The University of Tirana : Rankings, Fees & Courses Details

About The University of Tirana

The University of Tirana (UT) is the main and the biggest public university in Albania, founded in 1957 and located in the Albanian capital city, Tirana. With the highest grade of evaluation from the Quality Assurance Agency of Higher Education, UT keeps the first place as the best-ranked university in the country. UT's mission is to contribute to the development of society through the three pillars, research, education, and service to the public, providing student-centred education. UT consists of: 6 faculties and 2 research institutes (Faculty of Law, Faculty of Economy, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Faculty of History and Philology, Institute of European Studies, the Institute of Applied Nuclear Physics), a branch of UT in Saranda, 1 research center and 41 departments. The university's main urban campuses are located in Tirana, as well students are also located in a smaller affiliate campus in Saranda.

For the academic year 2023-2024, UT offered 161 Programs: 37 BA and 124 (Master + PhD programs). For the academic year 2024-2025, UT offers 161 programs (40 BA; 1 Integrated Study Program; 73 Master of Science; 37 Professional Master's; 3 Executive Master Programs; and 7 Ph.D). Undergraduate degrees last three years, while postgraduate master's degrees are either one -year or two years, the integrated program 5 years, and doctorate degrees can last between three to five years. The main language of instructions is Albanian. The University of Tirana offers 20 programs in English. The Faculty of Foreign Languages offers 18 Programs in several different languages including English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish, and Slavic-Balkan languages (Turkish, Russian, Bulgarian).

UT is considered a large university. The number of students for the academic year 2023-2024 is 19974. (Bachelor: 10937.Integrated Program: 2920. Professional Master 1394. Master of Science: 4020. Executive Master:130. PhD: 573). The number of academic staff for the academic year 2023-2024: Full-time Academic Staff 805; Part-time Academic Staff 813.

UT has a wide network of local, regional, and international partner universities. UT has 5 double degrees: with the University of Tuscia/Italy (BA in Environmental Natural Sciences), with the University of Salzburg/Austria (Master of Science in Political Science, Integration and Government), with the Sorbonne Paris Nord University/France (Master of Science in Automatic treatment of languages), and with the University of Camerino/ Italy (master of science in data science); with the University “La Sapienza”, Italy (executive master in Information security and strategic information). Regarding the opening of joint/double programs in the process, they are as follows: The opening of the double degree program with the University of Pavia, Italy, Master of Science in "International Relations and Economic Development"; Executive Master in ‘‘Competition and market regulation in the EU’’ with University of La Sapienza/Italy; Double Degree at Bachelor level: Programme in Lingual studies, English for Public Relations at Kauno Kolegija HEI, Lithuania, and Programme in English Language, Profile: Public Relations at University of Tirana.

UT counts around 140 Erasmus + KA1 prestigious European partners HEIs and 164 active MoU with universities worldwide. UT has been part of the Erasmus Mundus Action II program within Basileus and JoinEUSEE projects. As part of the mobilities, for the academic year 2023-2024, UT has hosted and sent around 200 students and 276 staff. For the first semester of 2024-2025, UT has hosted and sent around 46 students and 131 staff. UT has signed an inter-institutional agreement with the University of Lucerne in Switzerland within the SEMP program. UT has been awarded by the EU the logo HR Excellence in Research, which certifies the progress in aligning their human resources policies to the 40 principles of the Charter & Code. UT is the first HEI in Albania that has drawn up the Gender Equality Plan-GEP. As well, the EU has awarded UT the Erasmus + Charter.

Currently, UT is part of 14 important networks such as UNICA; EUA; AUF; BSUN; MAGNA CARTA OBSERVATORY; BUA; UniAdrion; Aurora CDS; NISPAcee; ASECU; Forum of the Rectors of Southeast Europe and the Western Balkans; UNINOVIS Alliance; Partnership on S3 Thematic Platform for Sustainable Blue Economy; and CERN.

UT is implementing 139 projects within EU and National Programs (Erasmus + KA, Jean Monnet, Horizon Europe, Interreg, IPA Cross-Border, UNICEF, UNDP, AUF, APPEAR, AKKSHI etc).

About The University of Tirana

The University of Tirana (UT) is the main and the biggest public university in Albania, founded in 1957 and located in the Albanian capital city, Tirana. With the highest grade of evaluation from the Quality Assurance Agency of Higher Education, UT keeps the first place as the best-ranked university in the country. UT's mission is to contribute to the development of society through the three pillars, research, education, and service to the public, providing student-centred education. UT consists of: 6 faculties and 2 research institutes (Faculty of Law, Faculty of Economy, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Faculty of History and Philology, Institute of European Studies, the Institute of Applied Nuclear Physics), a branch of UT in Saranda, 1 research center and 41 departments. The university's main urban campuses are located in Tirana, as well students are also located in a smaller affiliate campus in Saranda.

