Fan S. Noli University

About Fan S. Noli University

Fan S. Noli University is an independent public higher-education institution based in Korçë. It was created by an Albanian Council of Ministers decision dated 7 January 1992, building on the Higher Agricultural Institute established in 1971. The institution received the official Fan S. Noli name in 1994. Albania’s Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education classifies it as a public, active university and records institutional accreditation valid from 27 January 2023 through 26 January 2027. The university has four faculties: Agriculture; Economics; Education and Philology; and Natural and Human Sciences. Its academic footprint is therefore broad but regionally oriented, spanning agricultural and food disciplines, business and tourism, teacher preparation and languages, computing, social sciences, and nursing-related education. Its official 2025–2026 timetable and 2026 program-accreditation decisions demonstrate active delivery rather than merely historical authorization. Prospective students should view the university as part of Albania’s public higher-education system, with admissions and fee decisions published by academic year. Information is distributed across Albanian-language university pages and official PDF decisions, so applicants should confirm the precise status, curriculum, teaching language, and available places for their chosen program before applying. Institutional accreditation is current as of August 2026, but its stated validity ends on 26 January 2027, making the next accreditation decision worth monitoring for study beginning after that date.

For the 2026–2027 academic year, the university has published approved admission criteria for its study programs. General first-cycle applicants must have completed upper-secondary education and ordinarily need a minimum average grade of 6.5 on the Albanian grading scale. The stated minimum rises to 7 for foreign-language programs and 7.5 for bachelor’s programs providing access to teaching master’s study. Two-year professional programs and programs in art or sport are exempt from the general average-grade requirement, although sport applicants may face a practical test. Domestic first-cycle applications proceed through Albania’s U-Albania portal. The university explains that applicants pay and verify the application charge, select programs online, consult the ranking of successful candidates, and then register with the relevant faculty secretariat. Its guidance describes multiple admission rounds and requires successful applicants to present supporting school credentials. Applicants educated abroad must follow recognition and legalization requirements through the responsible Albanian authorities; candidates from specified Albanian-origin communities have separate provisions. Master’s applicants generally need an appropriate first-cycle qualification recognized in Albania. Program-specific ranking formulas and prerequisites can differ, so the published 2026–2027 decision for the intended department should control. No universal English-test threshold is stated for regular degree admission. International applicants should not infer that programs are taught in English merely because some mobility courses are available in English. Exact application and registration dates should be checked on U-Albania and the university website when the relevant round opens.

Academic provision is organized across the faculties of Agriculture, Economics, Education and Philology, and Natural and Human Sciences. The university’s 2025–2026 teaching timetable lists bachelor’s study in areas including food technology, agronomic engineering, agribusiness management, English, language and literature, history-geography, primary and preschool teaching, physical education and sport, social policy administration, biology-chemistry, nursing, midwifery, mathematics, political science, information technology, and computer engineering. It also identifies professional programs and master’s teaching schedules. The national accreditation register provides a more reliable check on individual awards than a general promotional list. Recent decisions include accreditation of the Bachelor in General Nursing through February 2028, the Bachelor in Midwifery through January 2028, the Professional Master in Modern Telecommunication Systems and Internet Technologies through February 2030, and the Master of Science in Finance through February 2029. Other program entries have their own validity dates, so applicants should verify the exact accreditation record for the intended award. Current university pages identify bachelor’s, professional master’s, Master of Science, and doctoral study. They also show two-year professional credentials, but these should not be assumed to be bachelor’s equivalents. Study plans are expressed through Albania’s cycle and ECTS framework: the 2025–2026 fee schedule, for example, commonly identifies bachelor’s programs as 180 ECTS, professional master’s programs as 60 ECTS, and several Master of Science programs as 120 ECTS. Teaching appears predominantly Albanian unless a program or mobility notice explicitly states otherwise.

Key Highlights

• Public, active university recognized by Albania’s national quality-assurance agency
• Institutional accreditation is recorded through 26 January 2027
• Established as a university in 1992 from an agricultural institute founded in 1971
• Organized into four faculties in Korçë

Student Life & Environment

Student support is spread across faculty and central university services rather than presented as a single residential-campus package. The university provides physical faculty libraries, a scientific library at the rectorate, a library at the Education and Philology Centre of Excellence, and access to ProQuest and an online library. The Natural and Human Sciences facilities include teaching laboratories for biology, chemistry, physics, computing, nursing, anatomy and physiology, surgery, and obstetrics and gynecology. Nursing facilities are located near Korçë Regional Hospital, where the university says students undertake teaching practice. International mobility is one of the clearer extracurricular opportunities. Fan S. Noli University holds an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education for 2021–2027 and publishes exchange calls, partner information, course catalogues, and a welcome guide for mobility participants. Calls issued in 2026 included opportunities for study during the 2026–2027 academic year, although eligibility, language requirements, funding, and deadlines vary by host institution. A Career and Alumni Centre offers career-planning activities such as training, forums, projects, seminars, and information meetings. A student council and student-card system are also documented. Current, dependable details on clubs, dining, guaranteed housing, housing prices, or accessibility arrangements were not found, so students who need accommodation or disability support should obtain written information directly from the university before committing.

Location & Surroundings

The university is located in Korçë in southeastern Albania, with its rectorate address on Shëtitorja Rilindasit. Official contact pages provide separate contacts for all four faculties, indicating that teaching and administration are distributed among faculty facilities rather than confined to one building. The Natural and Human Sciences faculty operates in two buildings, and its nursing building is near Korçë Regional Hospital, supporting clinical teaching practice. Korçë is a regional city rather than Albania’s capital, so the setting may suit students who want to study close to the communities and industries of the southeast. The academic mix reflects that context through agriculture, food, tourism, education, business, public and social fields, and health programs. Applicants should nevertheless assess travel and housing independently: the university’s current public pages do not provide a sufficiently clear, current housing inventory, rent schedule, meal-plan structure, or commuting guide for degree students. International exchange participants can consult the university’s mobility welcome guide, but its arrangements should not be assumed to apply to all full-degree applicants.

Costs & Career Outcomes

The newest detailed official fee schedule located is for 2025–2026, not 2026–2027. It lists annual tuition in Albanian lek by program and distinguishes a student’s first program of study from a second program. Many first-program bachelor’s and two-year professional entries are listed between ALL 15,000 and ALL 20,000 annually, while General Nursing and Midwifery are listed at ALL 20,000 for a first program but substantially higher for a second program. First-program professional master’s fees are generally shown at ALL 60,000, and several Master of Science programs at ALL 75,000. These figures should be treated only as 2025–2026 amounts; applicants need the later university decision before budgeting for 2026–2027. The published schedule concerns tuition and registration-related charges, not a complete cost of attendance. A current, comprehensive university estimate for accommodation, food, transport, books, insurance, or personal expenses was not found. The institution also does not publish sufficiently current graduate salary, placement-rate, or employer-outcome data to support a return-on-investment estimate. Career preparation varies by discipline. The university documents laboratories and hospital-linked teaching practice for health students, while its Career and Alumni Centre organizes training, seminars, projects, forums, and informational meetings. Erasmus mobility and cooperation agreements can add international or practical experience, but participation is competitive and program dependent. Prospective students should ask the department how placements are arranged, whether they are compulsory, and what recent graduates from the specific program have done.