Khost University

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Khost University
خوست پوهنتون

Established	2000
Type	public
Students	3,000
Location	Khost, Afghanistan
Nickname	Shaikh Zayed University

Khost University (Pashto: د خوست پوهنتون‎) (nickname: Shaikh Zayed University) is located in the border town of Khost in eastern Afghanistan. It was established in the year 2000. It was shifted from its previous temporary location in Peshawar, Pakistan, where it was named "Afghan University Peshawar" by special order of President Hamid Karzai.

Khost University has nine faculties and more than 3000 students. It has a private radio station for journalism faculty. It is the only university in Afghanistan with a faculty in computer science. It has a hostel for students, and medical students are trained at the government-run hospital, Khost Hospital. This university was officially opened by the United Arab Emirates officials and Khost governor in March 2008. Khost University was built up by economical help from United Arab Emirates, that is why it's called Shaikh Zayed University.

Khost University is one of eleven Afghan educational institutions that have e-learning facilities, provided by USAID.^[1]

Faculties

SZU is a large university and graduates students from the following fields:

Shaikh Zayed University, Khost

Computer science
Medicine
Engineering
Literature
Journalism
Sharia
Politics
Agriculture
Education
Economy and Management

SZU, Khost province

References

↑ "Program highlights: A new way to learn English". USAID. 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2009-08-24.

External links

v t e Universities in Afghanistan

Public	Al-Beroni University Badakhshan University Baghlan University Balkh University Bamiyan University Ghazni University Herat University Kabul Institute of Medicine Kabul University Kandahar University Kapisa University Khost University Kunduz University Syed Jamaluddin Afghan University Nangarhar University National Military Academy of Afghanistan Paktia University Parwan University Polytechnical University of Kabul Takhar University University of Pedagogy Urozgan University

Private	American University of Afghanistan Bakhtar University Bost University Dawat University Hara University Hara University Kaboora Institute of Higher Education Kardan University Karwan University Khurasan University Rana Institute of Higher Education Spinghar Higher Education Centre

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