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Top non-profit Universities in Afghanistan

What are the top non-profit Universities in Afghanistan? uniRank answers this question by publishing a complete list of non-profit Afghan higher education institutions ranked by the 2026 uniRank University Ranking and meeting uniRank :

  • Official Recognition: institutions must be officialy chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in Afghanistan.
  • Degree Authority: they must be authorised to grant bachelor's degrees of at least three years' duration and/or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees.
  • Delivery Mode: they must deliver courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format.

The uniRank University Ranking aims to provide a non-academic league table of the top non-profit Afghan Universities based on valid and unbiased web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the Universities themselves, which might not be independently audited.

Top non-profit Universities in Afghanistan


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List of Afghan non-profit universities by university country ranking position
# University Town/City
1 Kabul University Kabul
5 Herat University Herat
6 Kabul Polytechnic University Kabul
8 Kateb University Kabul
9 Nangarhar University Jalalabad
11 Balkh University Mazar-i-Sharif
12 Kabul University of Medical Sciences Kabul
13 Kandahar University Kandahar
15 Gawharshad University Kabul
16 Khurasan University Jalalabad
19 Shaikh Zayed University, Khost Khost
21 Bost University Lashkargah
22 Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani University Asadabad
23 Bamiyan University Bamyan
25 Kabul Education University Kabul
29 Al Beroni University Golbahar
31 Paktia University Gardez
32 Baghlan University Pul-e Khomri
33 Laghman University Mihtarlam
35 Dawat University Kabul
37 Maihan Institute of Higher Education Kabul
38 Badakhshan University Faizabad
41 Kunduz University Kunduz
44 Jawzjan University Sheberghan
53 Benawa Institute of Higher Education Kandahar
60 Faryab University Maymana
61 Parwan University Charikar
64 Ghazni University Ghazni
65 Sharq Institute of Higher Education Kabul
72 Helmand University Lashkargah
74 Takhar University Taloqan
Un Avicenna University Kabul
Un Shaheed Rabani Education University Kabul
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How many universities are there in Afghanistan?

There are 95 officially chartered, licensed or accredited Afghan higher-education institutions that meet uniRank's selection criteria.

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