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) (Albanian: Universiteti Hëna e Plotë) 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]

See also

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. ↑ "Informacion i Përgjithshëm". Beder Uni.
  6. ↑ "General Information".
  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. ↑ "SHKOLLA E LARTË PRIVATE "UNIVERSITETI BEDËR"". Archived from the original on 2013-12-15.
  12. ↑ "Lajme te fundit nga UT". Tirana Univ. Archived from the original on 2013-12-15.
  13. ↑ "Nis ndërtimi i kampusit të ri të Universitetit Beder, Berisha: Do ju japim pronat". Archived from the original on 2 July 2017.
  14. ↑ Biography of Rector, BU official webpage

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