List of 52 best universities in Kabul

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EduRank

Top 52 universities in Kabul ranked by EduRank based on research outputs, non-academic prominence, and alumni influence. The rankings are determined by analyzing 13.2K citations received by 2.14K academic publications made by 52 universities from Kabul, the popularity of 57 recognized alumni, and the largest reference database available.

1. Kabul University

#1931 in Asia
Enrollment
22,000
Founded
1932

2. Bakhtar University

#3286 in Asia
Enrollment
1,044
Founded
2005

3. American University of Afghanistan

#3464 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
1,700
Founded
2006

5. Kateb University

#4415 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
56%
Founded
2007

7. Kabul University of Medical Sciences

#4549 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
9%
Founded
1932

8. Kardan University

#4626 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
64%
Enrollment
4,000
Founded
2003

9. Avicenna University

#5095 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
81%
Enrollment
2,000
Founded
2010

10. Rana University

#5118 in Asia
Enrollment
10,000
Founded
2009

11. Gawharshad Institute of Higher Education

#5402 in Asia
Enrollment
5,000
Founded
2010

12. Maiwand institute of Higher Education

#5477 in Asia
Enrollment
2,000
Founded
2007

13. Dunya University of Afghanistan

#5497 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
81%
Enrollment
3,000
Founded
2009

15. Shaheed Rabani Education University

#5515 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
2003

19. Salam University

#5604 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
64%
Founded
2009

20. Ariana Institute of Higher Education

#5617 in Asia
Enrollment
4,150
Founded
2004

26. Khurshid Institute of Higher Education

#5698 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
82%
Founded
2014

27. Sharq Institute of Higher Education

#5732 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
56%
Founded
2012

33. Cheragh Medical Institute

#5768 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
2007

35. Dawat University

#5775 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
63%
Enrollment
3,000
Founded
2009

36. Maryam University

#5780 in Asia
Enrollment
3,000
Founded
2007

39. Mili Institute of Higher Education

#5786 in Asia
Enrollment
2,500
Founded
1972

51. Noman Sadat Institute of Higher Education

#5825 in Asia
Enrollment
4,000
Founded
2014

Universities near Kabul

Distance, km
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km
University
Country rank
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City
54 Parwan University 50
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Charikar
54 Danish Institute of Higher Education 79
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Charikar
67 Al Beroni University 5
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Kesektan
105 Paktia University 53
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Gardez
110 Nangarhar University 7
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Jalalabad
119 Al-taqwa Institute of Higher Education 26
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Jalalabad
119 Khurasan University 58
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Jalalabad
126 Bamiyan University 34
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Bamyan
128 Ghazni University 52
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Ghazni
147 Shaikh Zayed University, Khost 25
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Khost