University of New York, Tirana

This article is about a university in Tirana. For other uses, see State University of New York.

University of New York Tirana

Motto	Educating tomorrow's leaders!
Established	2002
Rector	Prof.Dr. Ismail Kocayusufoglu
Location	Tirana , Albania 41.3150°N 19.8062°E / 41.3150; 19.8062
Website	www.unyt.edu.al

University of New York Tirana (UNYT) is an accredited private higher education institution in Tirana, Albania. Inaugurated in September 2002, it is the first private university in the country. UNYT offers locally Bachelor’s degrees conferred by the State University of New York's Empire State College and study programs through the SUNY Learning Network.

Most UNYT faculty members are foreign-educated Albanians. UNYT offers Bachelor, Master, and Doctoral degrees.

Since September 2004, UNYT, in collaboration with Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch in Sion, Switzerland and the University of Sunderland, offers a Master of Business Administration program. As of June 2004, UNYT has become an associate partner of the Cambridge University International Examinations.

The first rector was Prof. Dr. Gramoz Pashko (former Deputy Prime Minister and former Minister of Economy of the Republic of Albania), who died in a helicopter crash in July 2006.

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Universiteti i New York-ut Tiranë

There are 510 students enrolled in the academic programs.

Departments

• Department of Economics and Finance
• Department of Business Administration
• Research Center for Economics and Business
• Department of Law and Humanities
• Department of Social Sciences
• Social Sciences Research Center
• Department of Computer Science
• Department of Business Informatics
• Advanced Computing Research Center

See also

• List of universities in Albania
• List of colleges and universities
• List of colleges and universities by country

External links

• The University of New York Tirana
• The State University of New York
• Empire State College