Assam University (Assamese: অসম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a teaching-cum-affiliating Central University in the Indian state of Assam at Irongmara village about 22 kilometres away from the town of Silchar in Cachar district. The University has sixteen schools which offer Humanities, Languages, Environmental Sciences, Information Sciences, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences, Law, Technology and Management Studies. There are 42 departments under these sixteen schools. The five districts under the jurisdiction of Assam University have 72 undergraduate colleges. Assam University is an institutional signatory to the Global Universities Network for Innovation (GUNI), Barcelona and United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) for its commitment to educational social responsibilities.