South East European University (SEEU) is an internationally recognized private-public

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higher education institution officially inaugurated in 2001 upon initiative of former top-level

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and

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High Commissioner on National Minorities HE Max van der Stoel and is located in Tetovo,

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with a branch campus in

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. Since its establishment the university has succeeded in combining the best of European and U.S. experience and has continued to benefit from countless academic collaborations sponsored by the

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and

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, among other donors. During the opening ceremony former Swedish

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stated: ''"Today is a good day for Europe. At a time when good news is in short supply, it is heartening to see that progress can be made towards building peace among people. ��In the future, people will think of Tetovo as the site of a enownedmulti-lingual university".'' The university is an associate member of the

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and the

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Project initiation, funding and supervision

The praise for the establishment of the South East European University (SEEU) has been given to former

HE Max van der Stoel who initiated the venture of launching a globally recognized university and higher education excellence center with a European orientation in the region since the late 1990s. Max van der Stoel, who has also been the first Chairman of the University's International Advisory Board, stressed the European orientation of the University by saying: ''"We know the wish of the population of the

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to have increasingly close relations with countries of the

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and to have education at a standard recognized by European academic institutions".'' Funds for the project were sought from the international community, while the local government provided the land where the university is situated. The running of the project has been overseen since its beginning by both an international and a national advisory board.

Faculties and study programmes

South East European University (SEEU) offers courses and programmes leading to internationally recognized higher education degrees at bachelor, master and doctorate levels in several areas of study. Study programmes are offered in three languages:

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, Albanian and

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. The university is constituted of six faculties: * Law * Contemporary Social Sciences * Business and Economics * Languages, Cultures and Communications * Contemporary Sciences and Technologies * Health Sciences

Rankings

The university ranks regularly among the top higher education institutions in Europe.

Professors, lecturers and fellows

Since its founding the university has had among its ranks countless prominent visiting and permanent international

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s and

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s alongside the local academic staff.

Students and alumni

The university has a considerable number of international students and alumni and participates to different global academic exchange initiatives such as the Erasmus Programme.

Admissions

South East European University (SEEU) has a selective admission policy based on students' previous academic record and grades.

University Board

The University Board is currently composed of a total of seven members: *Klaus Tochtermann *Veli Kreci *Elena Dumova-Jovanoska *Nebi Hoxha *John Parrish - Sprowel *Visar Shehu *Veronika Kareva

References

{{Authority control Educational institutions established in 2001 South East European University Tetovo 2001 establishments in the Republic of Macedonia