South East European University

Universiteti i Evropës Juglindore; Универзитет на Југоисточна Европа

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Latin: Universitas Evropae Orientalis Meridionalis
Type| Private-public nonprofit university
Established| 2001; 25 years ago (2001)
Rector| Abdylmenaf Bexheti
Students| 1,849 (2018–19)[1]
Location|

Tetovo

Republic of North Macedonia

[ ⚑ ] : 41°59′09″N 20°57′40″E﻿ / ﻿41.98583°N 20.96111°E﻿ / 41.98583; 20.96111
Campus| Tetovo and Skopje
Website| www.seeu.edu.mk

South East European University (SEEU) is an internationally recognized private-public nonprofit higher education institution officially inaugurated in 2001 upon initiative of former top-level Dutch diplomat and OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities HE Max van der Stoel and is located in Tetovo, Republic of North Macedonia with a branch campus in Skopje.[2]

Since its establishment the university has succeeded in combining the best of European and United States experience and has continued to benefit from countless academic collaborations sponsored by the European Commission and USAID, among other donors.[3]

During the opening ceremony former Swedish diplomat HE Rolf Ekéus 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 [renowned] multi-lingual university".[4]

The university is an associate member of the European University Association[5] and the Balkan Universities Network.[6]

## Contents

* 1 Project initiation, funding and supervision
* 2 Faculties and study programmes
* 3 Rankings
* 4 Professors, lecturers and fellows
* 5 Students and alumni
* 6 Admissions
* 7 University Board
* 8 References

## Project initiation, funding and supervision

The praise for the establishment of the South East European University (SEEU) has been given to former Dutch diplomat 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.[7]

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 former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to have increasingly close relations with countries of the European Union and to have education at a standard recognized by European academic institutions".[8]

Funds for the project were sought from the international community, while the local government provided the land where the university is situated.[9]

The running of the project has been overseen since its beginning by both an international and a national advisory board.[10]

## 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.[11]

Study programmes are offered in three languages: English, Albanian and Macedonian.[12]

The university is constituted of five faculties:[13]

* Law
* Public Administration and Political Sciences
* Business and Economics
* Languages, Cultures and Communications
* Contemporary Sciences and Technologies

## Rankings

The university ranks regularly among the top higher education institutions in the region and worldwide.[14]

## Professors, lecturers and fellows

Since its founding the university has had among its ranks countless prominent visiting and permanent international professors, lecturers and fellows alongside the local academic staff.[15]

## Students and alumni

The university has a considerable number of international students and alumni[16] and participates to different global academic exchange initiatives such as the Erasmus Programme.[17]

## Admissions

South East European University (SEEU) has a selective admission policy based on students' previous academic record and grades.[18][19]

## University Board

The University Board is currently composed of a total of nine members:[20]

* Dennis Farrington
* Judithanne Scourfield McLaughlan
* Pavel Zgaga
* Veronika Kareva
* Elena Dumova-Jovanoska
* Agon Demjaha
* Nebi Hoxha
* Nasir Selimi
* Azir Aliu

## References

1. ↑ "Запишани студенти на високите стручни школи и факултетите во Република Северна Македонија во академската 2018/2019 година" (in Macedonian) (PDF). Statistical Office of North Macedonia. http://www.stat.gov.mk/pdf/2019/2.1.19.27_mk.pdf. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
2. ↑ "South East European University opens in Tetovo | OSCE". https://www.osce.org/hcnm/57811.
3. ↑ "South East European University - History of SEEU" (in en). http://www.seeu.edu.mk/.
4. ↑ "South East European University opens in Tetovo | OSCE". https://www.osce.org/hcnm/57811.
5. ↑ "EUA". https://eua.eu/.
6. ↑ "Balkan Universities Association". http://www.baunas.org/.
7. ↑ "South East European University opens in Tetovo | OSCE". https://www.osce.org/hcnm/57811.
8. ↑ "South East European University opens in Tetovo | OSCE". https://www.osce.org/hcnm/57811.
9. ↑ "South East European University opens in Tetovo | OSCE". https://www.osce.org/hcnm/57811.
10. ↑ "South East European University opens in Tetovo | OSCE". https://www.osce.org/hcnm/57811.
11. ↑ "South East European University | Ranking & Review". https://www.4icu.org/reviews/3201.htm.
12. ↑ "South East European University" (in en). http://www.seeu.edu.mk/.
13. ↑ "South East European University - Faculties" (in en). http://www.seeu.edu.mk/.
14. ↑ "Macedonia | Ranking Web of Universities: More than 28000 institutions ranked". https://www.webometrics.info/en/Europe/Macedonia.
15. ↑ "South East European University opens in Tetovo | OSCE". https://www.osce.org/hcnm/57811.
16. ↑ "South East European University | Ranking & Review". https://www.4icu.org/reviews/3201.htm.
17. ↑ "South East European University opens in Tetovo | OSCE". https://www.osce.org/hcnm/57811.
18. ↑ "South East European University - Admission Requirements" (in en). http://www.seeu.edu.mk/.
19. ↑ "South East European University | Ranking & Review". https://www.4icu.org/reviews/3201.htm.
20. ↑ "South East European University - University Board" (in en). http://www.seeu.edu.mk/.

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Universities in North Macedonia

Public|

* Ss. Cyril and Methodius University
* St. Clement of Ohrid University
* Goce Delčev University
* State University of Tetova
* University of Information Science and Technology "St. Paul The Apostle"

Private-Public|

* South East European University

Private|

* Euro College
* European University-Republic of Macedonia
* FON University
* International Balkan University
* International University of Struga
* University American College Skopje

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