Morigaon College was established on 1st July, 1964. It is one of the oldest institutions of higher education of undivided Nagaon district of Assam. It has already completed 58 years as one of the premiere institutions actively engaged in nurturing and disseminating ray of education in the region. The college is located in the eastern part of the Morigaon Town, which is also the headquarter of Morigaon district of Assam. It is 70 Km away from Dispur, the state capital of Assam. The nearest railway station is Jagiroad (23km) and nearest airport is LGB airport, Borjhar, Guwahati (96 Km). In its initial two decades, the college imparted education only in Arts stream. The Science stream was introduced in 1985 and set to open up a new dimension by facilitating congenial environment to pursue higher education in Science and cultivating scientific temperament. In 2002 the college introduced several vocational and job-oriented courses like Computer Applications, Industrial Fish and Fisheries and Functional Hindi. In 2012 Commerce Stream in degree level was also introduced with a view to fulfilling the need of higher education in Commerce. This fulfilled the long felt absence of an academic centre for higher education in Commerce in the whole region. In the face of the current socio-economic background the UGC has reoriented and reshaped its policies and programme to make the Indian higher education system more career oriented with focus on quality and excellence. In keeping with the spirit of UGC, Morigaon College introduced certain career oriented courses like Functional English, Translation and Proficiency and Entrepreneurship in Small Scale Industries from the academic session 2004-05. It is expected that the professionally qualified graduates with solid knowledge on the core disciplines and enterprises will have better chances for recruitment in services, industries and self-employment sectors. The college has earned the pride of owing Postgraduate Programme in the department of Geography in 2017 and Postgraduate Programme in Zoology, which was started in 2018. In the same year the college has started another professional course on Food Processing Technology. In the U.G. level, Sociology (General / Regular Course) has been introduced and with it, the number of subjects offered by the college has gone upto 24. The Gauhati University has recognized that Chemistry Laboratory of the college is highly capable of facilitating advance research works. Besides, in 2020 college has introduced Bachelor of Computer Applications and Bachelor of Journalism and Mass Communication.