University of Tirana
For other universities that use the
UT mnemonic, see
UT.
| University of Tirana |
| Universiteti i Tiranës |
| Established |
16 September 1957 |
| Type |
Public university. Study levels offered: Bachelor, Master, Doctorate |
| Endowment |
Financed by the Government of Albania |
| Rector |
Prof. Dr. Dhori Kule (since 2008)[1] |
| Academic staff |
600 |
| Students |
14,000 |
| Location |
Tirana, Albania |
| Campus |
urban, decentralized. A new suburban, centralized campus is under construction. |
| Colors |
Red and Black |
| Affiliations |
Balkan Universities Network, Erasmus Mundus, UNSHP, UNICA, EUA, AUF, CMU, BSUN, ASECU, IUC. Partner universities with close collaboration: University of Bamberg, Germany, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA[2] |
| Website |
www.unitir.edu.al |
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The University of Tirana (UT) (Albanian: Universiteti i Tiranës) is a public university located in Tirana, Albania.
History
UT was founded in 1957 as the State University of Tirana (Universiteti Shtetëror i Tiranës) through the merging of five existing institutes of higher education, the most important of which was the Institute of Sciences, founded in 1947. Between April 13, 1985 and 1992 UT was called the Enver Hoxha University of Tirana (Universiteti i Tiranës "Enver Hoxha") after the Albanian leader Enver Hoxha, who had died on April 11, 1985.
Academics and Size
UT is the largest and highest ranking university in Albania.[3] It includes eight colleges, 50 academic departments, and 41 study programs or majors. Most programs are offered in Tirana; a few smaller affiliated campuses are located in other Albanian cities, including Saranda in the South and Kukës in the North.
UT offers three-year Bachelor, one or two year Master, and three to five year Doctorate degree programs, in accordance with the Bologna system.
The number of students attending UT is over 14,000. UT employs more that 600 faculty members. Students dorms are located at a separate location called Student City (Qyteti Studenti) in southeast Tirana at Tirana 2 district.
Faculties and departments
- Faculty of Medicine. This faculty, which has more than 3,100 students, is UT's most competitive, and includes:
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Faculty of Natural Sciences
- Faculty of History and Philology
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Economic Sciences
- Faculty of Foreign Languages
- Department of Physical Education
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