As the University was planned as a centre of higher education in science and technology, Bhoj Raj Seth, an eminent mathematician of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, was appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor at the initiative of the then Education Minister of Assam, Dev Kant Barooah.

As of September 2022, the university also hosts 177 affiliated colleges and institutes that spread over ten districts of Assam.

Apart from presence of Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, well known for its Feral horses, Dehing Patkai National Park, Jokai Reserve Forest, the region is fertile for agriculture with rice, sugarcane and pulses being the major crops facilitated by the presence of Brahmaputra.

The Department has designed the whole course structure by incorporating the contemporary trend and tendencies of the global literary and linguistic scenario.

The Department also owns a Cultural Museum containing various art and artifices from different tribes and communities of the whole North-Eastern region.

It also offers Audit Course on Intellectual Property Rights for students pursuing a regular degree in Dibrugarh University.

[26] The Centre for Studies in Applied Psychology (CSAP), DU, in collaboration with Assam Medical College & Hospital, Dibrugarh was established in 2009.

The department is involved in collaborative research with many institutes of national importance like CSIR-CSMCRI, Bhavnagar, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow, Tezpur University, CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat, etc.

[39] Dibrugarh University Institute of Engineering & Technology (DUIET) was established in 2009 with approval from the Government of Assam.

[9] The department offers the promising engineers of DUIET with the basic knowledge of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and English (communication skills) and creates an environment for research with societal concern.

The centre offers Ph.D. and Post-Doctoral Research in Earth’s Atmosphere and Climate Science, Aeronomy, Ionospheric Instrumentation.

The centre has robust observational program of aerosol and trace gas with support from ISRO, DST and UGC.

The centre has developed an Indigenous Ionosonde in collaboration with Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER), IIT Bombay with financial support from DeiTY, Govt of India.

The Department maintains a digital database of ethno-medicinal plants found in this region with financial support from UGC.

[47] The department developed 4.63 hectares of Botanical garden for ex-situ conservation of plant species inside the university campus.

Oil India Limited has instituted K. D. Malaviya (KDM) Chair in 1993 with an annual grant for pursuing research related to Petroleum Geo-sciences.

This dynamic and innovative academic Centre dedicated to the comprehensive study of the Earth’s landscapes, environments, and spatial relationships.

[52] The Centre started with postgraduate programmes in Assamese, Commerce, Economics, Mathematics, Political Science, Education and Sociology.

Over the years, the library has posed itself as the pivotal information and knowledge hub that offers wide-ranging user services including access to books, journals, theses, dissertations, reports, and surveys encompassing varied subjects and disciplines of human endeavor.

[56] The Students’ Activity Centre was inaugurated on 18 April 2012 by Prof. Kandarpa Kumar Deka, then Vice-Chancellor of Dibrugarh University.

Various students’ activities like Drama rehearsal, singing-dancing practices, photo exhibitions, book-fairs are held here.

[57] The Dibrugarh University Health Centre was first established in 1971 with a full-time pharmacist and visiting physicians of the Assam Medical College and Hospital.

[58] The park covers 38 bighas (approx..) of verdant landscape with simulated structures of the Rangghar, sculptures of a life-size elephant, a rhino, and combative bulls, including an artificial waterfall atop a hill.

Iron figurines representing stories from Lakhmi Nath Bezbarua’s "Burhi Aair Xadhu"(বুঢ়ী আইৰ সাধু) as well as simulated forms of a village hut built of clay and wattles along with the thresher (ঢেকী), silk spinning yarn etc.

The University has allocated 4.63 hectares to the Department of Life Sciences in which a Botanical garden for ex-situ conservation of plant species was established in 2001.

The university has been spearheading the preservation and propagation of threatened endemic species of this region through this Botanical Garden.

The Day Care Centre is also helping the working parents and mothers of the fringe area who are not members of the university community.

This radio service has been regularly broadcasting educational as well as important contents from different fields since 7 February 2019 through 90.8 FM.

The well-equipped studio of Radio Gyanmalinee is situated at the first floor of the Centre of Open and Distance Learning inside the campus.

Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Charaideo, Jorhat, Majuli, Golaghat, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, and Karbi Anglong.