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Dibrugarh University

Dibrugarh University 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 University is situated at Rajabheta at a distance of about five kilometers to the South of the premier town of Dibrugarh in the easternmost corner of Assam as well as India. Dibrugarh a commercially and industrially advanced town in the entire north-eastern region also enjoys a unique place in the fields of art, literature and culture. The district of Dibrugarh is well known for its vast treasure of minerals (including oil, natural gas and coal), flora and fauna and largest concentration of tea plantation. The diverse tribes with their distinct dialects, customs, traditions and culture also make this area a veritable paradise for the study of Anthropology and Sociology besides Art and Culture.

The Dibrugarh University Campus is well linked by roads, rails, air and waterways. The National Highway No. 37 passes through the University Campus.

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.

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 recognized by all the Universities in India and abroad on reciprocal basis.

Directorate of Distance Education, D.U.

During the last two decades it is observed that most of the departments of the University received a large number of applications for admission into the M.A./M.Sc./M.Com. previous year classes. Due to limited number of seats in post-graduate classes, a large number of students can not enrol themselves as students of the University. For this, a good number of students decided to appear as private candidates. To help a number of students who due to limited number of seats in post-graduate classes or for other reasons can not enrol themselves as students of the University, the 73 rd meeting of the Academic Council vide Resolution No. 5 held on 2nd  September' 2000 decided to introduce Distance Education in the University. This will provide an opportunity to the students who can not enrol themselves as students of  the University to obtain a post-graduate degree through the mode of distance education. The degree shall have the same standard and status as the post graduate degree of the regular students under Semester System. The introduction of distance education will not allow a student to appear in the post-graduate examination as private candidate.
 
 

Vision :

The Directorate of Distance Education, Dibrugarh University was established in 2001 with a vision to reach the unreached. During the last three decades, it was observed that most of the Department and the Centres of studies of the University received a large number of applications for admission into different programmes offered. Due to limited number of seats in post-graduate and under-graduate classes, a large number of students fail to enroll themselves as students of the University. Considering the necessity of enabling the youths who are either employed or self-employed and who are unable to prosecute higher education due to economic or other reasons, the University has set the vision of taking Higher Education to the doorsteps of the learners.
 

Mission :
Keeping the vision in mind the Directorate started its mission with post graduate programmes in Assamese, Commerce, Economics, History, Mathematics, Political Science and Sociology since 2001 through its 36 Contact Centres. Post-graduate diploma courses in Marketing Management and Statistics were added to this list in 2005. PG Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication have been introduced from the academic sessions 2007-2008 and MA in English and Political Science Programme have been introduced from the academic session 2008-09. Moreover, Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor in Computer Application(BCA) and Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application (PGDCA) have been launched from the academic session 2010-11. Now, a new initiative has been taken by the Directorate of Distance Education, Dibrugarh University, to introduce Bachelor of Arts (BA) Programme in Annual System through distance mode from the academic session 2011-12.
The immediate mission of the University is to expand the network of the contact centre in Assam and other states of the North Eastern Region and thus attain the coverage of the entire North-Eastern Region of the country.

The major objectives of the Directorate are :
(i)    To provide access to quality higher education to the people of the region who are deprived of higher          

        education due to various reasons.
(ii)   To provide higher education to those who wish to upgrade or acquire knowledge through studies in various

        field.
(iii)  To develop knowledge and skills in different areas which are hitherto covered by formal education system

        existing in the North-East Region.
(iv)   To promote research in different fields.
(v)    To provide guidance and counseling to its students.