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) 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]

External links

• Official webpage of Bedër University
• Official webpage of the Muslim Community of Albania

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. ↑ . Beder Uni http://beder.edu.al/sh/content/default/informacion-i-pergjithshem-1-20/4/135.  |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
6. ↑ http://beder.edu.al/en/content/default/general-information-9-10/4/135.  |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
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. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131215191334/http://www.aaal.edu.al/sq/al/institucionet-ne-al/institucionet-private.html?id=433. Archived from the original on 2013-12-15.  |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
12. ↑ . Tirana Univ https://web.archive.org/web/20131215191126/http://www.unitir.edu.al/demo/sektori-i-marredhenieve-me-jashte/universitetet-partnere/396-lajme-te-fundit. Archived from the original on 2013-12-15.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
13. ↑ http://www.oranews.tv/vendi/nis-ndertimi-i-kampusit-te-ri-te-universitetit-beder-berisha-do-ju-japim-pronat/.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
14. ↑ Biography of Rector, BU official webpage

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