M.Sc. in Botany 

at Cotton University, Guwahati

Cotton University, Assam M.Sc with the duration of 2 years and contains specializations like chemistry, physics, statistics, environmental biology and wild life sciences, Botany, Assamese, Zoology, geology, Anthropology, Economics, Mathematics, Bengali, Hindi, Bodo, Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Sanskrit.

Currently there are four Science sections with an intake of capacity 380 students and one section for arts students according to university new rules 2023-2024

Cotton University offers various UG, PG and PhD courses, such as BSc, BA, BCA, MCA, MSC and MA. Admission to all the courses is entrance-based. The university accepts CUR-UG for admission to UG courses and conducts a university-based entrance exam i.e. CPGEE for admission to PG courses. Applicants seeking admission to any of these courses must appear in the entrance exam and score well to grab the final seat.

Cotton University in Guwahati has a good placement record. According to the NIRF report 2023, 13 UG and 95 PG students were placed during the placements. The median package offered to UG (3-year) students during placements 2023 stood at INR 5.34 LPA. For PG (2-year) and PG (3-year) courses, the median package offered during Cotton University placements 2023 was INR 3.62 LPA and INR 3.80 LPA, respectively. The university has a placement cell that organizes various activities to prepare students for placements, and around 50-60% of students got placed in various courses.

Cotton University offers admission to various UG courses including BA, BCA, BSc based on CUET UG scores followed by round-wise counselling. The university releases the merit lists for candidates who qualify for the cutoff after the CUET results are out. Tabulated below is the tentative schedule for CUET 2024:

Cotton University application process varies for UG, PG, and PhD programmes. Candidates need to apply through the university website, and Assam State Admission Portal for PG and UG programmes respectively. Eligible candidates must visit the official website of the university and click on the Applicant's Login given under different programmes, such as PhD, UG, PG, and HSC, and fill out the application form and pay the application fee.

Yes, Cotton University Jaipur accepts entrance exams for admission to UG, PG, and doctoral courses. The entrance exam includes CUET and any other state-level entrance exam for admission to UG, PG and PhD courses, respectively. Additionaly, the university conducts university-level entrance exams i.e, Cotton University Post-Graduate Entrance Examination for admission to PG courses. 

As a Higher Education institution, Cotton College has gone through several milestones from the initial phase of being under Calcutta University to the present when it is one of the full-fledged autonomous state universities of Assam. It is a Public State University established in 1901 by Sir Henry Stedman Cotton, the Chief Commissioner of the erstwhile British province of Assam.

It was established in 2017 by the provisions of an Act enacted by Assam Legislative Assembly to merge the Cotton College State University and Cotton College.