Business of Information Technology bachelor programs with CIT: The Canadian Institute of Technology University College is dedicated to developing students with practical skills and a mindset that leads to a critical and analytical thinking oriented towards problem solving, and a set of values and ethics, to support creativity, innovation and leadership that shape their lives, careers and society at large. The Canadian Institute of Technology through the implementation of well-prepared curricula, teaching and research activities, and newly developed programs, seeks to promote a healthy spirit of competition and improvement within the Albanian education system. Read extra information at Finance & Accounting bachelor programs.
Canadian-Based Curricula: CIT provides programs based on the Canadian Curricula which empowers graduates with a love for knowledge and creative, entrepreneurial skills. In the Heart of Albania: CIT is conveniently located in one of the most important areas of Albania in the capital of Tirana, within walking distance from the main City Square and other cultural, recreational, historical and governmental institutions.
Adriola Faqolli has 12-years teaching experience as lecturer in different universities. She graduated as a Computer Engineer in Istanbul University, Turkey. She has received a Master of Science in Software Systems Engineering from a double degree program in two universities, RWTH University in Germany and University of Trento, Italy. In 2016 she received the PhD diploma from PhD program “Managing Information Systems” in University of Tirana, Albania. Her research interests span in the field of Database Design, Machine learning, Data Mining, Data Science etc. Adriola also has a strong background in Software Systems Engineering field in the industrial sector. She has managed technical departments and important projects related to digital transformation in the companies where she has worked. She is very helpful to the students by illustrating the knowledge that she delivers with practical use cases from the industry.
Shkelzen Cakaj has received his BSc and MSc degrees from Pristina University in Kosovo. He has prepared his Master Thesis at Vienna Technical University. He was awarded a PhD in the area of satellite communications from Zagreb University, in January 2008. Later on, in 2009, as Fulbright scholar, he continued his postdoctoral research at NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) at Maryland, USA. He is the author of 66 papers published in worldwide conferences and journals; mostly IEEE. He also engaged as a reviewer for IEEE Communication Magazine, etc. His area of interest is the satellite ground station performance. In 2016 he was awarded as “Albanian ICT Researcher of the Year 2015”. He is promoted as Associate Professor, from Polytechnic University of Tirana.
Vasil Qano has a Doctor of Science degree from the University of Tirana, where he did his preparing phase at Surrey University and Swansea University, UK. He has a BA and MSc degree in Physics from the University of Tirana, Faculty of Natural Sciences. He has broad experience in teaching and leading in higher education, starting from 1971. From 1998 to 2001, Vasil was Director of the Minister’s Office, Ministry of Environment. Vasil has many published research papers and articles on Scientific Reviews and is the author of two books, respectively “Physics for compulsory education and gymnasiums” and “Astronomy for gymnasium.” The subjects he delivers are physics, photonics, mathematics, informatic systems management.
Sokol Abazi graduated as Industrial Chemist in Albania, Tirana University in 1989. In 1997 he obtained his PhD from Fribourg University (Switzerland) in organic synthesis using radical chemistry. After a Postdoc in Total Synthesis of Natural Products at Oxford University in 1998, he worked for a couple of companies in the UK and Switzerland and then returned to Albania working as a Professor at Tirana University. Since 2015 he is a Full Professor at CIT, from 2020 he holds the Rector position. His research interests are mainly focused on natural products, organic synthesis, and supercritical fluid extraction (SFE). In the last decade, he has been working on the use of a modified “soxhlet-like” extraction technique using sub-critical CO2. He is an expert on structure elucidation techniques, including NMR and MS techniques. Read more info at https://cit.edu.al/.
Alfons Harizaj is a professor of mathematic at Canadian Institute of Technology. He obtained his graduate degree in mathematic (1988) from the University of Tirana, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Albania. Dr. Harizaj received his Ph.D. in mathematic (2017) and master of science in Numerical Analysis (2008) from the University of Tirana. He teaches math courses in the Faculty of Engineering. Dr. Harizaj has published university textbooks for engineering and economy study programs, university textbooks for professional study programs, and many papers and presentations in scientific journals and conferences. His experience also includes being a member of numerous professional committees and research advisory boards.
Enriko Ceko holds a Post Doctorate Diploma (2022-La Laguna University. Tenerife. Spain), Ph.D. diploma in Management (2005 – Faculty of Economy, Tirana University, Albania), graduated bachelor and master the Agronomy (1989–Agriculture University, Tirana), Economy (1996-Agriculture University, Tirana), Law (2002–Tirana University), MBA (2000-Tirana University & Nebraska Lincoln University), with about 33 years of working experience and about the same experience lecturing, specialized on about 45 training courses (Albania, USA, UK, Israel, Germany, Austria), Senator of World Business Angels and Investments Forum, Lecturer at WBAF Business School, and at LMC-London Metropolitan College, N.R.Macedonia, author of around 40 scientific articles, participating in more than 80 international scientific conferences, author of “Total Quality Management”, “Quality Management Tools”, “Planning, Organizing & Controlling Quality Tools”, “Managing Agribusiness Firms”, “Tourism and Hospitality Management”, “Academic writing”, “Business and Administrative communication”, “Small theatre, big theatre”, “Where Albanian economy is going”, “100 years of economic, trade and business relations between UK and Albania”, “100 years of diplomatic relations between UK and Albania” books, his work focuses on lecturing (mainly economics & managerial disciplines), public & private organizations consultancy, ISO Standards included, heading several NGO’s, as well as participating in civic society activities, etc.