South East European University

South East European University (SEEU) is a university in Tetovo, Republic of Macedonia, with a branch campus in Skopje. It is the first private-public not for profit university in Macedonia. It was founded in October 2001 and is a member of the Balkan Universities Network and an associate member of the European University Association. SEEU is a recognized and accredited autonomous higher education institution which was established by an agreement between international donors, the government of the Republic of Macedonia and the local academic community.

Its principal original aim was to offer for the first time in Macedonia the opportunity for speakers Albanian to participate in accredited higher education in the Albanian language, while being open to all. The president of the Republic of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov, awarded “The Order of Merit for Macedonia” to the South East European University on Friday 18 November 2011, in a solemn ceremony. On this occasion President Ivanov said that SEEU became a strong promoter of tolerance, respect for multilingual and cultural diversity in teaching and research, developing curricula with an international perspective, and that it contributes significantly to the progress of scientific thought and interethnic understanding.

SEEU today concentrates on offering high quality higher education and research opportunities in three languages (Albanian, Macedonian and English) with increasing concentration on subjects taught in English at first (BA/BSc) and second (MA/MSc/LLM) cycle.

In the first national ranking of universities in the Republic of Macedonia, in February 2012, SEEU was ranked second out of nineteen higher education institutions according to a ranking system conducted by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in collaboration with the country’s Ministry of Education and Science.

SEEU is the largest private-public not for profit university, with the highest number of students in Macedonia.

Academic programmes

SEEU is a unitary University with five faculties, featuring undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the socio-economic disciplines, Business and Economics, Public Administration and Political Science, Law, Contemporary Sciences and Technologies, Languages, Cultures, and Communication. All programmes offered are modular and follow the pattern of the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), conform to the Bologna Agreement, giving students the flexibility to specialize or take a more broadly-based programme; SEEU diplomas are recognized in a wide international/European perspective.

Since its establishment, SEEU offers study programmes in three languages: Albanian, Macedonian and English.

External links

• Official website

References

• Farrington, D J (2006) SEEU – The First Four Years (SEEU, Tetovo, Republic of Macedonia)
• Farrington, D J (2006) SEEU Tetovo - From political challenge to academic success (Forum 2010, Kosovo)
• Abazi, A and Farrington D J (2009) Organization and management of non-profit private higher education in a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual environment (with A Abazi) US-China Journal of Education (10)

• Farrington D J (ed) (2010) From Greenfields to Intelligent Buildings – Ten Years of the SEEU Project (SEEU, Tetovo, Republic of Macedonia)
• Farrington D J and Ismaili D (2011) Finding the right person to lead a third-generation university: a new approach in the Republic of Macedonia, Procedia Social and Behavioural Sciences 15, 2093-2087

• Fetaji, B., Helic, D. & Maurer, H. (2005).E-Learning Strategy for South East European University to Enable Borderless Education. In G. Richards (Ed.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (pp. 2557–2569). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

1. ↑ Inauguration of New Rector Prof. Dr Zamir Dika

Universities in the Republic of Macedonia
Public	Ss. Cyril and Methodius University St. Clement of Ohrid University Goce Delčev University State University of Tetovo University for Information Science and Technology "St. Paul The Apostole"
Private-Public	South East European University
Private	European University - Republic of Macedonia FON University MIT Faculties University American College Skopje Slavic University New York University Skopje International Summer University Parisian European Film Academy ESRA - Skopje

Balkan Universities Network
Albania	University of Tirana University of Medicine (Tirana) Epoka University Eqrem Çabej University Fan S. Noli University Luigj Gurakuqi University Vitrina University
Bosnia and Herzegovina	University of Mostar University of Sarajevo University of Tuzla University of Zenica
Bulgaria	American University in Bulgaria Burgas Free University Medical University–Varna Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen Sofia University University of Library Studies and Information Technologies Technical University of Gabrovo Technical University of Varna University of National and World Economy University of Food Technology Varna Free University Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo
Croatia	University of Zadar University of Zagreb
Cyprus	European University of Lefke Northern Cyprus
Greece	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Democritus University of Thrace University of Ioannina University of Macedonia University of Thessaly
Kosovo (disputed status)	Iliria College University of Pristina
Macedonia	FON University International Balkan University St. Clement of Ohrid University of Bitola Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje South East European University State University of Tetovo
Moldova	Comrat State University
Montenegro	Mediterranean University University of Montenegro
Romania	Babeș-Bolyai University
Serbia	University of Arts in Belgrade University of Belgrade University of Kragujevac University of Niš University of Novi Sad
Turkey	Atatürk University Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Dokuz Eylül University Fırat University Galatasaray University Istanbul University Kırklareli University Namık Kemal University Süleyman Demirel University Trakya University Bozok University
Guest members	Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Baku State University University of Graz

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