DEANS
Prof. Asoc. Dr. Pjetër Ndreca – Dean of the Faculty of Economics
Phd. Pjetër Ndreca, completed his studies and earned the title: “Senior Financier” at the Agricultural University of Tirana in 1983. He has a long experience in public administration, where he held leadership positions in agricultural economics, banking and executive committees until in 1993 and then in important institutions such as the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Finance. He has a number of certifications, among which “Internal Auditor in the Public Sector” and Trainer of “International Public Sector in Accounting Standards-IPSAS”, as well as the qualification in the field of accounting and auditing during the period of work in the Ministry of Finance. In 2008, he finished his studies with excellent results in the second cycle “Master of Science” and in 2013, he obtained the degree of “Doctor of Science” in the field of economics and agribusiness. Dr. Pjetër Ndreca is the author and co-author of over 40 articles published in scientific journals and referenced in scientific conferences in the country and abroad. In the years 2014-2017, he was Dean of the Faculty of Economics at APB Tirana. In 2017-2019, he headed the Department of Finance and Accounting at the Faculty of Economics at the University College of Business. Since 2019, he is the Deputy Dean and head of the Department of Economic Informatics at the Faculty of Economics of “Metropolitan Tirana” University. His research areas are: Economics, Finance, Accounting and Auditing.
Prof. Assoc. Dr. Ligor Nikolla – Dean of the Faculty of Computer Sciences and IT
Prof. Assoc. Dr. Ligor Nikolla first graduated from the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of Tirana, receiving the title “Mathematician”, and then continued his advanced master’s studies at “Pierre and Marie Curie University”, Paris 6 in France in 1984-1985 . He also completed his doctoral studies in France at “Joseph Fourier University”, Grenoble I, in the field of mathematics. Professor Nikolla started his academic career in 1991 at the Polytechnic University of Tirana, in the Department of Mathematics and Informatics. He then held positions as Head of the Distance Teaching Department, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Education in 2008-2009; Head of the Department of Mathematical Engineering in 2009-2014; Dean of the Faculty of Mathematical Engineering and Physical Engineering at UPT in the years 2014-2020 and from 2021 he holds the position of Dean of Computer Sciences and IT at the Metropolitan University of Tirana. He is the author and co-author of more than twelve academic and educational texts in the field of mathematical engineering, electrical engineering, applied mathematics, mathematical analysis, etc. His areas of interest include numerical analysis and filters, wavelet methods, and Schrodinger operators. He speaks French, English, Italian, Macedonian and Russian.
Prof. Dr. Agim Selenica -Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
Prof. Dr. Agim Selenica completed his higher studies at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, 5-year Physics branch (1969), was appointed scientific researcher (1970) and then head of the Hydrology Department (1992) at the Hydrometeorological Institute of the Academy of Sciences. During this time, in addition to the main functional tasks for the rehabilitation and modernization of the Hydrological Network, he conducted a number of studies, monographs and published a number of scientific articles in the country and abroad. In 1980 he completed postgraduate specialization in Lausanne, Switzerland in the field of Engineering Hydrology and in 1993-1994 postgraduate course at IHE Delft-Netherlands in Water Resources Management. During this time, he was a member of the Hydrology Commission of the World Hydrology Organization and a member of a number of national and international projects such as MED-HYCOS, BALËOIS, SEADATANET, etc. In 2003, Prof. Dr. Selenica started working as a lecturer and then as Head of the Department of Hydraulics and Hydrotechnics, at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, a position he held until 2015. During this time he published the text “Engineering Hydrology”, valuable for students and engineers. hydrotechnics and those of the environment. He is a lecturer and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture and an external lecturer in the Department of Hydraulics and Hydrotechnics and is active in projects in the field of engineering hydrology.
