Rabindranath Thakur Vishwavidyalaya, also known in English as Rabindranath Tagore University, is a public state university located at Hojai in Assam. The university was created through the Rabindranath Tagore University Act, 2017 by upgrading Hojai College, a general degree college established on 11 July 1964. This origin gives the university a longer academic lineage than its statutory university status alone suggests. The Assam Legislature passed the 2017 Act to establish a teaching, research-oriented, affiliating and partially residential university capable of expanding higher education in and around Hojai. The institution is named after Rabindranath Tagore and began its university-level journey after the legal and administrative transition from Hojai College. Academic activity is organized across humanities and social sciences, natural and mathematical sciences, and commerce, with undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral opportunities. The university’s departments build on subjects taught during the college period while newer postgraduate and professional offerings have been introduced as institutional capacity has grown. Its regional significance is substantial because Hojai serves a diverse population and lies within an area where a public university can reduce travel barriers for students from semi-urban and rural communities. Research, extension, cultural activity and student-support systems have developed alongside teaching. The university also uses digital academic and examination platforms and participates in national higher-education initiatives. By combining the legacy of Hojai College with a broader university mandate, Rabindranath Thakur Vishwavidyalaya represents Assam’s strategy of upgrading established colleges into regionally focused universities with stronger teaching and research functions. The 2017 legislation received the Governor of Assam’s approval on 16 October 2017 and was published in the state gazette later that month. Official university information describes a current structure of sixteen departments across its three broad academic streams. Research and teaching remain closely connected within this framework. Student access and public service remain important institutional priorities.