Legal Status: Private
Address: Oppposite Habibia High School, Darulaman Road
Branches: Central Branch - Kabul
Year of Establishment: 2010 (1389)
Founding
Gawharshad University was established under the name “Gawharshad Institute of Higher Education” as a non-profit institution with the slogan “Competence and Leadership” by one of the country’s most elite figures (Dr. Sima Samar) targeting the growing need of society for quality educational services and the limited capacity of government educational institutions. The University was established solely for the purpose of providing cheap and quality higher education to the Afghan Community.
Gawharshad University has grown both quantitatively and qualitatively since its establishment. In addition to engineering and computer science faculties it has established many other departments and management strategies in order to build capacity and skills of students and alumni.
- Establishment of Gender and Women Empowerment Center
- Establishment of Faculty of Engineering
- Establishment of "Department of International Cooperations and Affairs"
- Gawharshad English Language Department (GELD)
- Establishment of "Directorate of Research"
- Switch of the financial system from cash to banking
- First Graduation Ceremony
- Establishment of "Gawharshad Peace Center"
- Establishment of "Directorate of Quality Assurance"
- Publication of the First "Gawharshad Research Journal"
- Establishment of the Computer Science Faculty
- Obtaining the First-Stage Quality Assurance Credit from the Ministry of Higher Education
- Signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Freiburg University of Education, Germany
- Signing a Memorandum of Understanding with University of Technology Sydney
- Signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Allameh Tabataba'i University Tehran, Iran
- Numerous workshops on capacity building and research methods in and out of the country by reputable foreign professors
- Development of a strategic plan for the university
- Achieving the approval of Peace Education as a subject in the curriculum of universities in collaboration with the Ministry of Higher Education
- Establishment of the Psychology Consulting Center
- Signing Memorandum of Understanding with Pardis Farabi University Tehran, Iran
- Administrative Vice Chancellor and Manager of International affairs visited University of Technology Sydney
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- Financial and Administrative System of the university switched from manual to CMS
- Signing Memorandum of Understanding with Ural federal University, Moscow, Russia
- 9 professors of Gawharshad University sent to the University of Freiburg for Capacity Building Workshops
- Administrative Vice Chancellor and Manager of International affairs visited Ural University Russia
- Gawharshad Promoted from "Institute of Higher Education" to University
- Creation of online learning Center via Skype
- Signing Memorandum of Understanding with South Asian University
- Compilation and translation of more than twelve volumes of textbooks
- Holding Numerous Scientific Seminars and Conferences at the University