# Tezpur University

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Last verified: 2026-10-24

Tezpur University (Sonitpur, Assam) is a recognised central university. UGC status: 2(f) & 12B.

## Facts
- Type: Central University
- UGC status: 2(f) & 12B
- UGC Section 12(B): Yes (about UGC grants only; it does not decide whether degrees are valid)
- State: Assam
- AISHE code: U-0056 (from its NIRF 2025 ID)
- NIRF 2025: Universities #79
- Address: P.O. -Napaam, Tezpur, Dist. Sonitpur 784028
- Official website (as listed by UGC): http://www.tezu.ernet.in

## Online programmes approved by UGC-DEB for 2026-27
Tezpur University is not on the UGC-DEB list for online programmes in 2026-27.

## Distance (ODL) programmes approved by UGC-DEB for 2026-27
Approval: 2025-26 academic session beginning from July-August, 2025 to 2029-30 (upto January- February, 2030 only). Source: https://deb.ugc.ac.in/Uploads/Notices_Upload/UGC_20260921145606_1.pdf
- Master of Arts (Journalism & Mass Communication)
- Master of Arts (Sociology)
- Master of Arts (English)

## Technical degrees on campus
Tezpur University does not need separate AICTE approval for regular on-campus technical degrees (Supreme Court, Bharathidasan University v AICTE, 2001). Colleges affiliated to it need their own AICTE approval.

## Never valid by distance or online
Engineering, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, physiotherapy, architecture, law, agriculture, hotel management and Ph.D.