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The new academic year 2025-2026 starts today, 15% fewer enrollments in higher education

2025-10-06 07:43:15Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The number of students sitting in lecture halls is rapidly decreasing from year to year, causing their number in the vast majority of faculties to be much lower than university capacities.

Branches that previously offered dozens and hundreds of study quotas are, in some cases, now counting students on the fingers of one hand.

This year, 16,000 students were registered in the first round of studies in the bachelor's cycle, down from about 19,000 a year ago, or 20 percent less, according to official sources from the Rectorate.

The number of students in higher education in Albania has declined significantly over the last decade, especially in public universities. From around 117,000 students in 2016, the number has fallen to around 86,900 in 2024, reflecting the country's demographic transition with declining birth rates and high youth emigration.

The new academic year 2025-2026 starts today, 15% fewer enrollments in higher
Polytechnic University of Tirana

Today, the new academic year 2025-2026 begins at all universities in Albania.

This academic year is scheduled to end on September 25th of next year, while an innovation different from other years is the new study programs with double degrees, giving students the opportunity for international collaborations.

The University of Tirana, which remains the largest institution in the country, has lost almost 6,000 students between 2016 and 2024, while the decline has been even stronger at the Agricultural University of Tirana and the University of Vlora.

The decline in the number of students in public education contrasts with the trend in the private sector. In 2016, there were only 24 thousand students in non-public higher education institutions, while in 2024 the figure has reached over 37 thousand.

Similarly, universities offering programs in technology and management have also seen growth, reflecting changing Albanian and regional market demand. Meanwhile, traditional branches of agriculture and natural sciences continue to lose students, putting the development of these fields at risk.

Data shows a shift in young people's preferences from public universities to private ones, which offer more practical and employment-related programs.

Meanwhile, there is a shift in preferences from technical and agricultural branches towards medicine and professions related to the labor market.

Many universities in the country's regions have suffered a sharper decline, as young people prefer the capital or are leaving the country.

Preferences in higher education have shifted towards branches that offer practical skills and greater employment guarantees, such as business, economics, technology, and especially medicine and dentistry. /Taken with abbreviations from Monitor


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