Universities and research institutes in Afghanistan

The Innovative EcoSystems registry lists 52 universities and research institutes in Afghanistan.

Universities and research institutes train the workforce and produce the research a regional economy builds on. Their technology transfer offices license discoveries, spin out companies and partner with industry.

The largest concentrations are in Kabul (18), Jalalabad (5) and Herat (4).

52 universities and research institutes

• Afghan International Islamic University
  University or research institute · Kabul · aiiu.edu.af
• Afghanistan Center for Epidemiological Studies
  University or research institute · Herat · aces-af.org
• Alberoni University
  University or research institute · Nijrāb District · au.edu.af
• Alfalah University
  University or research institute · Jalalabad · alfalah.edu.af
• American University of Afghanistan
  University or research institute · Kabul · auaf.edu.af
• Badakhshan University
  University or research institute · Fayzabad · badakhshan.edu.af
• Bakhtar University
  University or research institute · Kabul · bakhtar.edu.af
• Balkh University
  University or research institute · Mazari Sharif · ba.edu.af
• Bamyan University
  University or research institute · Bāmyān · bu.edu.af
• Bayazid Rokhan Institute of Higher Education
  University or research institute · Kabul · bayazidrokhan.edu.af
• Bost University
  University or research institute · Lashkar Gah · bost.edu.af
• Dawat University
  University or research institute · Kabul · dawat.edu.af
• Farah University
  University or research institute · Farah · farau.edu.af
• Faryab University
  University or research institute · Maymana · faryab.edu.af
• Ghalib University
  University or research institute · Herat · ghalib.edu.af
• Gharjistan University
  University or research institute · Kabul · ghu.edu.af
• Ghazni University
  University or research institute · Ghazni · gu.edu.af
• Herat University
  University or research institute · Herat · hu.edu.af
• Jami University
  University or research institute · Herat · jami.edu.af
• Jawzjan University
  University or research institute · Shibirghān · ju.edu.af
• Kabul Education University
  University or research institute · Kabul · keu.edu.af
• Kabul Medical University
  University or research institute · Kabul · kums.edu.af
• Kabul University
  University or research institute · Kabul · ku.edu.af
• Kandahar University
  University or research institute · Kandahar · kdru.edu.af
• Kardan University
  University or research institute · Kabul · kardan.edu.af
• Kateb University
  University or research institute · Kabul · kateb.edu.af
• Khatam Al-Nabieen University
  University or research institute · Kabul · knu.edu.af
• Khost University
  University or research institute · Khōst · szu.edu.af
• Kunduz University
  University or research institute · Kunduz · kundoz.edu.af
• Laghman University
  University or research institute · Mehtar Lām · lu.edu.af
• Mili University
  University or research institute · Kabul · mili.edu.af
• Mirwais Khan Nika Zabul University
  University or research institute · Qalāt · zabu.edu.af
• Muslim University
  University or research institute · Ghazni · muslimuniversity.edu.af
• Nangarhar University
  University or research institute · Jalalabad · nu.edu.af
• Paktia University
  University or research institute · Gardez · pu.edu.af
• Parwan University
  University or research institute · Charikar · parwan.edu.af
• Polytechnical University of Kabul
  University or research institute · Kabul · kpu.edu.af
• Rana University
  University or research institute · Kabul · ru.edu.af
• Salam University
  University or research institute · Kabul · salam.edu.af
• Samangan Higher Education Institute
  University or research institute · Aībak · smgu.edu.af
• Spinghar Institute of Higher Education, Kabul
  University or research institute · Kabul · spingharkabul.edu.af
• Spinghar Institute of Higher Education, Nangarhar
  University or research institute · Jalalabad · spingharuniversity.edu.af
• Tabesh University
  University or research institute · Jalalabad · tabesh.edu.af
• Takhar University
  University or research institute · Taloqan · tu.edu.af
• Wadie Helmand University
  University or research institute · Helmand · wadiehelmand.edu.af
• Afghan Defense University
  University or research institute · Kabul
• Baghlan University
  University or research institute · Pul-e Khumrī
• Hara University
  University or research institute · Khōst
• Khurasan University
  University or research institute · Jalalabad
• Pamir University
  University or research institute · Khōst
• Rozgan University
  University or research institute · Tareen
• Syed Jamaluddin Afghan University
  University or research institute · Asadābād

Cities

• Universities and research institutes in Kabul 18
• Universities and research institutes in Jalalabad 5
• Universities and research institutes in Herat 4
• Universities and research institutes in Khōst 3