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Type
  
public

Provost
  
2

Students
  
5,971

Founded
  
1962

President
  
1

Administrative staff
  
900

Total enrollment
  
8,000 (2012)

Academic staff
  
13

Location
  
Jalalabad, Surkhrod, Afghanistan

Address
  
AH1, Jalalabad, Afghanistan

Similar
  
Kandahar University, Paktia University, Khost University, Khurasan University, Balkh University

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Nangarhar University (Pashto: د ننګرهار پوهنتون‎) (Persian: پوهنتون ننگرهار) is a government-funded higher learning institution in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. It is the second largest university in Afghanistan. It has 13 collages 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, education, medicine, theology, pedagogy, Public Administartion and Policy, political science and veterinary medicine.

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Faculties

Nangarhar consists of faculties that include engineering, political science, economics, Public Administration and Policy, teachers' training, veterinary, and computer science. Nangarhar Medical Faculty (NMF) is the second largest medical school in Afghanistan.

Students also take part in an e-learning program organized by Afghans Next Generation e-Learning.

Faculty of Languages and Literature

The faculty was established in 1984 under the administration of Nangarhar University. In that time, only the Pashtu Department was available, with six lecturers, nominated by the Faculty of Pashtu Language and Literature. Later on, the Russian Department was established, but after a short period of time, due to the lack of student numbers in the department, it wasclosed.

  • The Arabic Department was established in 1993. From 1992 there were changes in the curriculum of the Pashtu Department such as the addition of English and Islamic subjects instead of Russian Language, Academic sociology and Political economics in addition to Pashtu 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 Pashtu Language was launched in 2014.

    • When other departments such as Arabic, English, Dari and Hindi department were added to the faculty the faculty name was changed from Faculty of Pashtu 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 female students. There are 54 permanent professional lecturers.

    Faculty aims

  • To provide professionals in national and foreign languages (Pashtu, Dari, English, Arabic, Hindi, Germany) in order 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.

    • Personnel

  • Dean 1
  • Deputy 1
  • Lecturers 54
  • Administrative officer 1
  • Officeholder 1
  • Store keeper 1
  • Servant 2

    • Educational background of lecturers:

  • PhD 2
  • Master 20
  • Bachelor 32
  • Professor
  • Associate professor 2
  • Assistant professor 5
  • Senior Teaching Assistant 5
  • Junior Teaching Assistant 14
  • Teaching Assistant 24
  • Adjunct 4

    • Faculty of Languages and Literature

    Lecturers:

    Administration

  • S/No Name Position Cell NO Email address
  • Mohammad Zaman Musazi Registrar 0093700645410
  • Barakat Sha MiaKhil Officer
  • Abdullahmad Store Keeper
  • Mohammad Ashraf Servant

    • Agriculture Faculty

  • Department of Animal Science
  • Merhatam Nazia (Associate Professor)
  • Tawheed Ali Azeemi (Assistant Professor)
  • Syed Majdod Rehan (Assistant Professor)
  • Khushdil Maroof (Assistant Professor)
  • Department of Agronomy
  • Department of Plant Pathology
  • Department of Horticulture
  • Department of Extension

    • All students graduated from the departments are bachelor. Most of the lecturers are Ph.D or master's degree holders.

    Notable alumni

  • Mohammad Amin Fatemi - graduated 1977
  • Dr Mohammad Hussain Yar - ggraduated 1973 - (1942-2012) - medical doctor and professor of anatomy - Nanagarhar Medical Faculty
  • Dr Ahmad Siar Ahmadi - medical doctor, professor of paediatrics - Nangarhar Medical Faculty
  • Dagarwal Dr. Muhammed Kabir Sadiqi - medical doctor, Chief of Medicine at Kandahar Air Field hospital from 1982-1985, Bagram Airfield Hospital from 1985-1990 and Kabul International Airport Hospital from 1990 to August 12, 1992. Died during the civil war on August 12, 1992.
  • Fahim Rahimi - graduated 2011 - Professor of English- Faculty of Languages and Literature, Fulbright FLTA 2013-14 Fayetteville State University North Carolina, USA.
  • Humayoon Gardiwal, Graduated 2003- Master of Sciences in Public Health, University of Indonesia, Leadership Development for Health Consultant, Ministry of Public Health.

    • References

    Nangarhar University Wikipedia
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