University of New York Tirana


University of New York Tirana 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, who died in a helicopter crash in July 2006.
There are 510 students enrolled in the academic programs.

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