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TEMPUS DL@WEB - Enhancing the quality of distance learning at Western Balkan

higher education institutions

November 19, 2010, Kragujevac, Serbia

FON UniversityFON University was initially founded in

2003 as the Faculty of Social Studies FON.

Grow up 2005 as first private University in Macedonia with 5 facultiesLaw Economics Information Technologies Applied Foreign Languages Detectives and Security

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FON University Today

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The largest private University in the region

FON University offers studies on 8 faculties:Law Economics Communication and Information Technologies Design and multimedia Applied Foreign Languages Political Sciences Detectives and Security Sport and Sport Management

Undergraduate studies

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Study programs – compatible with the developed educational systems based on Bologna declaration and ECTS application

Duration of studies:– Bachelor studies – 3 years (6 semesters)

(First cycle)

– Graduate studies – 2 years (4 semesters) (Second cycle)

Postgraduate studies1. Faculty of law:

European law and law of EU.

2. Faculty of economics:Management in the banking, profit and non-profit sector;Marketing management.

3. Faculty of political sciences:European and international policy and diplomacy.

4. Faculty of communication and IT:IT and communication technologies.5. Faculty for detectives and security:Security science.6. Faculty of sport and sport management:Education;Sport;Sport management.

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Staff and students

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Full time– Professors: more than 100– Teaching and research assistants: more than 100– Administrative staff: more than 50

Part time– More than 100 professors and experts from industry and society from Macedonia and abroad

Students– More than 3000 students

University Campuses

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FON University’s campus consists of ultramodern premises, which, in addition to the ability to learn from expert teaching staff, will enable students to study according to highest world standards.

University Campuses

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University Campuses

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Locations– Skopje– Struga– Gostivar – Strumica

New buildings, laboratories and classroomsState-of-the-art equipment: Broadband InternetFully air - conditioned

University CampusesThe premises are fit for 10,000 students and contain:• Modern amphitheaters;• Classrooms;• Reading rooms; • Library; • Bookstore.

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Technology Based LearningLaptop for every studentEvery classroom is laboratoryDigital learning contentsE-learning system – MoodleVideo teleconferencing between two

campusesAdvanced research laboratory

TEMPUS Projects

Four ongoing TEMPUS projects – FON partner institutuon

ViCES (Video Conference Educational Services)

iKnow (Innovation and Knowledge Management towards eStudent Information System)

DL@WEB (Enhancing the quality of distance learning at Western Balkan higher education institutions)

INTERFACE (Developing and setting up measures for initiating, enhancing and sustaining Higher-Education-Society Cooperation)

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FON University contactsFON University Skopje - AerodromAddress: Str. Vojvodina b.b. 1000 Skopje

Phone: 02 244 55 55 Fax: 02 244 55 50 E-mail: info@fon.edu.mkE-mail Postgraduate studies: poslediplomski@fon.edu.mk

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