University of Tirana
Public university in Tirana, Albania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 (SUT) in 1957 through merging of five existing institutes of higher education.
Universiteti i Tiranës | |
Type | Public |
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Established | 30 May 1957; 66 years ago (1957-05-30)[1] |
President | Artan Hoxha[2] |
Academic staff | 900+ |
Students | 35,000 |
Location | , |
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 |
University rankings | |
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Regional – Overall | |
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[4] | 401-450 (2022) |
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.