Takhar University ( fa, پوهنتون تخار) was a
university established by Afghanistan former president Professor
Burhanuddin Rabbani leader of
Jamiat Islami
Jamayat-E-Islami (also rendered as Jamiat-e-Islami and Jamiati Islami; fa, جمعیت اسلامی افغانستان, lit=Islamic Society), sometimes shortened to Jamiat, is a predominantly Tajik political party in Afghanistan. It was origi ...
Afghanistan and martyr of peace in
Aqrab
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1370 (i.e. October 1991) in
Peshawar-
Pakistan under the name of "Abdullah Ibn Massoud", and it was transferred to
Taloqan city in 1373. By the year 1374 it was registered in the
Ministry of Higher Education and in the same year it started its academic activities, establishing two faculties (
law and
agriculture).
As any other universities in Afghanistan, Takhar University was closed for students the during the
Taliban era. Takhar University restarted its activities containing four faculties (law,
literature, agriculture and education) after the establishment of
temporary government in Afghanistan in 1381. It was transferred to its new building which is located in Wortabuz (an area 5 km west of Toloqan City) in the month of Hoot - 1378.
By the beginning of 1388 it started its academic and administrative activities in two buildings (law faculties administrative and teaching buildings) and
engineering faculty which was planned in the framework of this university was activated in early 1389. Currently (i.e. 2017) Takhar university has seven faculties and 27 departments. They are:
*
Islamic law (sharia) faculty which contains departments of
Islamic studies,
jurisprudence and law, belief and
Islamic culture
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.
*Agriculture faculty has three departments which are:
agricultural economics
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Agricultural economics began as a branch of economics that specif ...
extension,
horticulture, and
livestock.
*Education faculty which contains departments:
history,
geography,
mathematics
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,
physic
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* The study or practice of medicine
* A substance administered as medicine, or the medicinal plant from which it is extracted:
** '' Gillenia stipulata'', a plant known commonly as Indian physic
** ''Jatropha'', a genus of pla ...
,
chemistry
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,
biology,
Dari language
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and
literature, and
computer science.
*Language and literature faculty which contains departments:
English,
Dari,
Pashto and
Uzbeki
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.
*Engineering faculty has two department:
civil engineering,
electronics, and
geology and
mining.
*Economics faculty has two departments: BBA, finance and banking
*Law and political science faculty has two departments which are: justice and attorney, and administrative and
diplomacy.
Currently 7000 students are studying in Takhar University, which 2000 are female and 5000 are male. Takhar University has 153 lecturers, among these 17 of them are female and 136 are male and they are shown as follow:
*PhD degree: 1
*Studying for PhD degree: 5
*Master's degree: 46
*Studying for master's degree: 38
*Bachelor's degree: 63
Table 1: Academic Ranking of Lecturers in 2017
Junior Teaching Assist. Nominated Junior Teaching Assistant Teaching Assistant Nominated Teaching Assistant Senior Teaching Assistant Assistant Professor Associate Professor Professor
Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male
0 2 6 70 0 1 4 39 2 23 0 3 0 3 0 0
Total= 153
Divisions
* Agriculture Faculty
* Education Faculty
* Engineering Faculty
* Languages and Literature Faculty
* Medicine Faculty
* Theology Faculty
References
External links
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Universities in Afghanistan
Universities and colleges established in 1955
1955 establishments in Afghanistan
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