Nangarhar University

Nangarhar University
TypePublic
PresidentKhalil Ahmad Behsoodwal
Academic staff
600
Students16,000[1]
Location,
Dronta
,
Afghanistan

34°28′21″N 70°22′9″E / 34.47250°N 70.36917°E / 34.47250; 70.36917
AffiliationsIslamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Websitenu.edu.af/en

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]

  1. ^ "صفحه اصلی | وزارت تحصیلات عالی".
  2. ^ Nangarhar University: Reconstructing the Classroom (NURC)
  3. ^ "History - Nangarhar University". Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  4. ^ "About Nangarhar University". Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2010-07-28.