Aleksandër Xhuvani University is an institution of higher education located in
Elbasan
Elbasan ( , ; sq-definite, Elbasani, ) is the fourth most populous city of Albania and seat of Elbasan County and Elbasan Municipality. It lies to the north of the river Shkumbin between the Skanderbeg Mountains and the Myzeqe Plain in centr ...
,
Albania
Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...
. It is divided into five faculties: Natural Sciences, Humanities, Economics, Educational Sciences and Medical and Technical Sciences. The current rector of the university is Prof. Dr. Skënder Topi.
History
Aleksandër Xhuvani University is a successor institution of the "Elbasan Normal School" (), a teacher training institution that was founded on December 1, 1909. "Shkolla Normale" was the first school of vocational education in the
Albanian language
Albanian (Endonym and exonym, endonym: , , or ) is an Indo-European languages, Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanoid, Albanoid branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan languages, Paleo-Balkan group. It ...
.
The first establishment of an institution of higher education in Elbasan occurred in 1971 with the founding of the Institut i Lartë Pedagogjik "Aleksandër Xhuvani" (Aleksandër Xhuvani Higher Educational Institute). This institution consisted of several teacher training departments (Albanian Language and Literature, Mathematics and Physics, History and Geography, Chemistry and Biology), as well as Engineering and Economics departments that were outposts of the
University of Tirana
The University of Tirana (, abbreviated UT) is a public university located at the central borough of Tirana 10 in Tirana, Albania. It was established as the State University of Tirana (SUT) in 1957 through merging of five existing institutes ...
. On November 12, 1991, the Institute became the Aleksandër Xhuvani University.
The university is named after
Aleksandër Xhuvani
Aleksandër Xhuvani (14 March 1880 – 22 November 1961) was an Albanian philologist and educator. Xhuvani spent much of his career working for the improvement of Albanian schools; he also advocated the standardization of the Albanian language in ...
, an Albanian philologist and educator.
Rectors
* Vasil Kamami
* Hysen Shabanaj
* Agron Tato
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Mehmet Çeliku
* Teuta Dilo
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Jani Dode
* Liman Varoshi
See also
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List of universities in Albania
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Public institutions
Private institutions
Closed institutions
Other institutions
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List of colleges and universities by country
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Qafa e Vishës bus tragedy
References
Universities and colleges established in 1971
Buildings and structures in Elbasan
1971 establishments in Albania
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