The Doomdooma College was established in the year 1967 by the leading citizens and local people to provide facilities of higher education to meet the needs of underprivileged section of the society in this rural backward tribal area of Assam. The founding father aim was to provide quality higher education to young aspirants of the area. They arranged for general education in Arts, Science and Commerce to make the young generation aware of their social responsibilities and become qualified for employment in the competitive modern world.

The establishment of the college opened up equal opportunities to the students of a backward region of Assam for attending better social status through merit. No discrimination is made by the college on the grounds of race, gender, language, religion, caste, culture and physical disabilities.

The Doomdooma College is an affiliated College of Dibrugarh University. It has a campus area of 20 acres located in the tribal area. The college received University Grant Commission recognition under 2(f) in July 1971. The College is also under the deficit Grant-in-Aid scheme.