Assistant Professor (Law) at Tezpur University: Apply by Aug 14

Tezpur University, a Central University, has invited applications for the post of Assistant Professor (Law).

About Tezpur University

Tezpur University is a premier federal central university located in Napaam, Tezpur, Assam, established in 1994 by an Act of Parliament. It features a lush green 262-acre residential campus, offering diverse undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs across science, engineering, management, and humanities disciplines.

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About the Job

Tezpur University (A Central University) invites application for the post of Assistant Professor (Law). Name of the Post: Assistant Professor (Law)

Eligibility

Eligibility (A or B): A. i) A Master’s degree with 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point-scale wherever the grading system is followed) in a concerned/relevant/allied subject (as given in the previous column) from an Indian University, or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign university.

ii) Besides fulfilling the above qualifications, the candidate must have cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the UGC or the CSIR, or a similar test accredited by the UGC, like SLET / SET or who are or have been awarded a Ph.D. degree in accordance with the University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2009 or 2016 and their amendments from time to time, as the case may, are exempted from NET/SET/SLET, Provided, the candidates registered for the Ph.D. programme prior to July 11, 2009, shall be governed by the provisions of the then existing Ordinances/Byelaws/Regulations of the Institution awarding the degree and such Ph.D. candidates shall be exempted from the requirement of NET/SLET/SET for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professor or equivalent positions in Universities/Colleges/Institutions subject to the fulfilment of the following conditions:

a) The Ph.D. degree of the candidate has been awarded in a regular mode;

b) The Ph.D. thesis has been evaluated by at least two external examiners;

c) An open Ph.D. viva voce of the candidate has been conducted;

d) The Candidate has published two research papers from his/her Ph.D. work, out of which at least one is in a refereed journal;

e) The candidate has presented at least two papers based on his/her Ph.D. work in conferences/seminars sponsored/funded/supported by the UGC ICSSR/CSIR or any similar agency. / The fulfilment of these conditions is to be certified by the Registrar or the Dean (Academic Affairs) of the University concerned; OR

B. The Ph.D. degree has been obtained from a foreign university/institution with a ranking among top 500 in the World University Ranking (at any time) by any one of the following:

(i) Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)

(ii) the Times Higher Education (THE) or

(iii) the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Shanghai). Desirable: Candidates having PhD in relevant branch/specialization shall be preferred.

Last Date To Apply

14.08.2026

Application Procedure

Interested candidates are required to submit in their application in the prescribed format and shall submit it to email [email protected] with the subject line “Application for Assistant Professor (Contractual) against Advt. No. 21/2026” on or before 14.08.2026

The Official Notification is here.