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 Top Universities in Afghanistan

2022 Afghanistan University Ranking

What are the most popular Universities in Afghanistan? MHCABIR tries to answer this question by publishing the 2022 Afghanistan University Ranking of 97 Afghanistan higher-education institutions.

Being chartered, licensed, or accredited by appropriate Afghanistan higher education-related organization offering at least four-year undergraduate degrees (bachelor degrees) or postgraduate degrees (master's or doctoral degrees) delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format.

Our aim is to provide a non-academic League Table of the top Afghanistan Universities based on valid, unbiased, and non-influenceable web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the Universities themselves.

The education system in Afghanistan has gone through some of the most drastic changes over the years. All the universities are now trying their best to hold the name of Afghanistan in the international sphere. This scenario has been replaced by bringing in the latest technologies and incorporating the latest methods of teaching. There’s no alternative to this if Afghanistan is to survive in a highly competitive world.

This desire for change and improvement has taken Afghanistan universities to international levels. Not one university in Afghanistan is lagging behind in this matter. The universities now provide their students with all the latest knowledge regarding their field of study and encourage research-based and work-based learning. Both the public and the private universities in Afghanistan have research papers that are cited in other people’s work. 

KABUL UNIVERSITY

Afghanistan Ranking: 01

World Ranking: 4971

About Kabul University:

Kabul University, the main university and the first institution of higher education in Afghanistan, was established in November 1932 with the establishment of the Medical Faculty and gradually developed with new faculties. This university is an influential institution; at the same time, has been affected by the political and military developments in Afghanistan over the past four decades.

Kabul University is the ancient, major, and the most reputed public university established in 1932 currently, 22 faculties, 101 departments, 867 faculties’ members, and 25200 students make up the academic resources of the university. (Source: https://ku.edu.af)

American University of Afghanistan

Afghanistan Ranking: 02

World Ranking: 6318

About the American University of Afghanistan: 

Today, more than half of our students are living and studying outside Afghanistan, hosted at the American University of Iraq Sulaimani in Kurdistan, the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, and Bard College in the United States, or living independently and studying online from across the globe. Yet we remain acutely aware of the dangers and challenges faced daily by those students, faculty, staff, and alumni who remain in Afghanistan. We are working without pause to bring all to safety.

The coming year will see the establishment of AUAF’s new branch campus in Doha; the launch of an ambitious new institute for Afghanistan research and teaching, located at the campus of the Venice International University on the Island of San Servolo; and an expansion of online programs to reach students inside Afghanistan’s borders and around the world. (Source: https://auaf.edu.af)

Polytechnical University of Kabul

Afghanistan Ranking: 03

World Ranking: 7816

About the Polytechnical University of Kabul:

 Based on the new impact ranking of Times Higher Education (THE), Kabul Polytechnic University has been ranked 401+ in Affordable and Clean Energy among the world universities.

Kabul Polytechnic University 13 October of 1963 was established by the government of Afghanistan.

After the completion of teaching classrooms and laboratories in 1967, the university began to offer educational services,s and in the year 1972 for the first time students from this university graduated.  Until 2002 this university was called Kabul Polytechnic Institute then, and later on, it became Kabul Polytechnic University.

Until 1980 students studied till bachelor level and till 1992 students could study master level in the field of engineering. During this period people were educated to the Ph.D. level.

Kabul Polytechnic University from the beginning of its establishment was considered one of the important entities in providing education and training. The university graduates in all fields of engineering were remarkable and tangible. The university has always worked hard to provide a suitable and nurturing environment for development and modernization in both quality and quantity. (Source: https://kpu.edu.af/en/history-0)

Nangarhar University

Afghanistan Ranking: 04

World Ranking: 9677

About Nangarhar University:

 Nangarhar University, which is ranked second among the Afghan Academic and educational institutes, was founded by the then minister of education late Ali Ahmad popular in Shesham bhag Jalalabad at the time of King Mohammad Zahir Shah. Initially, the University started with only medical faculty, where 48 students were taught by 5 Americans and 3 Afghan professors. Then periodically, it respectably established Engineering, Agriculture, Educational, Languages and Literature, Economics, Sharia, Law and political sciences, Veterinary sciences, science, computer science, Journalism, and public administration faculties (schools). Now it has 13 faculties with 73 departments, where 14004 male and female students are enrolled and taught by 467 lecturers.  (Source: https://nu.edu.af/en/history-nangarhar-university)

Herat University

Afghanistan Ranking: 05

World Ranking: 9776

About Herat University:

 Afghanistan has faced political, social, economic, scientific, and cultural cataclysmic recently. That has passed its developments and promotion progress toward dynamic, and people of Afghanistan in this context are known as people of science and culture. Besides various organizations, including the scientific and cultural community have exhibited a lot of activities in this area which have worth to be described. Herat University which is as well as a great scientific is located in the West Zone of the country, and it is as well a national University for many years which grabs rapid growth and a significant position. The existence of more than sixty students from other provinces at Herat University is evidence of the national scientific body; meanwhile, Herat University is introduced as a leading University in the country, in its five-year development plans and strategy referred to it.

Herat University is established in 1367 at the request of the discerning people of Herat and the approval of the Ministry of Higher Education of that time. Although Herat decades ago had its scientific and academic activities in Gowharshad Begum and Fakhrul Madaress, Herat University had been started its teaching and activities from the Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, and later with the establishment of faculties such as Fine Arts, Agriculture, Economy, Religious and Islamic Sciences, Engineering, Education, Law and political science, Computer science, Journalism and mass communication science and Public policy, Stomatology, Veterinary, Administration and Social Sciences, also 3 Institutes including agriculture and education of  Badghis, education of Farah and Ghor continue to operate, and has always been proud.

