# Al-Beroni University

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Alberoni University (AU; Persian: دانشگاه البیرونی; Pashto: د البیروني پوهنتون) is located in the small town of Kohistan (population range of under 2,500 inhabitants), Kapisa Province, Afghanistan, about 64 km north of the capital Kabul. Alberoni University is a public institute of higher education, and was inaugurated in 1998 by the Afghan Ministry of Higher Education, Al Beroni University (AU) is a very small (uniRank enrollment range: 1000-1999 students) coeducational Afghan higher education institution. The university is named after Abu Rayhan al-Biruni, a renowned polymath scholar who lived in the 11th century. Al Beroni University (AU) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees in several areas of study. The AU beginning with a faculty of Medical and Engineering. It is the fifth largest university in Afghanistan after Kabul University, Nangarhar University, Balkh University and Herat University. The university has 9 faculties and 32 departments. The most popular fields of study is law, medicine and engineering.
Dr. Abu Najam Niazi is tenth and current chancellor of university.

## Faculties and Departments

Alberoni University has 9 faculties and 32 departments, the students are studying in different faculties and different fields. Right now Alberoni University has 147 faculty members and 4682 students.
Alberoni University faculties
1. Faculty of Medical (Dean of Faculty: Associated professor Dr. Najeebullah Shafaq)
* Departments:
** Department of General Medicine (HoD: Asst. prof. Dr. Abdul Moid Kohistani)
** Department of General Surgery
** Department of Para-clinic
2. Faculty of Engineering (Dean of Faculty: Assct. Prof.Engr.Mateen Haqbeen)
* Departments:
** Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (HoD: Asst. Prof. Engr. Yasir Hamwar)
** Department of Civil Engineering (HoD: Asst. Prof.Engr.Hasib Jahish)
3. Faculty of Education (Dean of Faculty: Ascot. Prof. Qadir Wahab)
* Departments:
** Department of Mathematics
** Department of Physics
** Department of Chemistry
** Department of History
** Department of Geography
** Department of Islamic Studies
** Department of Biology
* 4. Faculty of Economics (Acting Dean of Faculty: Prof.Dr.Naim Sharif, Ph.D.)
5. Faculty of Law and Political Science (Dean of Faculty: Ascot. Bismillah Mateen)
* Departments:
** Department of International Relations
** Department of Public Law
** Department of Private Law
** Department of Criminal Law
6. Faculty of Literature (Dean of Faculty: Ascot.Prof.)
* Departments:
** Department of Farsi Language
** Department of Pashto Language
** Department of English Language
** Department of Arabic Language
7. Faculty of Journalism
* Departments:
** Department of Press
** Department of Radio & TV
8. Faculty of Agriculture (Dean of Faculty: Ascot. Prof.FazelRab Aria)
** Department of Horticulture Sciences
** Department of Agriculture Economics
** Department of Plant Sciences
** Department of Animal Sciences]
9. Faculty of Sharia Law (Dean of Faculty: Prof. Dr. Rafe Alimi, Ph.D.)

## Students statistics in 2015

| No. | Faculty | Male | Female | Total |
| 1 | Faculty of Engineering | 480 | 5 | 485 |
| 2 | Faculty of Medical | 111 | xx | xx |
| 3 | Faculty of Law & Political Science | xxx | 6 | 238 |
| 4 | Faculty of Economics | 92 | 48 | 140 |
| 5 | Faculty of Journalism | 307 | 90 | 397 |
| 6 | Faculty of Sharia Law | xx | 156 | xx |
| 7 | Faculty of Education | xxx | 1232 | 2510 |
| 8 | Faculty of Agriculture | 616 | 65 | xxx |
| 9 | Faculty of Literature | 100 | 122 | 222 |
| | Total | xxx | xxx | xxx |
Alberoni University has 9 faculties with about 32 Departments. AU has a campus, buildings for its 3 faculties, laboratories for Medical, Engineering and Education faculties, libraries, lecture rooms and lecturers.

## Notable people

* Abdul Malik Hamwar ex-minister of Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development from December 2001 - July 2002.

## Controversy over Chancellor of University Selection

According to Civil Higher Education Law of Afghanistan which published in Official Gazette No. 1195 on November 11, 2015 The head of the institute of higher education in Afghanistan should be selected from high academic rank members of faculty of the institute, if they have the academic rank of professor, professor, etc. through free, secret and direct elections to the majority of vote of academic members of that institute of higher education for a period of three years. However, since 2001 it is selected by President of Afghanistan. In 2021, the chancellor of Al-Biruni University resigned from his position due to threats from Taliban fighters. He previously sent a complaint letter about the threatening behavior of the representative Abdul Baqi Haqqani to Ministry of Higher Education.

## International Partner universities

The cooperation, especially with Iranian universities is more focused for faculty exchange and networking. In 2016, the university signed a partnership with University of Mazandaran to promote faculty exchange and networking.
* University of Mazandaran