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What is happening to Higher Education? The decline in the number of students, free quotas in the state and those who choose to study privately

2024-10-10 09:59:03Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

What is happening to Higher Education? The decline in the number of students,

The start of this week coincided with the start of the new academic year for higher studies. From the first stage of attendances, the drop in the number of competitors and preference for the main branches was clearly seen, leaving branches with zero registrations. The reasons are different. The reduction of the young population, the choice of private faculties more and more, is leaving the state higher schools in the shade.

Data from the Student Portal show that in the academic year 2024-2025, about 15,111 graduates have chosen to pursue higher studies, of which 9,920 were enrolled in public universities with a 19% decrease from last year, while they chose to study in private 5191 students or 34.4% of the total number of students.

In total, 15,111 students have been registered so far, while the total number of quotas in all study programs of Higher Education Institutions in Albania is 30,805, of which more than half remained free, refer to the data from the Student Portal.

Estimates show that in the country's top 10 universities, 41.3% of branches are at risk of closing due to lack of students. At the University of Gjirokastra, 81.8% of branches are at risk of being closed as they do not meet the minimum number of students.

Student Portal data show that 42.8% of study programs that are a national priority are at risk of being closed as students have not shown interest in them.

Almost the same fees and greater flexibility of study programs are driving more and more students to private. Data from INSTAT show that in 2023 there were a total of 32,387 female students in Private Higher Education Institutions or 32 percent more. In the same period, the number of students in public universities decreased by 27%.

Based on this trend, the auditoriums at the Public Universities risk being empty sooner than expected, as the reduction of students is not accompanied by an increase in quality.

Branches that are "disappearing"

On the other hand, it turns out that many branches are heading towards closure and also Higher Education Institutions in the districts are being abandoned.

Environmental Science is the least popular branch at the University of Tirana, with only 2 students enrolled this year. Then comes Physics with 5 students enrolled and Chemistry with 8.

On the other hand, one of the most preferred branches at the University of Tirana is Economic Informatics, where only 4 quotas have remained free out of 240 in total.

Computer engineering continues to be in demand at the Polytechnic University, as is architecture.

The architect, town planner and interior/design departments do not have any vacancies at this registration stage. Meanwhile, the engineering of mining resources, geology and geoenvironment are the three branches with the least registrations this year at the Polytechnic University.

Referring to the data from U-Albania, this year the University of Medicine continues to be chosen by the majority of students. Currently, this university has only 146 free quotas out of the 1,624 it had in total. General medicine, pharmacy and dentistry have no vacancies.

 

 


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