Alberoni University (AU; Persian: دانشگاه البیرونی; Pashto: د البیروني پوهنتون) is located in the small town of Kohistan (population range of under 2,500 inhabitants), Kapisa Province, Afghanistan, about 64 km north of the capital Kabul.

The university is named after Abu Rayhan al-Biruni, a renowned polymath scholar who lived in the 11th century.

Al Beroni University (AU) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees in several areas of study.

According to Civil Higher Education Law of Afghanistan which published in Official Gazette No.

through free, secret and direct elections to the majority of vote of academic members of that institute of higher education for a period of three years.

[7] In 2021, the chancellor of Al-Biruni University resigned from his position due to threats from Taliban fighters.

[citation needed] He previously sent a complaint letter about the threatening behavior of the representative Abdul Baqi Haqqani to Ministry of Higher Education.