{"id":13562,"date":"2021-09-04T13:08:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T13:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=13562"},"modified":"2021-10-22T12:54:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T12:54:16","slug":"higher-education-accreditation-of-institutions-and-study-programs-in-albania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=13562&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Higher education, accreditation of institutions and study programs in Albania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Open Data Albania is researching the accreditation of higher education institutions and study programs in Albania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Data for this article were obtained from the Quality Assurance Agency in Higher Education (ASCAL) and from the General Directorate of Accreditation (DPA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Accreditation is a quality assessment procedure in higher education<\/strong> that ASCAL uses based on national and European standards. Institution or Study Programs are evaluated following this procedure. There are cases when an institution is not accredited, but has a number of accredited programs, or when an institution itself&nbsp; is accredited, while its programs might be still nonaccredited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Albania, a total of <strong>67<\/strong> institutions are licensed as Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Currently, only 40 of the HEIs are active, the other 27 institutions are closed. There are 50 Non-Public Institutions, while there are only 17 Public (state) institutions, 2 of which are closed. There are currently 12 public universities and 3 public academies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"600\" height=\"371\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vSFWUAFomCY_1frNVeZmibv4njam6UU9ViLAdq3QF4zB5wSHIuWIJTGLJeobZezmPvVWBEu0mTQvjHI\/pubchart?oid=139760242&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px;\"><small>Source: ASCAL (2021)\n<br>\nProcessing and Analysis: Open Data Albania<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"697\" height=\"431\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vSFWUAFomCY_1frNVeZmibv4njam6UU9ViLAdq3QF4zB5wSHIuWIJTGLJeobZezmPvVWBEu0mTQvjHI\/pubchart?oid=98797523&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px;\"><small>Source: ASCAL (2021)\n<br>\nProcessing and Analysis: Open Data Albania<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the 40 licensed and active institutions, not all are accredited. Only 28 or 70% of the active institutions are accredited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"865\" height=\"371\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vSFWUAFomCY_1frNVeZmibv4njam6UU9ViLAdq3QF4zB5wSHIuWIJTGLJeobZezmPvVWBEu0mTQvjHI\/pubchart?oid=1452888540&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px;\"><small>Source: ASCAL (2021)\n<br>\nProcessing and Analysis: Open Data Albania<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"600\" height=\"203\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vSFWUAFomCY_1frNVeZmibv4njam6UU9ViLAdq3QF4zB5wSHIuWIJTGLJeobZezmPvVWBEu0mTQvjHI\/pubchart?oid=419384658&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px;\"><small>Source: ASCAL (2021)\n<br>\nProcessing and Analysis: Open Data Albania<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public Institutions without Accreditation, a part of them are in ri-accreditation process, are: Polytechnic University of Tirana; Agriculture University of Tirana; &#8220;Eqrem \u00c7abej&#8221; University in Gjirokastra; &#8220;Aleksand\u00ebr Moisiu&#8221; University in Durr\u00ebs; University of Sports of Tirana; Academy of Albanological Studies; Academy of the Armed Forces; and the Security Academy. Also according to ASCAL, there are four private institutions that are licensed but not accredited, such as: University College &#8220;Qiriazi&#8221;; University College &#8220;Independence Vlora&#8221;; University College &#8220;LOGOS&#8221; and Tirana Business University College. While Institutions are not accredited, their branches or study programs are accredited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"684\" height=\"423\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vSFWUAFomCY_1frNVeZmibv4njam6UU9ViLAdq3QF4zB5wSHIuWIJTGLJeobZezmPvVWBEu0mTQvjHI\/pubchart?oid=176319255&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px;\"><small>Source: ASCAL (2021)\n<br>\nProcessing and Analysis: Open Data Albania<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"600\" height=\"203\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vSFWUAFomCY_1frNVeZmibv4njam6UU9ViLAdq3QF4zB5wSHIuWIJTGLJeobZezmPvVWBEu0mTQvjHI\/pubchart?oid=1742912894&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px;\"><small>Source: