, not a package figure.