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Rector of Durres, Shkëlqim Fortuzia, receiving the delegation from the University of Braganza.

The Rector of Aleksandër Moisiu University of Durrës (UAMD), Shkëlqim Fortuzi, received a delegation from the Polytechnic University of Bragança (IPB) in recent days. A meeting in which both institutions strengthened relations and on which Fortuzi highlighted the “successful cooperation and close relationship” between both academic centers, as partners of the European University Alliance STARS EU.

The meeting served to point out the strengthening of current common projects thanks to the implementation of the Joint Studies Program in International Business Management, which will be crowned with the incorporation of four UAMD students in the IPB, during the next academic year.

The IPB delegation, ─headed by Nuno Ribeiro, Dean of the Faculty of Technology and Management─ was made up of Sónia Nogueira, Dean of the Faculty of Communication, Public Administration and Tourism; Paula Odete Fernandes, Coordinator of the Applied Management Research Unit; Nuno Moutinho, Director of the Bachelor’s Program in International Business Management; José Carlos Rufino, professor of Computer Science; Rute Couto, as well as the professors of Law and Public Administration, Bernardete Bittencourt and Filipe Rodrigues.

Cristina Mesquita, from the Office for International Relations, and Elisabete Silva, Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Education and Development, highlighted the “close cooperation” between both institutions. The lecturers, along with other participants in the meeting, emphasised the need to deepen joint projects in scientific research, academic and student exchange, as well as the shared multidisciplinary path towards internationalisation.

This meeting forms part of the initiatives being carried out by both UAMD and IPB to strengthen institutional, pedagogical and student cooperation, with the aim of jointly contributing to the European academic area and regional development—key objectives outlined in STARS EU.