We offer a world-class liberal arts education to Afghanistan's emerging leaders - both women and men.
Higher Education for Afghans
1000+ currently enrolled students
75% female students
33 of 34 Afghan provinces
90% of students live in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is the only country in the world today that officially restricts access to education for women above the 6th grade.
Who We Are
Virtual Learning
To continue to reach the young Afghan women and men whose opportunities are restricted, AUAF has transformed itself into a virtual university. Using a co-educational model, AUAF offers Afghan students a level of support that other online universities cannot. Lectures are live and class sizes are small. Students receive 1:1 support from professors and advisors. Student life, peer mentorship, tutoring, resource centers and counseling comprise a vibrant community.
Tailored to Afghan Students
Afghan students face unique challenges to education. AUAF provides unique solutions. Admitted students begin their journey in a preparation program, to ensure all - even those whose secondary schooling was unconventional - have a baseline level of skills to excel in a challenging, western-style curriculum taught in English. Students are able to learn, engage in student life, access counseling, tutoring and advising from the privacy of their homes, making studies possible for many.
Educating the Next Generation
Highly esteemed for its academic excellence, AUAF remains unique as an internationally accredited source of higher education accessible to students living inside Afghanistan. Madrassa education is becoming the norm for boys in Afghanistan, teaching less STEM and liberal arts content in favor of ideology-centered curriculum. That coupled with the restrictions on Afghan girls going to school past the 6th grade, working in most sectors, and participating in public forums will result in an uneducated generation of Afghans, unless we act now.
Tailored to the Afghan Context
Our academic programs are tailored to the diverse and distinctive heritage of Afghans, designed to both meet international standards and be relevant to Afghanistan's job market. Students form research-backed perspectives about Afghanistan's history, political landscape and paths to a brighter future. Our students, male and female, graduate to become entrepreneurs and employees of the private sector, non-profit, and international development organizations, both inside and outside Afghanistan.
AUAF is a non-profit, private and independent university.
Our values
AUAF is dedicated to the following core values:
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freedom and responsibility
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promotion of pluralistic ideas
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free expression and inquiry
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equal opportunity
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individual rights
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personal and professional integrity
These values apply equally to all members of the AUAF community, including students, faculty, professional staff, leadership, members of the Board of Trustees and advisory bodies, and persons invited to participate in University activities.
"AUAF gave me the opportunity to continue my education after all other doors closed on us Afghan girls."
Current Student