On August 8th, Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) approved 100 MBBS seats for the academic session 2022-23 at Dhubri Medical College under Srimanta Sankardeva University of Health Science.
Sharing this news on Twitter, Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma said – Glad to share that the MBBS course of new Dhubri Medical College (9th medical college of Assam) under Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences with 100 seats has received the approval of Medical Assessment & Rating Board under the National Medical Commission.
Glad to share that the MBBS course of new Dhubri Medical College (9th medical college of Assam) under Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences with 100 seats has received the approval of Medical Assessment & Rating Board under the National Medical Commission.@NMC_IND pic.twitter.com/bq2DuPkVOD
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) August 8, 2022
Medical Colleges in Assam
As of Now, Assam has 8 Medical Colleges. These are-
| Sl No | Name of the College | Year of Establishment | Affiliated With |
| 1 | Assam Medical College | 1947 | Srimanta Sankardeva University of Health Sciences |
| 2 | Gauhati Medical College | 1960 | |
| 3 | Silchar Medical College | 1968 | |
| 4 | Jorhat Medical College | 2009 | |
| 5 | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College, Barpeta | 2011 | |
| 6 | Tezpur Medical College & Hospital | 2013 | |
| 7 | Diphu Medical College & Hospital, Diphu | 2020 | |
| 8 | Lakhimpur Medical College | 2021 | |
| 9 | Dhubri Medical College, Dhubri | 2022 |