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ALBANIA
and Bologna Process
2007
Bologna Process Events
1. THE
SORBONNE DECLARATION - 25th of May 1998
Universities' central role in developing European cultural dimensions,
the creation of the European area of higher education as a key way to promote citizens' mobility and employability.
2. CARTA
MAGNA UNIVERSITATUM - Bologna, 18th of September 1998
Universities' independence and autonomy ensure that higher education and research systems continuously adapt to changing needs,
society's demands and advances in scientific knowledge.
3. THE
BOLOGNA DECLARATION – 19th of June 1999
Adoption of a system of easily readable and comparable degrees,
Adoption of a system essentially based on two main cycles,
Establishment of a system of credits - such as in the ECTS system,
Promotion of mobility by overcoming obstacles to the effective exercise of free movement,
Promotion of European co-operation in quality assurance,
Promotion of the necessary European dimensions in higher education, particularly with regards to curricular development.
4. CONFERENCE
OF PRAGUE – 19th of May 2001
Adoption of a system of easily readable and comparable degrees,
Education system essentially based on two main cycles,
Promotion of European cooperation in quality assurance,
Lifelong learning.
5. COMMUNIQUÉ
OF BERLIN - 19th of September 2003
Commitment to establish the European Higher Education Area by 2010,
Aiming at strengthening social cohesion and reducing social and gender inequalities both at national and at European level,
Agree that by 2005 national quality assurance systems should take place,
Mobility of students and academic and administrative staff is the basis for establishing a European Higher Education Area,
Follow-up structure.
6. CONVENTION
OF LISBON - 19th of September 2003
7. MEETING OF BERGEN – on 19-20 May 2005
8. CONFERENCE OF LONDON – May 2007
Bologna Process outcomes
From Sorbonne declaration to the Meeting of London the
European stakeholders have underlined the necessity of a
deep reform across all European HEIs on:
• Three cycles of studies,
• Student Mobility, both nationally and internationally
• Curricula reform (ECTS, modularity, one semester based),
• QA and Accreditation,
• From National Qualification Framework to European
Qualification Framework (learning outcomes),
• Symbiosis of education and research,
• Optimal integration into the labour market
HE reform priorities
• Two (three) cycles of studies,
• Curricula reform (ECTS, one semester based
modules),
• Quality Assurance,
• From National Qualification Framework to
European Qualification Framework (learning
outcomes),
• Recognition of qualifications (Lisbon Convention)
• Symbiosis of education and research,
• Student and staff mobility,
• Labour market oriented
Albanian HE reform
• Based on Bologna Process and its main
documents
• National Master Plan
• HE New Law
• Reform of R&D institutions – integration with
HEIs
HE Reform - stakeholders
• Government – MoES,
• Albanian BFUG
Ad Hoc WGs
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HEIs,
Council for HE and Science,
Employers community,
Student organisations,
Trade Unions
Curricula reform
1 . New degree structure
Curricula reform
2 . Vertical Organisation
Master
Year II work
120
1 credit = 25 hours of student’s
credits (home work + classes)
Year I
Year III
180
credits
Year II
Year I
Admission test state maturity
Bachelor
curricula reform
3 . Course organisation
Module
First cycle
Second cycle
BASIC COURSES
Up to 30% or 54 credits
Up to 10% or 12 credits
CORE COURSES
Up to 30% or 54 credits
Up to 10% or 12 credits
SPECIAL COURSES
Up to 20% or 36 credits
Up to 30% or 48 credits
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
Up to 10% or 18 credits
Up to 25% or 30 credits
DIPLOMA WORK OR STATE
EXAM
Up to 10% or 18 credits
Up to 25% or 30 credits
Totally
180 credits
120 credits
Education Level according to
Bologna process and anticipated
implementation time in the country
Quality Assurance
• QA System fully functional,
• QA Institutions
Accreditation Agency
Accreditation Council
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Evaluation versus Accreditation,
National procedures, criteria and requirements,
About 60% of HEIs already evaluated
Results made public,
Involvement of foreign expertise: occasional,
Networking (European and Regional),
Focus on internal QA
National Qualification Framework
UNI 1
UNI 2
UNI 3
