Nangarhar University


Nangarhar University is the largest public university in Jalalabad, which is the capital of Nangarhar Province in eastern Afghanistan. The university is under the control of the Ministry of Higher Education, which is headquartered in Kabul. Its current chancellor is Sheikh Inamullah Madani. His predecessor was Dr. Khalil Ahmad Mahmoud Behsudwal.
Nangarhar University is one of the oldest and the second largest university in Afghanistan. It has 13 colleges and 15,385 students. The university was established in 1963 as a medical college. 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.
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Faculties

Nangarhar University consists of faculties that include Medical, Education, Economics, Engineering, Political Science, Public Administration and Policy, Veterinary, Computer science, Islamic Studies, Agriculture, Journalism, Science, and Languages and Literature.
Students can take part in an e-learning program organized by Afghans Next Generation e-Learning.
  1. Nangarhar Medical Faculty
  2. Education Faculty
  3. Economics Faculty
  4. Engineering Faculty
  5. Political Science Faculty
  6. Public Administration and Policy Faculty
  7. Veterinary Science Faculty
  8. Computer Science Faculty
  9. Science Faculty
  10. Languages and Literature Faculty
  11. Sharia Faculty
  12. Journalism and Mass Communication Faculty
  13. Agriculture Faculty

Faculty of Economics

The Faculty was established in 1984 under the administration of Nangarhar University. There are four Departments in this Faculty consist of:
  1. Economics
  2. Commerce
  3. Business Administration
  4. Finance and Banking
Moreover, this Faculty has the program of Master of Business Administration and as well as night shift of BBA and Economics.
The Dean of the Faculty is Senior TA Mohammad Sadiq Rehnama.
The Faculty Members of Economics Faculty are:
  1. Associate professor Hamdullah Nezami
  2. Assistant Professor Naeem Jan Sarwari
  3. Senior TA. Shah Mahmood Afghan
  4. Senior TA. Mohammad Sadiq Rehnama
  5. Senior TA. Safiullah Khalilzai
  6. Senior TA. Naqeebullah Atal
  7. Senior TA. Abdul Rahman Dard
  8. TA. Hanifullah Khatir
  9. TA. Kifayatullah Fazli
  10. TA. Iftikharullah Fakhar
  11. TA. Misbahuddin Noori
  12. TA. Mohammad Ibrahim Azimi
  13. TA. Shafiullah Sultanzai
  14. TA. Hoshmand Habibi
  15. TA. Wahid Safi
  16. TA. Abdul Khabir
  17. TA. Matiullah Subhani

Faculty of Languages and Literature

The Faculty of Languages and Literature was established in 1984 but only the Pashto Department was available at that time, with six lecturers. Later on, the Russian Department was established but it was soon closed due to lack fo students. The Arabic Department was established in 1993. From 1992 there were changes in the curriculum of the Pashto Department such as the addition of English and Islamic subjects instead of Russian Language, Academic sociology and Political economics in addition to Pashto and English departments.
  • The Dari Department was established in 2003.
  • The Hindi Department was established in 2006.
  • The German Department was established in 2014.
  • The Master program in Pashto language was launched in 2014.
After adding Arabic, English, Dari and Hindi departments the name of the faculty was changed to the Faculty of Languages and Literature. In 2015 the faculty had 1,494 students studying in all six departments, 1,403 were male students and 91 females. There are 54 permanent professional lecturers.
The aim of this faculty is:
  • To provide professionals in national and foreign languages to bring better communication to Afghanistan.
  • To introduce Afghan cultural values into language learning.
  • To provide academic seminars and conferences.
  • To provide the facility of a master's degree in every department.
  • To publish a historical and literary magazine.

Notable alumni