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Kabul Polytechnic University

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Kabul Polytechnic University

The Kabul Polytechnic University (KPU; د کابل پولی تخنیک پوهنتون/ دانشگاه پولی تخنیک کابل) is one of the major public universities in Kabul, Afghanistan. Established in 1963 on a 72 ha (180 acres) of land to the east of Bagh-e Bala Palace, it became one of the largest and well-known higher education

institutions in the country. Originally it was called Kabul Polytechnic Institute and considered by many as an important institution for providing higher education and training to future engineers. Its current chancellor is Abdul Rashid Iqbal. KPU has 8 faculties and 20 departments (courses) that include 12 professional and 8 general subjected departments. The university buildings include classrooms, laboratory, library, dormitory, place for professors, cafeteria with 1,000 capacity, mosque with 500 capacity, sport facility, conference room with 1,000 capacities, workshop and leisure center. Some of the buildings at the university were built by engineers from both Afghanistan and the then-Soviet Union. After completion of teaching classrooms and laboratory in 1967, the university began to offer educational service and in the year of 1972 for the first time students from this university...

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