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| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| President | Khalil Ahmad Behsoodwal |
Academic staff | 600 |
| Students | 16,000[1] |
| Location | , Dronta , Afghanistan 34°28′21″N 70°22′9″E / 34.47250°N 70.36917°E |
| Affiliations | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan |
| Website | nu |
Nangarhar University (Pashto: د ننګرهار پوهنتون) is a government-funded higher learning institution in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. It is the second largest university in Afghanistan.[2] It has 13 colleges and 15,385 students.[3]
Nangarhar University was established in 1963 as a medical college.[citation needed] It was later merged with other local colleges to become a full-fledged university. It now houses faculties in agriculture, engineering, literature, economic, medicine, theology, pedagogy, public administration and policy, political science and veterinary medicine.[4]
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- ^ Nangarhar University: Reconstructing the Classroom (NURC)
- ^ "History - Nangarhar University". Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
- ^ "About Nangarhar University". Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2010-07-28.