Balkh University
Established	1986
Location	Mazari Sharif, Balkh, Afghanistan

Balkh University (Persian: دانشگاه بلخ) is located in Mazari Sharif, capital of Balkh province, in northern Afghanistan. Established in 1986, the university currently has about 4000 students and is the second largest in Afghanistan after Kabul University. Faculties include medicine, engineering, economics, journalism, literature, law and science.^[1][2]

The United States and Germany, which leads ISAF in Balkh, have recently announced in Jan 2009 an expansion of Balkh University at a cost of more than 300 million dollars.

[edit] See also

• List of universities in Afghanistan

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Professors assist university's rebuilding effort
• Pakistan grants $10m for Balkh University

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