Assam Engineering College established in 1955 is located in Guwahati.

Assam Engineering College established in 1955 is located in Guwahati. It is the first undergraduate engineering college in northeastern India and today is a premier technical institute of eastern India.[citation needed] AEC has been the hub of many academic and supplementary activities in Assam. It is a public college run by state of Assam. While majority of students are from the state of Assam, there are fixed quotas for students from neighboring states. The college is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education AICTE. The college offers Bachelor courses (BE) in the fields of Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Industrial and Production Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. It also offers Masters courses on Computer Application (MCA), Electrical Engineering (ME), Civil Engineering (ME), Mechanical Engineering (ME). It offers Ph.D. facility in Soil Mechanics and Hydraulics. All the courses are affiliated to Gauhati University, the education hub of the North East region.