Herat University has 16 faculties and 70 departments have been able to offer thousands of male and female specialists in different fields in society, which will always play a significant role in the scientific development of the country. (Source: https://hu.edu.af/en/introduction-herat-university) 

Avicenna University (Ibn e Sina University)

Afghanistan Ranking: 06

World Ranking: 11650

About Avicenna University (Ibn e Sina University):

 Avicenna University established and started its operations in 2010 based on article number 46th of the Afghan Constitution and Establishment of Private Higher Education Institutions’ by-law of the Ministry of Higher Education and considering other regulations and guidelines of the Ministry as the first national, non-profit university after a formal registration.

Avicenna University began its functions with four faculties of Political Sciences, Economic and Management, and Law and Social Sciences. There were nine departments including business economics, banking, and financial management, private and public law, criminal law and criminology, international relations, political ideology, sociology, journalism, and philosophy which were being thought for bachelor's degrees in these four faculties. After its establishment, the University expanded and Engineering Faculty emerged with four departments including civil engineering, mines and geology, architects, and environmental engineering and then the computer science faculty with two departments including software and IT has also been established.

The first provincial campus of the university has been launched in 2012 in Mazar-e Sharif with political sciences, law, economics, social science, and computer sciences departments. Mazar-e Sharif campus is also equipped with a library, and computer lab, and has its own academic cadres. The same curriculum and quality are applied to the provincial campus except for engineering courses. (Source: https://avicenna.edu.af/about-avicenna/introduction-of-avicenna-university/)

Mawlana University

Afghanistan Ranking: 07

World Ranking: 14036

About Mawlana University:

 Maulana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi University, since its establishment in 1386 AH, has been trying to provide decent services to the people of this land with effective activities and providing better educational services. Over a decade of work experience and activity, many achievements and initiatives have been granted to Maulana University in the light of the prudent guidelines of the Ministry of Higher Education of the country. During this long period, Maulana Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhi University has also provided valuable services in the field of serving the poor and young people who do not have the financial means, and has tried as much as possible so that no young person in this country is deprived of the umbrella of science and knowledge. . Therefore, there was an urgent need to prepare a birth certificate for the introduction of this scientific institution, so that it would reflect the full view of the activity and performance of this university. Different sections of the catalog contain introduction letters of different fields of university activity, with the text; Pictures and tables explained. Important branches have been introduced separately and contain all sub-departments; Universities; Committees and centers that operate within the framework of this university.

Kandahar University

Afghanistan Ranking: 08

World Ranking: 14812

About Kandahar University:

 Kandahar University was established in 1990 with the establishment of the Faculty of Agriculture. Since 1993, the Faculty of Medicine, Engineering, Education, Sharia, Economics, Journalism and Public Relations, Law and Political Science, Public Administration and Policy, Languages and Literature, Computer Science, Stomatology, and Pharmacy faculty have been established one after the other. Since its establishment, Kandahar University has fulfilled its responsibilities in very difficult security, political and economic circumstances for educating the country's young generation, and so far, (9,649) individuals from all faculties except Stomatology and Pharmacy have graduated from 30 departments of bachelor and one master's program until 2020. Kandahar University is also functioning as a representative of the Ministry of Higher Education in the South West Zone and is the guiding, support, and monitoring center of all public and private universities and higher education institutions. 

Afghanistan National Institute of Music

Afghanistan Ranking: 09

World Ranking: 14841

About Afghanistan National Institute of Music:

 Founded in 2010 by Dr. Ahmad Sarmast, the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM) is the first and only school of music in the country, where talented Afghan children regardless of their gender, social circumstances, and ethnic background are trained in a co-educational environment in Afghan traditional and Western classical music, while obtaining high quality academic general education.

ANIM has a special focus on supporting the most disadvantaged group of the Afghan society – orphans, street working children, women, and girls and its student body represents a mosaic of ethnicities from all parts of Afghanistan.

Kawun Institute of Higher Education

Afghanistan Ranking: 10

World Ranking: 15388

About Kawun Institute of Higher Education:

 The Kawun Institute of Higher Education is a private higher educational institution that is committed to delivering high standard and quality educational services in the fields of Curative Medicine, Business Administration, Economy, and Law in Balkh province.

KAWUN INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN is Afghanistan’s high-access public institute of choice. KIHE serves the Northern Region with a standard-equipped educational campus located in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh – Afghanistan. With a growing enrolment, the KIHE attracts students from throughout the region, as well as from other regions of the country.

Besides, the list of 20 universities in Afghanistan is given. Whereas all the university rankings of series 11 to 20 are arranged based on the home country of Afghanistan.

University Name: Kardan University

Afghanistan Ranking: 11

World Ranking: 15441

University Name: Balkh University

Afghanistan Ranking: 12

World Ranking: 15714

University Name: Khatam Al Nabieen University

Afghanistan Ranking: 13

World Ranking: 16433

University Name: Maiwand Institute of Higher Education

Afghanistan Ranking: 14

World Ranking: 16711

University Name: Aria Higher Education Institution

Afghanistan Ranking: 15

World Ranking: 17111

University Name: Qalam Institute of Health Science

Afghanistan Ranking: 16

World Ranking: 17194

University Name: Kateb University

Afghanistan Ranking: 17

World Ranking: 17521

University Name: Sharq University

Afghanistan Ranking: 18

World Ranking: 18399

University Name: Sheikh Zayed University (Khost University)

Afghanistan Ranking: 19

World Ranking:21244 

University Name: Salam University

Afghanistan Ranking: 20

World Ranking: 21279