Balkh University

Balkh University
(Dari) دانشگاه بلخ Danishgah-e Balkh
The Liaquat Ali Khan Faculty of Engineering premise at Balkh University, gift from people of Pakistan
Type Public
Established 1987
Academic staff
 312[1]
Students 5,957[1]
Location Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh, Afghanistan
Colours Black, red, and green             
Nickname دانشگاه بلخ
Website ba.edu.af/en English

Balkh University (Persian: دانشگاه بلخ‎) is a public university located in Mazari Sharif, capital of Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan. Established in 1986, the university has about 5,500 students and is the third largest in Afghanistan after Kabul University and Nangarhar University. Faculties include medicine, engineering, economics, journalism, literature, law and science.[2][3]

As part of its contributions to the rebuilding of Afghanistan, the government of Pakistan is expanding the university by adding the Liaquat Ali Khan engineering faculty, a 10 million dollar separate block, completed in 2012.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Afghanistan ministry of higher education". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Harsh Lessons at Balkh University". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency" (PDF). Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Pakistan grants $10m for Balkh University". Pajhwok Afghan News. December 3, 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-11.

Coordinates: 35°42′14″N 51°23′42″E / 35.7038°N 51.3950°E / 35.7038; 51.3950


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