University of Vlora “Ismail Qemali” (UV) is a public higher education institution established in 1994 with the Council of Minister’s decision no. 105 and located in the South of Albania in the city of Vlora. Vlora is situated in a beautiful geographical position surrounded by beaches and rocky sand where in its front there are Karaburun’s peninsula and Sazan’s Island. The city carries historical importance to Albania as it hosted the First National Assembly, which declared the country’s independence from Ottoman rule on November 28th, 1912.

UV is the largest higher education institution in the South and recognized as one of Albanian’s main universities, which counts more than 14,500 students graduated until now.  The Accreditation Board of the Quality Assurance Agency of Higher Education, through Decision no.50 accredited and recognized UV with a positive Institutional Accreditation for a period of 5 years until 2025. According to the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, UV is ranked the 5th among 41 Albanian universities.

During the 27 years of its existence UV has been focused on having an approach of the student in center by making serious and persistent efforts to increase the level of teaching, research activity and offering to the students a personal, high quality, affordable education through a diverse combination of liberal studies, professional instruction, cultural and social experience.

The mission of UV is focused on:

  • Contributing to the promotion and dissemination of scientific knowledge through the provision of a wide range of teaching and research disciplines.
  • Providing the necessary tools for a successful career for students and academic/administrative staff support.
  • Meeting the social cultural and development needs of the country by providing a leading role in the local economy as well as in the cultural development.

UV offers an excellent and a wide variety of academic programs based under the Bologna Accord through four main units: Faculty of Humanities (FH); Faculty of Economy (FE); Faculty of Technical Sciences (FTS) and Faculty of Health (FPH). More specific information on the study programs offered at UV is found at https://univlora.edu.al/

UV has a long experience as a project partner in projects funded from EU programmes, where it has been identified as a fair and reliable partner. Currently, there are 17 ongoing projects such as: 9 from Erasmus + Capacity Building in Higher Education; 4 from Interreg Program; 1 from Erasmus + Jean Monnet Module; 1 EASme; 1 ENSP and 1 from Norwegian Ministry. The projects tackled various issues related to higher education reform and harmonization of our higher education system with the EHEA.

UV is also a very active and interested institution in the enlargement of the international collaborations through ICM’s (International Credit Mobility) program as a key factor of its internationalization. Currently, in the framework of Erasmus+ KA107 are signed 82 Inter-Institutional agreements for students and staff exchange with different universities from programme countries.

According to the representative of the European Commission for International Relations, University of Vlora “Ismail Qemali”, is listed among the four Albanian universities which are evaluated as very active partners in terms of cooperation agreements in the ICM component. The National Erasmus+ Office in Albania has also evaluated UV as a good practice in the ICM implementation.

University of Vlora is member of some international higher education associations and networks which have helped to increase the image of the university in international arena and strengthen cooperation.

Everyone who wants to know more of internationalization of UV, just has to visit the official website of university and in the section of Internationalization can access a detailed information about collaborations, projects, networks etc. https://univlora.edu.al/sektori-projekteve/miresevini/