Nangarhar University
دانشگاه ننگرهار د ننګرهار پوهنتون | |
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| President | Khalil Ahmad Behsoodwal |
Academic staff | 600 |
| Students | 16,000 |
| Location | , Dronta , Afghanistan 34°28′21″N 70°22′9″E / 34.47250°N 70.36917°E |
| Affiliations | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan |
| Website | nu |
Nangarhar University (Pashto: د ننګرهار پوهنتون; Persian: دانشگاه ننگرهار) 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.