Universiteti Politeknik i Tiranës | |
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| Type | Public. Study levels offered:Bachelor,Master,Doctorate |
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| Established | July 15, 1951 (1951-07-15) |
| Endowment | Financed by theGovernment of Albania |
| Rector | Prof.Dr. Akli Fundo[1] |
Academic staff | 280 |
| Students | 10,000 |
| Location | , |
| Campus | urban, decentralized |
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| Website | upt |
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ThePolytechnic University of Tirana (UPT) (Albanian:Universiteti Politeknik I Tiranës) is apublic university located inTirana, the capital ofAlbania. It offers degrees inengineering and related fields.
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The Polytechnic University of Tirana is the oldest and the second largest university in Albania, after theUniversity of Tirana.[citation needed] It was founded in 1951 and now has approximately 10,000 students, who come fromAlbania,Kosovo,Montenegro, andNorth Macedonia. In 2012, at the occasion of the100th Anniversary of the Independence of Albania, UPT was awarded a high honor badge by thePresident of Albania,Bujar Nishani.[2] The university is fully accredited by theAlbanian Public Agency for Accreditation of Higher Education (APAAHE).[3]
The university includes sixcolleges and tworesearch institutes:[4]
PUT emphasises teaching over research. It issues three-yearBachelor degrees, two-yearMaster degrees, and three- to five-yeardoctoral degrees.[8] The academic programs are compatible with theBologna system. The language of instruction isAlbanian and, for special and/or exchange courses,English.
Among the PUT departments, the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning (DAUP), included within the Faculty of Civil Engineering is particularly competitive. It accepts about 120 students each year, out of a candidate pool sometimes as large as 360. DAUP is the largest department of architecture and urban planning in Albania and employs 35full-time tenure-track professors, 40adjunct professors, and 16 guest professors. It offers integrated five-year programs (Bachelor + Master) inarchitecture andurban planning. In the architecture program, the education of students instructural engineering andbuilding technology are major focuses of the curriculum. In the urban planning program, urban design and landscape architecture are in focus. In addition to the integrated diplomas, DAUP offers a 3-5 yearPh.D./Doctorate program, which includes three profiles (1) Architecture Design (2)Urban Planning and (3)Historic Preservation andRestoration.
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