🏛️ History of the University of Tirana
The University of Tirana was founded on 30 May 1957, by decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Albania, no. 207, with the name "State University of Tirana"At its creation, the university had 6 faculties.
The beginnings of the establishment of this first higher education institution in Albania date back to the year 1946, when was Two-year Higher Pedagogical Institute opens, and in the year 1947, when it opened Institute of SciencesOver the years 1946–1956, in Tirana six institutes were operating high:
- Pedagogical Institute
- Polytechnic Institute
- Medical Institute
- Agricultural Institute
- Economic Institute
- Law Institute
On the basis of these institutes, the State University of Tirana was founded, which was created to meet the country's growing needs for qualified specialists. A large number of qualified professors from foreign universities made a great contribution to the growth and consolidation of the institution.
In the first academic year 1957–1958, the university had 3.613 students, who would graduate from 15 specialtiesIn the year 1967, the university took its full form with the construction of the first campus, giving this university greater dynamism. Thus, after 20 years old from the creation, in the year 1977, the number of students without work leave reached 8.880, of whom about half were girls. In these early years they had graduated 21.368 students, who then engaged in the most difficult sectors of the country's life.
In the year 1991, from UT (at that time with 11 faculties) the engineering faculties were separated and the Polytechnic University of Tirana was created, by decision of the Council of Ministers no. 215, date 15.07.1991In January of the year 2013, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Medical Technical Sciences (former Faculty of Nursing) were separated from University of Tirana to create University of Medicine.
Today, the University of Tirana is the largest public university in the country. It consists of 6 faculties and 2 institutes, offers 163 programs in all three study cycles, has a full-time academic staff of 843 professors and about 22.000 students.
The University of Tirana, thanks to its tradition, high level of preparation, qualification and certification, remains the most sought-after university in Republic of AlbaniaIt is aimed at the majority of students graduating from high schools in the Republic of Albania and in Albanian territories outside the state borders of the Republic of Albania.
UT is decorated by President of the Republic with the decoration "Order of Honor of the Nation"", with the motivation for the outstanding contribution to development of science, education, culture and Albanian economy, by decree no. 1959, date 19.11.1997.