Vitrina University

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Vitrina University
Universiteti Vitrina
TypePrivate
ActiveMay 6, 2009 (2009-05-06)–August 6, 2014 (2014-08-06)
Students8.000
Location,
CampusSuburban

Vitrina University was a private university founded in 2004 in Tirana, Albania according to the Court Decision no: 32.237. Its licence was revoked by the Albanian government in August 2014. [1] The university had seven faculties, offered 41 programs, and was a member of the Balkan Universities Network. [2]

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Faculties

The languages of instruction at Vitrina University were Albanian, English and German. The study programs are compatible with the Bologna system. Thecampus, near the Tirana-Durrës highway, was 20.000 sq.m. It sheltered the Vitrina Formation and Professional Center with about 25 branches and the Vitrina High School with five branches of professional education and a full-time high school plus a part-time one.

Bachelor programs

Master study programs

Master Science study programs

Cooperation agreements

Vitrina cooperates with more than 90 national and international partners on joint research, staff and student exchange, and training.

See the selected institutions with which the university cooperates:

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Coordinates: 41°19′18″N19°49′08″E / 41.3217°N 19.8190°E / 41.3217; 19.8190