Gauhati University: Courses, Admissions 2025, Fees, Placements, Rankings

Yes, Gauhati University offers a two-year MBA programme across four specialisations, namely Marketing, Finance, HR, Production. Spread over four semesters, admissions to MBA at GU starts in the month of March and the final shortlist is released in the months of May-June. The course is inclusive of a 60-day internship/ in-plant training for them to learn the basics of solving real life problems in business/ industrial organisations. The programme is under full sponsorship of UGC and is recognised by AICTE. Admission to MBA is completely entrance-based. The university conducts its own entrance exam for admission to MBA. However, those with a valid score in the national-level entrance exams are exempted from the university-level tests and are forwarded directly for other selection rounds. Read more about MBA colleges in India.

Yes, the University offers placements. As per the NIRF report 2024, 421 out of 1,951 PG (2-year) students were placed during 2023 placements. In addition to this, the median package offered was INR 8.70 LPA. Check the complete insights of Gauhati University placements 2023 for some of the popular courses from the table below:

NOTE: The above placement data is collated from the NIRF report 2024.

A total of 1,765 students have been placed during the Guwahati University placements in the past three years. Check out the table below to see the breakdown of students placed in each year:

NOTE: The above data is obtained from the NIRF report 2025

No, Gauhati University BSc admission takes place through the merit secured in the CUET entrance exam. Thus it is necessary to take those entrance exams to be eligible for admission into the BSc programme. Class 12 exam score only makes a candidate eligibile for BSc admission and does not secure direct admission into the university. Gauhati University admission are only finalised when candidates have paid some amount of the tuition fees.

Gauhati University BSc Admission take place directly after the announcement of results of CUET exam. Candidates can apply for BSc admissions through online mode. Here is a step-by-step process to help you in your admissions process.

Apply & Appear for CUET-UG exam

Wait for results to be announced

Apply for admission at the university

Do the document verification and fee payment to secure admission.

If we take into account the amount of specialisations offered and the affiliated colleges that provide the BSc programme we will see that Gauhati University provides 18,189 seats cumulatively. As the seats are spread over various specialisations and affiliated colleges, candidates will have to check the university website at the time of admission to see the available BSc seats at the university or desired college.  

As per the official 2022 brochure released by Guwahati University, admission to BTech is completely entrance-based. While 20% of the total seats for BTech are reserved for students who have passed the JEE Main exam (provided that have the official PRC of the state), the remaining 80% of the seats are filled via the pass out students of Assam CEE. Furthermore, students also have an option to secure lateral entry admission directly to the second year of the BTech course. Admission to BTech Lateral Entry courses is subject to a valid score in JLEE Assam exam.

Guwahati University has not released any BTech specific placements data for the recruitment drive of 2022 or 2023 as of now. However, as per the verified students reviews available on Shiksha,

• Companies such as TCS, Wipro and BookMyShow have visited the campus of GU to hire the students of BTech
• Upto 70% students get job opportunities every year
• The monthly salary packages offered to students range between INR 20,000 and INR 50,000

For admission to the B.Ed programme, the university conducts the various exam. To become eligible for the B.Ed programme, candidate must have passed a degree in graduation in the relevant stream ( BA /BSc /BCom or MA /MSc /MCom or equivalent) from a recognised institute. Also, the candidate must have acquired a minimum aggregate of 50 percent (45 percent for the reserved candidates) with all the subjects put together, candidates who are appearing for the final year examination can also apply for the test. 

Candidates, who have applied for various PG and Integrated programmes can check their admission results in the form of merit lists online on this page or on the official website of Guwahati University. 

1. Visit the official website of Guwahati University (gauhati.ac.in).
2. Click on the ‘Admissions’ Tab.
3. On the next page, click on the Rank List tab and select from the drop-down, the course applied for.
4. On clicking the Programme menu will open to display the detailed merit list in PDF format.

Yes, Gauhati University is a government university which was established in 1948 and is approved by UGC (University Grants Commission) and AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education). The university is ranked 88 by NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) 2023 under the University category. Since it is a government university, the fee for various courses is not high. Even if the students find the fee a little high, they can apply for the scholarships provided by the university. To get admission to this government university, candidates must have valid scores in entrance tests. If applying through CAT, candidates must prepare according to the CAT syllabus and CAT exam pattern. 

A list of affiliated colleges under Gauhati University that offers LLM programme along with the seats offered by all of them are as follows: