Nangarhar University

Located in Jalalabad, Nangarhar University is the second-largest of Afghanistan's universities. The university is located in Jalalabad, capital of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan and has approximately 250 faculty and 3,500 students.

Established in 1962 as a medical college, Nangarhar merged with other local colleges to become a full-fledged university, and now houses faculties in agriculture, engineering, education, medicine, theology, pedagogy, political science and veterinary medicine.