Bedër University

Bedër University
Universiteti Hëna e Plotë
Motto Në emër të vlerave! / In name of values!
Type Private. Study levels offered: Bachelor, Master
Established 2011
Endowment Financed by the Muslim Community of Albania[1]
Rector Dr. Ferdinand Gjana
Academic staff
less than 50
Students less than 1000
Location Sauk, periphery of Tirana, Albania
Campus Suburban building[2]
Affiliations Outside Albania: University of Vienna[3] University several universities in Turkey[4]
Website www.beder.edu.al

Bedër University (BU) is a private non-profit[5][6] university in Tirana, Albania. It was established in 2011[7] by the Muslim Community of Albania, thus completing the education cycle started with the reopening of the madrasas in 1991.[8][9]

At the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities,[10] Beder University is ranked as the fifth university in Albania.

BU is a coed institution. It offers Bachelor, Master of Science and Professional Master degrees in English and Albanian.[11] Two bachelor programs are 100% English. On June 3 of 2013 Beder signed a Memorandum of Understanding with University of Tirana.[12] They have started the construction of their modern campus in Sauk.[13]

The name of Bedër University derives from Badr meaning "full moon" (بدر ) in Arabic. The Albanian name is Universiteti Hëna e Plotë.

The current rector is Ferdinand Gjana.[14]

External links

References

  1. Presentation of BU in the webpage of the Muslim Community of Albania
  2. Photo of the BU building
  3. "Conference". University of Vienna. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  4. BU News
  5. . Beder Uni http://beder.edu.al/sh/content/default/informacion-i-pergjithshem-1-20/4/135. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. http://beder.edu.al/en/content/default/general-information-9-10/4/135. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. Newspaper article announcing the inauguration of the university
  8. History of BU, based on its official webpage
  9. List of madrasas in Albania
  10. Albania. "Webometrics Albania". Webometrics. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  11. http://www.aaal.edu.al/sq/al/institucionet-ne-al/institucionet-private.html?id=433#organigrama. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. . Tirana Univ http://www.unitir.edu.al/demo/sektori-i-marredhenieve-me-jashte/universitetet-partnere/396-lajme-te-fundit. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. http://www.oranews.tv/vendi/nis-ndertimi-i-kampusit-te-ri-te-universitetit-beder-berisha-do-ju-japim-pronat/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. Biography of Rector, BU official webpage

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, January 02, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.