University of Tirana

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For other universities that use the UT mnemonic, see UT.
University of Tirana
Universiteti i Tiranës
University of Tirana logo.svg
Seal of the University of Tirana
Type Public
Established 30 May 1957; 66 years ago (1957-05-30)[1]
President Prof. Dr. Artan Hoxha[2]
Academic staff
 900+
Students 35,000
Location
Tirana
,
Albania
Campus Urban and Suburban (under construction)
Colours Red and Black          
Affiliations Balkan Universities Network
Erasmus Mundus
UNSHP
UNICA
EUA
AUF
UNIMED
CMU
BSUN
ASECU
IUC.
Partners: University of Bamberg Germany
University of Nebraska-Lincoln United States[3]
Website unitir.edu.al

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University Rankings

The University of Tirana (Albanian: Universiteti i Tiranës, abbreviated UT) is a public university located at the central borough of Tirana 10 in Tirana, Albania. It was established as the State University of Tirana in 1957 through merging of five existing institutes of higher education.

The main building was planned by Italian architect, Gherardo Bosio at the beginning of 1940. It is situated at the Mother Teresa Square, south of the city center of Tirana.

The primary language of instruction is Albanian, but there are a number of faculties of foreign languages which are carried out in English, French, Greek, Italian, Spanish, German, Chinese and other languages.

The University of Tirana was founded in 1957 as the State University of Tirana (Albanian: 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. Immediately after the death of Enver Hoxha in 1985, the university was renamed the Enver Hoxha University of Tirana (Albanian: Universiteti i Tiranës Enver Hoxha) until 1992.

Academics and size

The university is the largest and highest ranking university in Albania.[4] 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 southern part of the country and Kukës in the north. It offers three-year Bachelor, one- or two-year Master, and three- to five-year doctorate degree programs, in accordance with the Bologna system.

The current campus is urban and decentralised. A new large and centralised campus has been planned in the southeast periphery of Tirana.[5] Students dorms are grouped in a separate location called Student City (Qyteti Studenti) in southeast Tirana.[6]

UT is the biggest university in Albania, and among the biggest in Europe with 35 000 students. In 2013 the college accepted 95 new Ph.D. students. These are students in possession of bachelor's degrees.

Faculties and departments

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Tirana University's faculty of history and philology
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Faculty of Law, UT
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Faculty of Natural Sciences of Tirana

Notable people

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See also: Category:University of Tirana alumni
Ismail Kadare

See also

References

  1. ↑ Arsimi në Shqipëri 1945-1990
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  5. ↑ Planned campus picture gallery at UT's webpage[permanent dead link]
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External links

  • unitir.edu.al – Official Website Script error: No such module "In lang".

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