Nangarhar University is a government-funded higher learning institution in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. It is the second largest university in Afghanistan. It has 13 colleges and 15,385 students. Nangarhar 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.

Faculties

Nangarhar University consists of faculties that include Medical (NMF), Education, Economics, Engineering, Political Science, Public Administration and Policy, Veterinary, Computer science, Islamic Studies (Sharya), Agriculture, Journalism, Science, and Languages and Literature. Students can take part in an e-learning program organized by Afghans Next Generation e-Learning. Faculty of Economics The Faculty was established in 1984 under the administration of Nangarhar University. There are four Departments in this Faculty consist of: Moreover, this Faculty has the program of Master of Business Administration (MBA) 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: Faculty of Languages and Literature

Faculty of Languages and Literature

The faculty was established in 1984 under the administration of Nangarhar University. In that time, only the Pashto Department was available, with six lecturers, nominated by the Faculty of Pashto Language and Literature. Later on, the Russian Department was established, but after a short period, due to the lack of students in the department, it was closed. When other departments such as Arabic, English, Dari and Hindi department were added to the faculty the faculty name was changed from Faculty of Pashto and Literature to the Faculty of Languages and Literature. In 2015 the faculty had 1494 students studying in all six departments, 1403 are male and 91 are female students. There are 54 permanent professional lecturers.

Faculty aims

Notable alumni