Institutional

People and government of Afghanistan, after overthrow of the Taliban regime in 2001, started reconstruction and rebuilding in different aspects including higher education section. According to the policy of present government, private sectors are allowed to participate in different section including the higher education, in this context more than 80 private universities are active in Kabul and many other provinces such as Mazar-e- Sharif, Herat, Jalabad, Qandahar, Ghazni etc. Gawharshad University is the most successful and well known one, and its activities are under the Afghan Ministry of Higher Education. GU was established as a small non-profit private University in 2010 by Dr.Sima Samar; the current head of Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC).The vision of this institute was to provide quality education to the down-trodden and the underprivileged segments of society. Therefore, GU started its journey in providing quality higher education at a very affordable rate. It started giving a special discount to all female students. The vision seemed adventurous given the difficult situation in the country and very meager resources. However, now after four years of continued institutional survival and the demonstration of expansion and growth, it has been obvious that GU has well started moving forward towards a successful future of further striving for progressive social development.

GU has four faculties: first one is Faculty of Law and Political science, which combined from two separate departments; Law and political science, and the second is faculty of Economic management that also has two departments; department BA and Economics management. Third one is Civil Eng. and the forth one is Computer Science which combined of two departments of Information Technology and Software Eng..More than 1600 students are studying in Gawharshad and nearly 35% of them are women. All courses in Gawharshad are offered in two times; morning and evening. According to the rules of Higher Education Ministry, every student can choose between 17 credits and 21 credits in every term. According to this program, the total time needed for graduation is about four years. Gawharshad has planned to develop the faculties and departments.