South East European University
{{Short description|University in North Macedonia}}
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| native_name = Universiteti i Evropës Juglindore
Универзитет на Југоисточна Европа
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| rector = Abdylmenaf Bexheti{{cite web |last1=Bexheti |first1=Abdylmenaf |title=Abdylmenaf Bexheti |url=https://www.seeu.edu.mk/en/~a.bexheti |website=South East European University}}
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| city = Tetovo
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| country = North Macedonia
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South East European University (SEEU), informally also known as the Max van der Stoel University, is a private-public nonprofit higher education institution. It was established upon initiative of OSCE's High Commissioner on National Minorities Max van der Stoel and is located in Tetovo, North Macedonia, with a branch campus in Skopje.{{Cite web|url=https://www.osce.org/hcnm/57811|title=South East European University opens in Tetovo {{!}} OSCE|website=osce.org|access-date=2019-07-31}}
The university is an associate member of the European University Association{{Cite web|url=https://eua.eu/|title=EUA|website=eua.eu|access-date=2019-08-01}} and the Balkan Universities Network,{{Cite web|url=http://www.baunas.org/|title=Balkan Universities Association|website=www.baunas.org|access-date=2019-08-01}} and a member of the International Association of Universities.{{cite book |author1=Jana Bacevic |title=From Class to Identity: The politics of education reforms in former Yugoslavia |date=2014 |publisher=Central European University Press |isbn=9786155225734 |page=180}}
Background and foundation
In the early 1990s, Dutch diplomat Max van der Stoel, who was then OSCE's High Commissioner on National Minorities, became involved in efforts to resolve the issue of Albanian-language study at the university level, between Macedonian and Albanian political leaders. Albanians protested against the failure of the Macedonian state to provide Albanian-language study in universities. Two public universities, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje and St. Clement of Ohrid University of Bitola, only offered courses in the Macedonian language. In 1994, an illegal Albanian-language university was established in Tetovo, which led to increased tension between Macedonians and Albanians. With Van der Stoel's efforts, a compromise solution was reached between Macedonian and Albanian political leaders. On 25 July 2000, under recommendations of OSCE, the Macedonian parliament adopted a Law on Higher Education, which permitted the establishment of private universities in the languages of the minorities.{{cite book |author=Pål Kolstø |title=Strategies of Symbolic Nation-building in South Eastern Europe |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317049364 |page=191}} It resulted in the establishment of the university in Tetovo in 2001.{{cite book |author=Jenny Engström |title=Democratisation and the Prevention of Violent Conflict: Lessons Learned from Bulgaria and Macedonia |date=2009 |publisher=Ashgate |isbn=9780754674344 |page=128}}{{cite book |editor=Voldemar Tomusk |title=Creating the European Area of Higher Education: Voices from the Periphery |date=2007 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=9781402046162 |page=150}}
Faculties and study programmes
South East European University (SEEU) offers degrees at bachelor, master and doctorate levels in several areas of study.{{Cite web|url=https://www.4icu.org/reviews/3201.htm|title=South East European University {{!}} Ranking & Review|website=www.4icu.org|access-date=2019-07-31}}{{cite web |title=Study Programmes |url=https://www.seeu.edu.mk/en/future-students/academics |website=SEEU Study Programmes}}
Study programmes are offered in three languages: English, Albanian and Macedonian.
The university is constituted of seven faculties:{{Cite web|url=http://www.seeu.edu.mk/|title=South East European University - Faculties|website=South East European University|language=en|access-date=2019-07-31}}
- Law{{cite web |title=Law Faculty |url=https://www.seeu.edu.mk/en/faculties/Law |website=South East European University}}
- Contemporary Social Sciences{{cite web |title=Faculty of Contemporary Social Sciences |url=https://www.seeu.edu.mk/en/faculties/css |website=South East European University}}
- Business and Economics{{cite web |title=Faculty of Business and Economics |url=https://www.seeu.edu.mk/en/faculties/be |website=South East European University}}
- Languages, Cultures and Communications{{cite web |title=Faculty of Languages, Cultures and Communication |url=https://www.seeu.edu.mk/en/faculties/LCC |website=South East European University}}
- Contemporary Sciences and Technologies{{cite web |title=Faculty of Contemporary Sciences and Technologies |url=https://www.seeu.edu.mk/en/faculties/cst |website=South East European University}}
- Health Sciences{{cite web |title=Faculty of Health Sciences |url=https://www.seeu.edu.mk/en/faculties/hs |website=South East European University}}
- Technical Sciences{{cite web |title=Faculty of Technical Sciences |url=https://www.seeu.edu.mk/en/faculties/ts |website=South East European University}}
Admissions
South East European University (SEEU) has a selective admission policy based on students' previous academic record and grades.{{Cite web|url=http://www.seeu.edu.mk/|title=South East European University - Admission Requirements|website=South East European University|language=en|access-date=2019-07-31}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.4icu.org/reviews/3201.htm|title=South East European University {{!}} Ranking & Review|website=www.4icu.org|access-date=2019-07-31}}
References
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Category:Educational institutions established in 2001