Bost University

Bost University
بُست پوهنتون
	Bost University, Helmand
Motto	Quality is our priority
Type	Private
Established	2012
Founder	Ahmad Jan Popal
President	Mahmood Sangin
Vice-Chancellor	Abdul Ghani Rashidzooi
Location	Lashkar Gah, Helmand, Afghanistan; 31°51′24″N 064°13′15″E / 31.85667°N 64.22083°E
Campus	Lashkar Gah
Colors	Black, red, and green
Affiliations	Bost Foundation
Website	www.bost.edu.af

Bost University, in Lashkargah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan is a private institution of higher education founded by Ahmad Jan Popal in 2010. Bost University offers two to six-year undergraduate degrees and diplomas. Four to six-year undergraduate programs are included in engineering, law and political science, economics, medicine, computer science, and education.

Certificates for short-term courses and training that are three years or less are part of the university's Institute of Health Science such as midwife, nursing, laboratory, physiotherapy, dentistry and pharmacy.

History

From the beginning, it was the Bost Institute of Higher Education. In 2013 the Ministry of Higher Education Quality Commission Board investigated all the private universities in the country. In 2015 the board announced its results and Bost Institute of Higher Education got the top marks (88.3) and was announced the top university of all private universities in Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Higher Education promoted the university to Bost University (بُست پوهنتون) awarded in November 2015.

Faculties and departments

Faculty of Law and Political Science
- Law
- Management (Political Science)
Bachelor of Business Administration
- Management
Faculty of Engineering
- Architecture
- Civil
- Mechanical
- Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Medicine, six-year program in General Medicine
Faculty of Computer Science
- Software
- Hardware
- Networking & Database
Faculty of Education
- Physic
- Chemistry
- Math
- Biology
- Pashto

Institute of Health Science

Nursing (NRS): a three-year program
Midwife (MW): two-year program
Laboratory (LAB): two-year program
Pharmacy (PHR): two-year program
Physiotherapy (PTR): two-year program
Dentistry (DNT): two-year program

Library

The library has more than 8000 Pashto, Dari, and English books.

Laboratory

The university has a laboratory for its engineering faculty students.

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