Top research institutions in Afghanistan
Kabul University ranks first in Afghanistan on research quality in 2022-now (#3,366 worldwide), followed by Kandahar University and Herat University.
AfghanistanRanked by research quality, 2022-now
| # | Institution | World rank | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kabul UniversityUniversity · Kabul | #3,366 | 8.3% | 1,193 | #1 |
| 2 | Kandahar UniversityUniversity · Kandahar | #6,138 | 12.7% | 207 | #3 |
| 3 | Herat UniversityUniversity · Herat | #6,474 | 10.0% | 340 | #2 |
| 4 | Kabul Education UniversityUniversity · Kabul | #6,670 | 7.5% | 249 | #6 |
| 5 | Nangarhar UniversityUniversity · Jalalabad | #7,120 | 8.9% | 332 | #4 |
| 6 | Kardan UniversityUniversity · Kabul | #9,498 | 13.9% | 145 | #5 |
| 7 | Balkh UniversityUniversity · Mazari Sharif | #10,657 | 9.0% | 167 | #8 |
| 8 | Salam UniversityUniversity · Kabul | #11,356 | 11.0% | 133 | #9 |
| 9 | Bakhtar UniversityUniversity · Kabul | #11,889 | 9.4% | 92 | #7 |
| 10 | Paktia UniversityUniversity · Gardez | #13,390 | 7.8% | 114 | #11 |
| 11 | Khost UniversityUniversity · Khōst | #13,632 | 8.7% | 138 | #14 |
| 12 | Polytechnical University of KabulUniversity · Kabul | #14,777 | 10.1% | 102 | #13 |
| 13 | Badakhshan UniversityUniversity · Fayzabad | #15,105 | 12.4% | 110 | #15 |
| 14 | Kabul Medical UniversityUniversity · Kabul | #16,694 | 7.4% | 146 | #12 |
| 15 | Bamyan UniversityUniversity · Bāmyān | #16,756 | 7.7% | 101 | #18 |
| 16 | Ghazni UniversityUniversity · Ghazni | #16,953 | 7.3% | 75 | - |
| 17 | Takhar UniversityUniversity · Taloqan | #16,971 | 11.2% | 93 | #16 |
| 18 | Dawat UniversityUniversity · Kabul | #17,459 | 5.6% | 80 | #10 |
| 19 | Baghlan UniversityUniversity · Pul-e Khumrī | #20,565 | 7.2% | 67 | - |
Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within Afghanistan on the quality score for 2022-now; research measures only, not teaching. The tick on each rate track is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below; bars are scaled to the largest institution on this page.
Size against quality inside Afghanistan
The upper left is the interesting corner: institutions that publish less than the national giants and land more of it in the world top 10%.
One dot per institution in the table above.
Questions people ask
What are the top universities in Afghanistan for research?
Kabul University ranks first in Afghanistan on research quality in 2022-now (#3,366 worldwide), followed by Kandahar University and Herat University.