PRE-UNIVERSITY LEVELS
UNI 4
UNI 5
UNI 1
UNI 2
UNI 3
UNI 4
UNI 5
University first level Maturity + 1 or Maturity +2 (Professional certificates)
University second level Maturity + 3 (“Bachelor” ordinary – 180 ECTS)
University third level Maturity + 4 (“Bachelor” with honours – 240 ECTS)
University fourth level Maturity + 5 (“Master” >= 300 ECTS)
University first level Maturity + 8 (PhD – Doctoral studies >= 360 ECTS)
National Qualification Framework
 Kick-off Conference with experts from CoE
 AL-BFUG 3° WG has detailed Uni level
descriptors
 Another WG dealing with pre-Uni levels and
level descriptors
 In view : National Conference with Albanian
stakeholders to complete the NQF
Recognition of qualifications
• Existing Recognition Unit within the Ministry of
Education and Science
• Enhancement of the legal framework : in line with
Lisbon Convention
• Some bilateral agreements for automatic recognition
• New Law on HE : national information center for
Albania – representing Albania in the ENIC network
Student participation
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In compiling Al HE strategic documents,
In HE events (conferences, workshops..)
In QA process
In HEIs governing bodies
New HE Law:
– increasing SP at all HE activities
– new student STATUS in HEIs
• New climate for democratic and fair elections of
their organisation within HEIs
“Hot” Debate issues for the future
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BFUG - Albania
Autonomy and responsibility of HEIs
NQF – Dublin descriptors
Professorship workload (ECTS, hours, both?)
Course recognition at HEI or national level
(75% of common course contents?)
• Many other details...
Polytechnic University
Tirana - ALBANIA
and Bologna Process
2007
Polytechnic University of Tirana (PUT)
its history
•PUT was founded in 1951 under the name of
Polytechnic Institute
• In 1957 the Polytechnic Institute was introduced in
the structure of the State University of Tirana
• In 1991 the PUT obtained the status of independent
university, grouping in itself all the engineering
faculties belonging till then to the University of Tirana
• PUT is a public non profitable high technologic
institution
ACADEMIC SENATE
PUT detailed structure
RECTOR
INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS OFFICE
DEPUTY RECTOR
CHANCELLOR
FINANCES
HUMAN RESOURCES
OFFICE
ADMINISTRATION
TEACHING
R&D
FACULTY
FACULTY
FACULTY
FACULTY
DEPARTMENTS
OF GEOLOGY AND
MINING
OF ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING
OF MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING
OF CIVIL
ENGINEERING
UNDER
RECTORY
DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT
OF EARTH SCIENCES
OF EECTRICAL
ENGINEERING
OF MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT
OF APPLIED GEOLGY
AND ENVRONEMENT
OF ELECTRONIC
ENGINEERING
OF ENERGY
OF STRUCTURES’S
MECHANICS
OF PHYSICS
OF STRUCTURES &
INFRASRUCTURES
DEPARTMENT
OF MATHEMATICS AND
INFORMATICS
DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT
OF MINERAL
RESOURCES
OF TEXTILE
OF HYDRAULICS AND
HYDRAUTECHNICS
OF CHEMISTRY
DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT
OF PRODUCTION
MANAGEMENT
OF GEODESY
OF FOREIGN
LANGUAGES
DEPARTMENT
OF ENERGY RESOURCES
SCIENTIFIC
SECTION
DEPARTMENT
OF ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT
OF ARCHITECTURE AND
URBAN PLANNING
DEPARTMENT
OF DISTANCE LEARNING
FRENCH
INSTITUTE
OF MANAGEMENT
SCIENTIFIC
LIBRARY
Polytechnic University of Tirana (PUT)
Albania
Actually, there are four faculties:
The Electrical Engineering Faculty
The Mechanical Engineering Faculty
The Civil Engineering Faculty (Architecture in)
The Geology and Mining Faculty
Polytechnic University of Tirana - (PUT)
In the PUT’s structure are included departments under the Rectory,
such as
Department of Mathematics &Informatics
The Department of Physics
The Department of Chemistry
The Department of Distance Learning
The Department of Foreign Languages
Polytechnic University of Tirana - (PUT)
in the PUT’s structure are
also included
The Scientific Library
The Mechanical Workshop
Polytechnic University of Tirana (PUT)
Each faculty is composed in departments in accordance with
their academic activity and scientific research as well. The
departments are composed in sections
PUT possesses 23 departments covering the areas of
mechanics, metallurgy, textile, electronics, electricity, civil
engineering, hydraulics, architecture, geodesy, geology, rock
sciences, mines, etc.
