Shkodra University

Shkodra Luigj Gurakuqi University
founding	1957
Sponsorship	state
place	Shkodra
country	Albania
Rector	Adem Bekteshi
Students	approx. 11,500
Employee	approx. 710
Networks	AARC , BAUNAS
Website	www.unishk.edu.al

The University of Shkodra Luigj Gurakuqi is a state university in the Albanian city of Shkodra with 11,500 students and 710 academic staff. It was founded in 1957 as the second university of education in  Albania. In 1991 it received the status of a full university and was named after the writer Luigj Gurakuqi , who had made a name for himself in language and educational politics. In the following years the following faculties were founded:

• Faculty of Social Sciences
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Economics
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Foreign Languages

Cooperations

The university is a member of the network of Balkan universities .

In addition to various cooperation agreements with universities in Europe and the United States, there has been close cooperation with the Northwestern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences since 2005 .

Web links

• Official website of Shkoder University

Individual evidence

1. ^ Members of AARC. In: www.alps-adriatic.net. Rector's Conference of the Universities of the Alpes Adriatic Region, accessed on September 10, 2019 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b} Members. In: www.baunas.org. Balkan Universities Association, 2019, accessed September 8, 2019 .  
3. ↑ Partnership project with the Pedagogical Faculty of the Luigj Gurakuqi University in Shkodër (Northern Albania). (No longer available online.) University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland , archived from the original on June 23, 2013 ; Retrieved May 22, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Coordinates: 42 ° 4 ′ 13.1 ″  N , 19 ° 30 ′ 59.5 ″  E