page_title: Jorhat Institute of Science & Technology
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Jorhat Institute of Science & Technology / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Jist formerly known as science college, photi taken by Exclusivenortheast
context_page_description: Jorhat Institute of Science & Technology, formerly Jorhat Science College is a engineering cum Science college established in 1971 by the government of Assam. It is situated in Sotai on the outskirts of Jorhat city. It is the first Science college of Upper Assam and third state government run engineering college of Assam. It is the only government engineering college of Assam which also offers both engineering and basic science courses.
context_section_description: Jorhat Science College was established by Govt. of Assam in 1971. In 2008, the Government of Assam upgraded the college and renamed it as Jorhat Institute of Science & Technology registered under the Societies Registration Act. 
  The college until then was offering only undergraduate courses in subjects of Science (Honours in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics). From the academic session 2007-08, a three-year degree course, B.Sc. in Information Technology (IT) was introduced with an intake capacity of 30. From the academic session 2009-10, two technical courses, B.E. in Electronics & Telecommunication (ETC) and Power Electronics & Instrumentation (PEI), were introduced, in addition to the existing B.Sc. courses, with prior approval from AICTE, with an intake of 60 seats in each course. From 2016 onwards, the institute offers B.E. course in Mechanical and Civil Engineering. With the change of affiliation from Dibrugarh University (DU) to Assam Science and Technology University (ASTU) from the session 2017-18, the previous B.E. courses have been changed to B.Tech with tremendous change in curricula and grading system.
caption: Another aerial view of JIST (Top)
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