GRAD was established as a result of a partnership between BARLAS Center of Business Management [www.Barlas.edu.af] and Afghanistan Public Policy Research Organization (APPRO) [www.appro.edu.af], to offer social science, humanities, and operational management courses in Afghanistan in accordance with international academic and professional standards.
APPRO has partnership agreements for delivering cross-certified, master’s level courses in Afghanistan with Ghent University, Belgium, [www.ugent.be] and Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, [www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de]
BARLAS is a Gold Partner of ACCA. All students qualifying from BARLAS will be able to obtain their degrees from ACCA, which is partnered with Oxford Brookes University and University of London.