It became the constituent college of Gauhati University in 1948, and then that of the Cotton College State University, when Cotton College State University was established by an Act (Act XIX of 2011) of the Assam Government in 2011. The Cotton University Act, 2017 was made to resolve the problems between the college and the university.
Cotton University is a public state college placed in Guwahati, Assam, India. It turned to set up in 2017 through the provisions of an Act from the Assam Legislative Assembly which merged Cotton College State University and Cotton College.
Cotton University was approved by UGC.
There are courses for undergraduates like BA, B.Sc, and BCA courses. For graduates, there is an array of PG courses including M.Sc., MA, MCA, and a Ph.D.
Residential Accommodations:
At present Cotton, University has five Boys' hostels particularly RKB hostel, SNBC hostel, MNDP hostel, and SMH hostel with a complete capacity of 212 boarders, and 3 Girls' hostels particularly NBD hostel, SKL hostel, and DKR hostel with a complete potential of 335 boarders. Two new boys hostels with a potential of 120 college students are under construction. All the Hostel are ready with cutting-edge amenities.
Library:
The Cotton University Library, currently called Dr. Suryya Kumar Bhuyan Library turned into began out withinside the yr of 1901, with the very inception of the university itself. During 1909-1910, the library accommodated approximately 2000 books.
Medical Facilities:
The University health unit is equipped with facilities for outpatients. It additionally has three(3) beds for emergency indoor patients.
Sports Facilities:
Cotton University owns an indoor stadium, named Dr. T. Ao indoor stadium. The stadium is ready with a bunch of indoor sports activities centers, particularly artificial floored badminton courts (2 no.), Table tennis boards (2 no.), etc. The stadium additionally has a cutting-edge gym ready with state of art multi-health gym equipment. The University additionally has outdoor games facilities along with volleyball, basketball courts, soccer field, etc.
Admission to all the courses is totally merit-based.
Cotton University offers a range of university and state-funded scholarships on a merit and needs basis.
Cotton College State University University is committed to human development at all levels through education and entrepreneurship.
To make every student of Amity a success story by helping them becoming global leaders who can manage and lead change across diverse organizations.