Jalal-Abad State University was founded in 1993 and is a public institution designed to provide higher education for medicine.

The university adopted a multi-level system of education, which includes four levels of training:

• Certificates or Diplomas (under 2 years)
• Associate degrees (2 years)
• Bachelor degrees (3 or 4 years)
• Master degrees (2 year)
• Doctorate degrees (3 years)

Jalalabad State University has the following faculties:
Medicine
Nursing