The Center offers to the winning candidates Master/ Ph.D. scholarship for studies at Epoka University and a publishing opportunity:
1. Scholarship
a. Teaching Assistant position for students who will pursue Master studies.
Full-time Teaching Assistant - 100% discount on the master program tuition fees. In addition, the candidate assists one professor in his/her lecturing courses.
b. Research Assistant position for students who will pursue Ph.D. studies.
Research Assistants are Ph.D. students and full-time staff members of Epoka University, which means that they are eligible to the institutional provisions with regard to remuneration, social security and health insurance, weekly working hours, annual leave as well as other statutory benefits.
Research Assistants are part of the ‘assisting academic staff’ category and benefit from a 50% discount from the tuition fee.
c. Lecturer Position for Ph.D. holders
PhD- holders whose PhD thesis has been granted the Thesis Award in European Studies are offered the opportunity to be employed in the ‘Lecturer’ position subject to the fulfilment of the condition of having published full-text article in a topic related to the PhD thesis in peer-reviewed and periodical journals listed in Science Citation Index ( SCI), Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) and Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI).
2. Publishing Opportunity
Award receiving students will have their thesis published as part of CES Book Series.
Founded in 2007, Universiteti Epoka (Epoka University) is a non-profit private higher education institution located in the urban setting of the medium-sized city of Tirana (population range of 500,000-1,000,000 inhabitants). This institution has also branch campuses in the following location(s): Rinas. Officially accredited and/or recognized by the Agjencia e Sigurimit të Cilësisë në Arsimin e Lartë (Quality Assurance Agency in Higher Education), Universiteti Epoka (Epoka) is a very small (uniRank enrollment range: 500-999 students) coeducational higher education institution. Universiteti Epoka (Epoka) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as bachelor degrees, master degrees, doctorate degrees in several areas of study. See the uniRank degree levels and areas of study matrix below for further details. This 12 years old higher-education institution has a selective admission policy based on entrance examinations and students' past academic record and grades. The admission rate range is 30-40% making this Albanian higher education organization a very selective institution. International students are welcome to apply for enrollment.