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| Motto | |
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Motto in English | Perform Your Duties, For Action is Superior to Inaction |
| Type | Public state university |
| Established | 1965 |
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| Chancellor | Governor of Assam |
| Vice-Chancellor | Jiten Hazarika |
| Address | Rajabheta , , , 786004 , 27°27′00″N 94°53′42″E / 27.450°N 94.895°E |
| Campus | Rural, total over 500 acres (2.0 km2) |
| Acronym | DU |
| Website | dibru.ac.in |
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Dibrugarh University is a collegiate public state university in the Indian state of Assam. It is the second oldest University in Assam and in North East India. It is a member of the Association of Indian Universities and Association of Commonwealth Universities. It is located at Dibrugarh, Assam, India. It was set up on 1 July 1965 under the provisions of the Dibrugarh University Act, 1965[1] enacted by the Assam Legislative Assembly. The University was established to build it as a Center of Science and Technology. As the University was planned as a centre of higher education in science and technology, Bhoj Raj Seth, an eminent mathematician of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, was appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor at the initiative of the then Education Minister of Assam, Dev Kant Barooah.
The university comprises 17 Department, Dibrugarh University Institute of Engineering and Technology, 16 centre of studies within the 7 distinct Faculty of Studies via an ordinance passed on 17 July 2019 vide Resolution No. 44[2] and an exclusive Centre for Distance and Online Education. As of September 2022, the university also hosts 177 affiliated colleges and institutes that spread over ten districts of Assam. The university is recognised by University Grants Commission.
- ^ "Dibrugarh University Act 1965" (PDF).
- ^ "Ordinance for Faculty of Studies" (PDF).