There are about 6300 students for 266 full time and 285 part
time academic staff, so a ratio of more than 10:1 and 200
administrative staff
Evolucioni i numrit te studenteve ne UPT
7000
6000
6361
5000
5365
4000
4884
4243
3000
3644
3116
2000
2562
1884
2668
2078
1000
0
Viti 97-98
Viti 98-99
Viti 99-00
Viti 00-01
Viti 01-02
Viti 02-03
Viti 03-04
Viti 04-05
Viti 05-06
Viti 06-07
Polytechnic University of Tirana (PUT)
5-year Diploma
• The period of studies is 10-11 semesters
• 9-10 semesters are reserved to the teaching, in terms of
classic point of view, and
• the last one is reserved to the Final Work
• Two basic years, are common for all the students of the
Polytechnic University of Tirana, except those in
Architecture
• The Faculties are responsible of courses
• The departments of the each Faculty manage the Final
Work of the students in the last year
A survey on years of studies in 5 year
system at the PUT
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
Abandon
More 0%
than 5 years
Within 5 years1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Survey is done over the academic years between 1988-1989 and 1995-1996
Pilot project has started
At 2002 at Electronics Department,
Electric Engineering Faculty to
transform 5-year system to 3+2 System
in three main directions of:
1. Electronics,
2. Telecommunications and
3. Computer Engineering.
On 2003 Minister of High Education
and Science of Albania Sign the
Bologna Declaration
New Organisation
of engineering educational programme
Guaranteed Quality of degrees at any “level”
Study Courses Structure
Master
II
120 1 credit = 25 hours ofYear
student’s
work
credits
(home work + Year
classes)
I
Year III
180
credits
Year II
Year I
Matura Exam / Admission test
Bachelor
Polytechnic University of Tirana (PUT)
First cycle - Bachelor studies
Faculty of Civil Engineering:
Bachelor in Construction Engineering
Bachelor in Geodesy Engineering
Bachelor in Environmental Engineering
Arkitekture and Urban Planning
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Bachelor in Electrical Engineering
Bachelor in Electronic Engineering
Bachelor in Computer Science
Bachelor in Telecommunication Engineering
Bachelor in Mechatronics
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor in Textile Engineering and Fashion
Bachelor in Materials Engineering
Faculty of Geology and Mining
Bachelor in Geo-Resource Engineering
Bachelor in Earth Sciences
Bachelor in Geo-Informatics Engineering
Bachelor in Mathematics Engineering
Bachelor in Physics Engineering
Continuing to the second level “Master”
at theFaculty of Electrical Engineering
From Bachelor
to Master
Electronic
Engineering
Electronic Engineering
Informatics Engineering
Telecommunication Engineering
Informatics
Engineering
Electronic Engineering
Informatics Engineering
Telecommunication Engineering
Telecommunication
Engineering
Electronic Engineering
Informatics Engineering
Telecommunication Engineering
Condition of admission in : 180 credits AND a good average mark
Bachelor studies structure
180 credits for exemple Electrical Engineering =
47.5-57.5 credits Basic Courses (Mat. Phy. Chem. Inf.Des.)
2.5 credits foreign languages
10 optional credits (out of 2 modules)
12.5 credits (final stage in EN+Thesis)
97.5-107.5 credits in electrical engineering matters
(14 – 16 modules)
Academic schedule
14 weeks
Admission test
14 weeks
Registration
Semester
II
30 credits
Semester
I
30 credits
4
weeks
Matura Exam
October
2 weeks
5
weeks
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