Kabul Polytechnic University
University in Kabul, Afghanistan

Kabul Polytechnic University
دانشگاه پولی تخنیک کابل / د کابل پولی تخنیک پوهنتون
Close-up view of some of KPU's buildings in November 2005
EstablishedOctober 13, 1963
ChancellorAbdul Rashid Iqbal[1]
Administrative staff
125 teachers
Students547 new, 900 continuing
Address
Kart-e Mamorin, District 5
,
Kabul
,
Afghanistan

34°32′06″N 69°07′11″E / 34.53500°N 69.11972°E / 34.53500; 69.11972
Campus60 ha (150 acres)
Websitekpu.edu.af/en

The Kabul Polytechnic University (KPU; د کابل پولی تخنیک پوهنتون/ دانشگاه پولی تخنیک کابل) is one of the major public universities in Kabul, Afghanistan.[2][3][4] 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.[5] 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.[1]

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.[6]

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 graduated. Until 1980 students at KPU studied up to bachelor level, and until 1992 students could study master level in the field of engineering. In this period people were educated to PhD level. Upon reopening in 2002, it was renamed Kabul Polytechnic University. It became the second largest university in Afghanistan after Kabul University.

KPU is the basic center for training professional engineering cadres in Afghanistan. It has provided BSc, MSc and PhD degrees to thousands of students in the professions of constructing civil and industrial buildings, hydro technical buildings, road construction, architecture, geology and exploration of mines, chemical technology, engineering geodesy, building automobile and tractor, and power electric supply for industrial institutions.[7] KPU provides clean drinking water to around 70,000 Kabul houses.[8]

Partnership

During the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, KPU established a partnership with the University of Nebraska Omaha and University of Nebraska–Lincoln, which are located in the United States. Funds for the partnership was provided by USAID through FHI 360.[9]

Faculties

  • Geology and Mines Faculty
  • Construction Faculty
  • Electromechanics Faculty
  • Computer Science Faculty
  • Chemical industrial Engineering Faculty
  • Water and Environmental Engineering Faculty
  • Transportation Engineering Faculty
  • Geomatics Engineering Faculty[6]

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "All last year's geology and mining graduates from Kabul Polytechnic University offered jobs". Ariana News. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Kabul Polytechnic University ranks 201st among 25,000 Universities worldwide". OMID Radio. 21 June 2025. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Kabul Polytechnic University". Scholars at Risk. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Kabul Polytechnic University". Times Higher Education (THE). 1 December 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Laboratory equipment worth 80 million Afghanis purchase for Polytechnic University in one year". OMID Radio. 22 June 2025. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Faculties (Bachelors)". kpu.edu.af. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  7. ^ "Over 1,000 engineers graduate from Kabul Polytechnic University". Ariana News. 10 January 2026. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  8. ^ "Water Supply Project Launched to Address Kabul's Growing Water Crisis". TOLOnews. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Kabul Polytechnic University Partnership". University of Nebraska, Omaha. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  • Official website
  • Kabul Polytechnic University Campus Tour on YouTube
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