Department of Economics, School of Social Sciences, Assam University is one of the first six departments of Assam University which began their journey in July 1994.

The major activities of the department include imparting quality education to students admitted to the different academic programmes of the department and supervision of scholars at Ph.D. and M.Phil levels.

The department has been laying special emphasis on developing proper understanding of the socio-economic problems of North East India.

The on-going researches in the department cover such areas as agricultural economics, social sectors, human development, environmental economics and gender studies, among others.