ASCAL (2021)\n<br>\nProcessing and Analysis: Open Data Albania<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 1 389 active study programs. Less than 30% of the Programs are accredited. There are 309 accredited programs, while the rest, or 78% of the active programs, are not accredited. The Excel format document placed at the end of the article lists all the accredited programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"600\" height=\"237\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vSFWUAFomCY_1frNVeZmibv4njam6UU9ViLAdq3QF4zB5wSHIuWIJTGLJeobZezmPvVWBEu0mTQvjHI\/pubchart?oid=1461012413&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px;\"><small>Source: ASCAL (2021)\n<br>\nProcessing and Analysis: Open Data Albania<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"600\" height=\"371\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vSFWUAFomCY_1frNVeZmibv4njam6UU9ViLAdq3QF4zB5wSHIuWIJTGLJeobZezmPvVWBEu0mTQvjHI\/pubchart?oid=1606221674&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px;\"><small>Source: ASCAL (2021)\n<br>\nProcessing and Analysis: Open Data Albania<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The highest number of active programs (33%) are Bachelor programs. There are also 4-years active Bachelor programs, but there are only 2 such programs: Business Administration and Computer Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"600\" height=\"371\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vSFWUAFomCY_1frNVeZmibv4njam6UU9ViLAdq3QF4zB5wSHIuWIJTGLJeobZezmPvVWBEu0mTQvjHI\/pubchart?oid=862204592&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px;\"><small>Source: ASCAL (2021)\n<br>\nProcessing and Analysis: Open Data Albania<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"600\" height=\"371\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vSFWUAFomCY_1frNVeZmibv4njam6UU9ViLAdq3QF4zB5wSHIuWIJTGLJeobZezmPvVWBEu0mTQvjHI\/pubchart?oid=849483136&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px;\"><small>Source: ASCAL (2021)\n<br>\nProcessing and Analysis: Open Data Albania<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the field of study, the highest number of active programs is in <em>Economic Sciences<\/em>, with 270 such programs, of which only 98 are accredited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Humanities and Social Sciences also<\/em> appear with a high number of active programs, where 65 out of 255 are accredited. While <em>Military and Police Sciences<\/em> have the lowest number of active programs. There are 11 active programs in this field, of which only one is accredited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"600\" height=\"371\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vSFWUAFomCY_1frNVeZmibv4njam6UU9ViLAdq3QF4zB5wSHIuWIJTGLJeobZezmPvVWBEu0mTQvjHI\/pubchart?oid=1768370695&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px;\"><small>Source: ASCAL (2021)\n<br>\nProcessing and Analysis: Open Data Albania<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"600\" height=\"371\" seamless=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vSFWUAFomCY_1frNVeZmibv4njam6UU9ViLAdq3QF4zB5wSHIuWIJTGLJeobZezmPvVWBEu0mTQvjHI\/pubchart?oid=2008402060&amp;format=interactive\"><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px;\"><small>Source: ASCAL (2021)\n<br>\nProcessing and Analysis: Open Data Albania<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Excel format document placed at the end of the article lists all the accredited programs and illustrative data of this Article. Information on the accreditation of the Institutions, their Category or Accreditation of Program takes on special importance when the student candidates choose which Institution and the Program to join.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<b>Download excel:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Arsimi-i-larte-akreditimi-i-institucioneve-dhe-programeve-te-studimit-ne-Shqiperi_English-1.xls\">Higher education, accreditation of institutions and study programs in Albania<\/a><br>\n<b>Comment and Analysis:<\/b> Open Data Albania<br>\n<b>Translated by:<\/b> Etleva Kondak\u00e7i \n\n<style>\np{\ntext-align: justify !important;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Data Albania is researching the accreditation of higher education institutions and study programs in Albania. Data for this article were obtained from the Quality Assurance Agency in Higher Education (ASCAL) and from the General Directorate of Accreditation (DPA). 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