For the academic year 2023-2024, UT offered 161 Programs: 37 BA and 124 (Master + PhD programs). For the academic year 2024-2025, UT offers 161 programs (40 BA; 1 Integrated Study Program; 73 Master of Science; 37 Professional Master's; 3 Executive Master Programs; and 7 Ph.D). Undergraduate degrees last three years, while postgraduate master's degrees are either one -year or two years, the integrated program 5 years, and doctorate degrees can last between three to five years. The main language of instructions is Albanian. The University of Tirana offers 20 programs in English. The Faculty of Foreign Languages offers 18 Programs in several different languages including English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish, and Slavic-Balkan languages (Turkish, Russian, Bulgarian).

UT is considered a large university. The number of students for the academic year 2023-2024 is 19974. (Bachelor: 10937.Integrated Program: 2920. Professional Master 1394. Master of Science: 4020. Executive Master:130. PhD: 573). The number of academic staff for the academic year 2023-2024: Full-time Academic Staff 805; Part-time Academic Staff 813.

UT has a wide network of local, regional, and international partner universities. UT has 5 double degrees: with the University of Tuscia/Italy (BA in Environmental Natural Sciences), with the University of Salzburg/Austria (Master of Science in Political Science, Integration and Government), with the Sorbonne Paris Nord University/France (Master of Science in Automatic treatment of languages), and with the University of Camerino/ Italy (master of science in data science); with the University “La Sapienza”, Italy (executive master in Information security and strategic information). Regarding the opening of joint/double programs in the process, they are as follows: The opening of the double degree program with the University of Pavia, Italy, Master of Science in "International Relations and Economic Development"; Executive Master in ‘‘Competition and market regulation in the EU’’ with University of La Sapienza/Italy; Double Degree at Bachelor level: Programme in Lingual studies, English for Public Relations at Kauno Kolegija HEI, Lithuania, and Programme in English Language, Profile: Public Relations at University of Tirana.

UT counts around 140 Erasmus + KA1 prestigious European partners HEIs and 164 active MoU with universities worldwide. UT has been part of the Erasmus Mundus Action II program within Basileus and JoinEUSEE projects. As part of the mobilities, for the academic year 2023-2024, UT has hosted and sent around 200 students and 276 staff. For the first semester of 2024-2025, UT has hosted and sent around 46 students and 131 staff. UT has signed an inter-institutional agreement with the University of Lucerne in Switzerland within the SEMP program. UT has been awarded by the EU the logo HR Excellence in Research, which certifies the progress in aligning their human resources policies to the 40 principles of the Charter & Code. UT is the first HEI in Albania that has drawn up the Gender Equality Plan-GEP. As well, the EU has awarded UT the Erasmus + Charter.

Currently, UT is part of 14 important networks such as UNICA; EUA; AUF; BSUN; MAGNA CARTA OBSERVATORY; BUA; UniAdrion; Aurora CDS; NISPAcee; ASECU; Forum of the Rectors of Southeast Europe and the Western Balkans; UNINOVIS Alliance; Partnership on S3 Thematic Platform for Sustainable Blue Economy; and CERN.

UT is implementing 139 projects within EU and National Programs (Erasmus + KA, Jean Monnet, Horizon Europe, Interreg, IPA Cross-Border, UNICEF, UNDP, AUF, APPEAR, AKKSHI etc).

Bachelor in English Language with a profile in English Language, Translation and Interpretation, British and American Studies.

Bachelor in French Language with a profile in Language and Communication, French Language, Literature and Civilization, Translation and Interpretation

Bachelor in Greek Language Profile: "Greek Language, Literature and Civilization" "Translation and Interpretation in Greek and English"

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Doctorate study program in "Modern and Postmodern World Literature", subfield: 1. "English Literature". 2. American literature

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University information

Total students

26,256

UG students

68%

PG students

32%

Total faculty staff

562

Domestic staff

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Int'l staff

%

Tuition fees

Domestic Students

Tuition Fee/year

532 EUR

Tuition Fee (Out of State)

-

International Students

Tuition Fee/year

532 EUR

Other Expenses

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Rankings & Ratings

The University of Tirana is one of the top public universities in Tirana, Albania. It is ranked #126 in Europe University Rankings - Southern Europe 2025.