Herat University (HU; Pashto: د هرات پوهنتون, Persian: پوهنتون هرات) is a public university located in Herat, the capital of Herat Province, in western Afghanistan. It was inaugurated in 1988, beginning with a faculty of Literature and Humanities. Its first President was Abubakr Rashed. The university has 14 faculties and 45 departments. The most popular field of study is Education/Pedagogy. Although university female education is indefinitely banned in Afghanistan, the Medical Faculty at Herat University has around 550 female students.
In recent years, Herat University managed and maintained relations of cooperation with a number of foreign universities in United States, Germany, Italy, Thailand, Slovakia, Iran, India and Indonesia. As a result of this cooperation teaching curriculum in faculties of Computer Science, Science, Engineering, Economics, Agriculture, Medicine, Religious and Islamic and Journalism and mass communication has been partial or totally amended and syllabi and textbooks are prepared as well.
In 2022, after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, women were banned from attending universities and any classes in universities, which has drastically affected Herat University, one of Afghanistan's largest universities.
Achievements Herat University had graduated about 6039 specialists.
Faculty Herat University has 16 faculties and 71 departments, the students are studying in different faculties and different fields.
Herat University faculties are Agriculture, Applied Science, Computer Science, Economics, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Journalism, Law & Political Sciences, Literature & Humanities, Medicine, Public Administration, Dentistry, Social Sciences, Theology & Islamic Studies, and Veterinary Science.
Herat University is a major regional university and supports 4 filial universities in western provinces of the country. These universities are located in Nimrooz, Badghis, Farah, and Ghor.
Alumni
Notable alumni include: Laleh Osmany, women's rights activist
Programs Herat University offers a range of academic programs for credit, at the baccalaureate levels (over 100 majors) and 1 master program in Persian literature.
Students Statistics
No. Faculty Male Female Total 1 Agriculture 651 150 801 2 Applied Science 470 297 767 3 Badqis Agriculture 232 6 238 4 Badqis Education 92 48 140 5 Computer Science 307 90 397 6 Economics 716 156 872 7 Education (Pedagogy) 1278 1232 2510 8 Engineering 616 65 681 9 Fine & Arts 100 122 222 10 Islamic Studies (Theology) 536 208 744 11 Journalism 202 60 262 12 Law & Political Science 437 215 652 13 Literature & Humanities 379 416 795 14 Medicine 423 342 765 15 Public Administration 342 119 461 16 Veterinary 106 16 122 17 Stomatology 43 7 Total 6892 3545 10436
See also List of universities in Afghanistan
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