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Università di Herat

هرات, Italy

Università di Herat

Herat University (HU; Pashto: د هرات پوهنتون, Persian: پوهنتون هرات) is a public university located in Herat, the capital of Herat Province, in western Afghanistan. It was inaugurated in 1988, beginning with a faculty of Literature and Humanities. Its first President was Abubakr Rashed. The universi

ty has 14 faculties and 45 departments. The most popular field of study is Education/Pedagogy. Although university female education is indefinitely banned in Afghanistan, the Medical Faculty at Herat University has around 550 female students. In recent years, Herat University managed and maintained relations of cooperation with a number of foreign universities in United States, Germany, Italy, Thailand, Slovakia, Iran, India and Indonesia. As a result of this cooperation teaching curriculum in faculties of Computer Science, Science, Engineering, Economics, Agriculture, Medicine, Religious and Islamic and Journalism and mass communication has been partial or totally amended and syllabi and textbooks are prepared as well. In 2022, after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, women were banned from attending universities and any classes in universities, which has drastically affected Herat University...

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