EPOKA University

Epoka University is an international private higher education institution located on a smart campus between the international connections and trading crossroads of Durres Port and Rinas Airport in Tirana, the capital of Albania. The University commenced academic activities during the 2007-2008 academic year in compliance with the provisions of the Albanian higher education legislation. All institutional strategies of Epoka University are built on the “Education, Research and Contribution to Society” triangle. To promote further R&D, as well as contribution to society, Epoka University has signed several cooperation agreements with international and national institutions.

The mission of Epoka University is to be an innovative and influential teaching and research institution, serving to fundamental human values through the production, dissemination and development of knowledge at an international level as well as to contribute to the improvement of the life quality of society based on national and regional needs. In this context, Epoka University aims at raising well-prepared, productive and competent individuals with a research-oriented spirit, who possess professional ethics and social sensitiveness and are also open towards national and international challenges. 

The vision of Epoka University is to be a leading university in our country in the areas of education, research and development as well as service to society. 

Epoka University possesses a highly qualified full-time academic staff, 38% of whom are foreign as of September 2019. The foreign staff comes from the USA, UK, Russia, France, Italy, North Macedonia, Greece, Kosovo, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Indonesia and Pakistan. During the 2018-2019 academic year, the student/lecturer ratio was 19:1, illustrating the particular emphasis Epoka University places on high-quality teaching and its student-oriented approach. The student body is also international, with 4% of the student community coming from foreign countries such as USA, Canada, UK, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Turkey, Cameron, Azerbaijan, Yemen, Bangladesh and Venezuela.  

Epoka University has four research centers: the Center for European Studies (CES), the Center of Research and Design in Applied Sciences (CORDA), the Yunus Center for Social Business and Sustainability (YCSBS) and the Continuous Education Center (CEC).

“Internationalization” represents a strategic objective of Epoka University. In this context, Epoka University is one of the most active universities in Albania to conduct student and staff exchange programs with foreign universities. Furthermore, Epoka University cooperates with EU universities through the Erasmus+ Programme in research and projects aiming to support actions in the field of Education, Training, Youth and Sports, and also in terms of staff and student exchange. 

Epoka University is also an associate member of the European Universities Association (EUA), a signatory of the Magna Charta Universitatum, the United Nations Supported-initiative Principles of Responsible Management Education and Yunus Centre, Dhaka.

Epoka University Library offers different access to its students through its Digital Library with regard to all the program studies offered by Epoka. At the same time, the library is subscribed to several electronic resources such as Science Direct, JSTOR, IOPscience, SCOPUS, Taylor and Francis, OECD-Library, and Cambridge Journals Online. 

In addition, the Epoka University campus provides venues with comfortable physical and IT infrastructure, which offer high-quality services and facilities to students, staff, and other stakeholders.

At the same time, Epoka University boasts an excellent employability rate of approximately 90% for its graduates, who are employed in the local and international labor markets.