List of universities in Afghanistan

The following is an incomplete list of universities in Afghanistan, sorted by province and in alphabetical order.

Balkh Province

University Tolo-e-Aftab Institute of Higher Education (Sunshine university )	Location Kabul	Established 2008	SpecializationArts & Humanities Tolo-e-Aftab Institute of Higher Education's Arts & Humanities degrees Language & Cultural Tolo-e-Aftab Institute of Higher Education's Language & Cultural degrees Business & Social Sciences Tolo-e-Aftab Institute of Higher Education's Business & Social Sciences degrees Medicine & Health Tolo-e-Aftab Institute of Higher Education's Medicine & Health degrees Science & Technology Tolo-e-Aftab Institute of Higher Education's Science & Technology degrees Engineering	Type	Province Kabul
Asia Institute of Higher Education^[1]					Balkh Province
Aria Medical Institute of Higher Education					Balkh Province
Balkh University	Mazar-i-Sharif	1987	General	Public	Balkh Province
KAWUN Institute of Higher Education^[2]					Balkh Province
Mawlana Jalaludin Muḥammad Balkhi Institute of Higher Education					Balkh Province
Sadat Institute of Higher Education^[3]					Balkh Province
Taj Institute of Higher Education					Balkh Province
Balkh Medical College					Balkh Province
Rahnaward University

Herat Province

University	Location	Established	Campuses	Specialization	Type	Province
Herat University	Herat	1988		General	Public	Herat Province
Tolo-e-Saadat Institute of Health Science^[4]						Herat Province

Kabul Province

University	Location	Established	Campuses	Specialization	Type	Province
Afghan National Defense University						Kabul Province
Afghanistan Technical Vocational Institute (ATVI) ^[5]						Kabul Province
Afghan University^[6]						Kabul Province
Afghan-Swiss Medical University						Kabul Province
Afghanistan Institute Of Higher Education						Kabul Province
American University of Afghanistan						Kabul Province
Bakhtar University						Kabul Province
Dawat University						Kabul Province
Dunya University of Afghanistan (DUA)						Kabul Province
Gawharshad Institute of Higher Education						Kabul Province
Gharjistan University						Kabul Province
Ibne-sina Institute of Higher Education						Kabul Province
Information and Communication Technology Institute						Kabul Province
Kaboora Institute of Higher Education						Kabul Province
Kabul Education University of Rabbani						Kabul Province
Kabul Health Sciences Institute						Kabul Province
Kabul Medical University						Kabul Province
Kabul University						Kabul Province
Kardan University						Kabul Province
Karwan University						Kabul Province
Kateb University						Kabul Province
Khana-e-Noor Institute of Higher Education						Kabul Province
Khatam Al-Nabieen University						Kabul Province
Maiwand Institute of Higher Education						Kabul Province
Mariam Institute of Higher Education						Kabul Province
Maryam University	Kabul	2007		General	Private	Kabul Province
Mashal University						Kabul Province
Mili Institute of Higher Education	Kabul Airport 40m road, Lab-e-jar square	2012 A.D	Lab-e-jar Square	Medical	Private	Kabul Province
Mohmand Institute of Health Sciences						Kabul Province
National Military Academy of Afghanistan						Kabul Province
Oruj Institute of Higher Education						Kabul Province
Peshgam Institute of Higher Education						Kabul Province
Polytechnical University of Kabul						Kabul Province
Prestige institute of accountancy						Kabul Province
Qalam institute of health science						Kabul Province
Qalam institute of higher education						Kabul Province
Rabia Balkhi Institute of Higher Education						Kabul Province
Rana Institute of Higher Education						Kabul Province
Rifah Afghanistan Institute						Kabul Province
Salam University			Kunduz			Kabul Province
SWISS UMEF UNIVERSITY						Kabul Province
Tabesh University	Lab-e-Jar Square, Khair Khana 3	2009				Kabul Province

Kandahar Province

University	Location	Established	Campuses	Specialization	Type	Province
Kandahar University						Kandahar Province
Malalay University						Kandahar Province
Mirwais Neeka University						Kandahar Province

Khost Province

University	Location	Established	Campuses	Specialization	Type	Province
Hara University						Khost Province
Pamir University						Khost Province
Shaikh Zayed University						Khost Province

Kunar Province

University	Location	Established	Campuses	Specialization	Type	Province
Syed Jamaluddin Afghan University						Kunar Province

Kunduz Province

University	Location	Established	Campuses	Specialization	Type	Province
Kohandazh Institute of Higher Education						Kunduz Province
Kunduz University						Kunduz Province

Laghman Province

University	Location	Established	Campuses	Specialization	Type	Province
Laghman University	Mihtarlam	2011				Laghman Province

Logar Province

University	Location	Established	Campuses	Specialization	Type	Province
Logar University						Logar Province

Nangarhar Province

University	Location	Established	Specialization	Type	Province
Alfalah University	Jalalabad	2011	Economics, Engineering, Journalism, Sharia’h, Law		Nangarhar Province
Ariana University	Jalalabad	2004		Established for refugees from Pakistan	Nangarhar Province
Khurasan University	Jalalabad	2006	Management Sciences, Engineering, Computer Sciences, Journalism & Mass Communication, Business Administration		Nangarhar Province
Nangarhar University	Jalalabad	1973			Nangarhar Province
Rokhan University					Nangarhar Province
Spinghar Higher Education Centre					Nangarhar Province

Other provinces

University	Location	Established	Province
Alberoni University			Kapisa Province
Badakhshan University^[7]			Badakhshan Province
Badghis University			Badghis Province
Bamyan University			Bamyan Province
Bost University	Lashkargah	2012	Helmand Province
Borna Institute of Higher Education			Badakhshan Province
Farah University			Farah Province
Faryab Higher Education Institute			Faryab Province
Ghazni University			Ghazni Province
Ghor University			Ghor Province
Helmand University	Lashkargah	2006	Helmand Province
Ibn Sina University			Nangrahar Province
Jowzjan University			Jowzjan Province
Khawja Abdullah Ansari Higher Education Institute			Herat Province
Paktia University			Paktia Province
Parwan University			Parwan Province
Samangan University			Samangan Province
Takhar University			Takhar Province
Uruzgan University			Uruzgan Province
Wardak University			Wardak Province

References

^ "انجنیری – Aria University- دانشگاه آریا" (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2011-03-19. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
^ "KAWUN Institute of Higher Education". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
^ "Sadat Institute of Higher Education". Retrieved 31 March 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "انستیتوت علوم صحی طلوع سعادت". ts.edu.af/ (in Persian). Retrieved 2017-09-30.
^ Ahmadzai, Mohibullah. "Afghanistan Technical Vocational Institute - ATVI". Archived from the original on 2018-01-10. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
^ "Index of /". Archived from the original on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
^ "Badakhshan University". Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2017.

External links

"Injustice, Corruption Removed from Higher Education Sector: Nadim". TOLOnews. March 26, 2023. Based on information from Afghanistan Technical Vocational Education and Training Authority, Afghanistan has 370 technical institutes that have enrolled over 50,000 students.
"Private universities hard hit by regime change". Pajhwok Afghan News. April 7, 2022.