List of universities in Afghanistan


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

[Balkh Province]

UniversityLocationEstablishedCampusesSpecializationTypeProvince
Asia Institute of Higher EducationBalkh Province
Aria Medical Institute of Higher EducationBalkh Province
Balkh UniversityMazar-i-Sharif1987GeneralPublicBalkh Province
KAWUN Institute of Higher EducationBalkh Province
Mawlana Jalaludin Muḥammad Balkhi Institute of Higher EducationBalkh Province
Sadat Institute of Higher EducationBalkh Province
Taj Institute of Higher EducationBalkh Province

[Herat Province]

UniversityLocationEstablishedCampusesSpecializationTypeProvince
Herat UniversityHerat1988GeneralPublicHerat Province
Tolo-e-Saadat Institute of Health ScienceHerat Province

[Kabul Province]

[Kandahar Province]

UniversityLocationEstablishedCampusesSpecializationTypeProvince
Kandahar UniversityKandahar Province
Malalay UniversityKandahar Province
Mirwais Neeka UniversityKandahar Province

[Khost Province]

UniversityLocationEstablishedCampusesSpecializationTypeProvince
Hara UniversityKhost Province
Pamir UniversityKhost Province
Shaikh Zayed UniversityKhost Province

[Kunar Province]

UniversityLocationEstablishedCampusesSpecializationTypeProvince
Syed Jamaluddin Afghan UniversityKunar Province

[Kunduz Province]

[Laghman Province]

[Nangarhar Province]

UniversityLocationEstablishedCampusesSpecializationTypeProvince
Alfalah UniversityJalalabad2011Economics, Engineering, Journalism, Sharia’h, LawNangarhar Province
Ariana UniversityJalalabad2004Established for refugees from PakistanNangarhar Province
Khurasan UniversityJalalabad2006Management Sciences, Engineering, Computer Sciences, Journalism & Mass Communication, Business AdministrationNangarhar Province
Nangarhar UniversityJalalabad1973Nangarhar Province
Rokhan UniversityNangarhar Province
Spinghar Higher Education CentreNangarhar Province

Other provinces