University of Tirana
University of Tirana (
Universiteti i Tiranės) is located in
Tirana,
Albania. It was the first university in Albania when it was founded in October
1957 as
State University of Tirana (
Universiteti Shtetėror i Tiranės) by joining five higher institutes. Between
1985 and
1991 it was called
Enver Hoxha University of Tirana (
Universiteti i Tiranės "Enver Hoxha"; after the dictator
Enver Hoxha). Initially it was comprised of ten faculties, but in
1991 it was broken up into the Polytechnic University which was formed of the
engineering faculties and the main University of Tirana which comprised the seven remaining faculties covering
humanities,
economics,
natural science and
medicine.
The number of students attending this university is over 14,000 and the number of teachers is over 600. The Rector is Shezai Rrokaj (from 2003).
List of the faculties and their departments
- Faculty of Medicine
- 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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