University of Tirana
| Universiteti i Tiranës | |
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| Type | Public university. Study levels offered: Bachelor, Master, Doctorate |
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| Established | 16 September 1957 |
| Endowment | Financed by the Government of Albania |
| Rector | Prof. Dr. Mynyr Koni (since 2016) |
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Academic staff
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900+ |
| Students | 75,000 |
| Location | Tirana, Albania |
| Campus | urban, decentralized. A new suburban, centralized campus is under construction. |
| Colors | , |
| Affiliations | Balkan Universities Network, Erasmus Mundus, UNSHP, UNICA, EUA, AUF, UNIMED, CMU, BSUN, ASECU, IUC. Partner universities with close collaboration: University of Bamberg, Germany, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States |
| Website | www.unitir.edu.al |
The University of Tirana (UT) (Albanian: Universiteti i Tiranës) is a public university located in Tirana, Albania.
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 (during the communist regime), UT was called the Enver Hoxha University of Tirana (Universiteti i Tiranës "Enver Hoxha").
UT is the largest and highest ranking university in Albania. 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.
More than 14,000 students attend UT. UT employs more than 900 faculty members.
The current campus is urban and decentralized. A new large and centralized campus has been planned in the southeast periphery of Tirana. Students dorms are grouped in a separate location called Student City (Qyteti Studenti) in southeast Tirana.
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