EPOKA University possesses a highly qualified full-time academic staff, 22% of whom are foreign as of September 2023. 

The foreign staff comes from the USA, UK, Russia, Italy, Greece, Kosovo, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Indonesia. During the 2022-2023 academic year, the student/lecturer ratio was 29:1, illustrating the particular emphasis EPOKA University places on high-quality teaching and its student-oriented approach. 

The student body is also international, with 1.8% of the student community coming from foreign countries such as USA, Canada, UK, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Turkey.

"Internationalization” represents a strategic objective of EPOKA University. In this context, EPOKA  University is one of the most active universities in Albania to conduct student and staff exchange programs with foreign universities. Recently, the University hosted a Fullbright Scholar.

 Furthermore, EPOKA  University cooperates with EU universities through the Erasmus+ Programme in research and projects aiming to support actions in the field of Education, Training, Youth and Sports, and also in terms of staff and student exchange. 

EPOKA  University is the first of the very few private higher education institutions in Albania to have benefited from the TEMPUS program, financed by the European Union. EPOKA University is currently a partner institution for three Erasumus+ KA 2 Capacity Building projects and one Horizon 2020 project, which is the first such project in Albania. For detailed information, please visit our Research and Projects Office.