AUAF by the numbers — 2025
With generous support from the U.S. Department of State and the State of Qatar, we are preparing young Afghans for a brighter future. AUAF is now a completely online university.
The legacy continues.
AUAF has transformed itself into an online university to better cater to the needs of today's Afghan youth. Responding to the restrictions against educating girls, AUAF developed a unique model to keep educational opportunities alive creating co-educational spaces for learning and growing tomorrow's leaders. From its operational hub in Doha, AUAF remains the only private, liberal arts, not-for-profit, coeducation university for Afghan students.
Our Timeline
Over the past 20 years, notwithstanding the extraordinary changes in Afghanistan, AUAF has succeeded in providing thousands of Afghan men and women with a liberal arts education. Click on the link below to see the major events that shaped the university.
Meet President Ian Bickford
"Education is inherently an optimistic enterprise. Every student who enrolls at AUAF sees a better future for themselves and their families. Every professor imagines their teaching as a contribution to a better world, shaped by their students. Every graduate carries with them the ethos of integrity and empowerment they discovered in their classes."
— President Ian Bickford
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