DA / University of Ferrara, Italy – Research, Third level joint-education (PhD, Executive)
SoE / University of Minho, Portugal – Research & European projecs, Mobility.
IHS / Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Anhalt University of Aplied Sciences / Bauhaus Dessau, Germany.
Spectra / Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia.
MakeLab / LTU Lawrence Technological University, Detroit Michigan USA.
SoA / Clemson University – Research & exchange
UNECE United Nations Economic Center for Europe, Geneva Switzerland – Geneva Charter Centers of Excellence on Sustainable and Resilient Settlements
Erasmus+ / Horizon / Creative Europe
TU Darmstadt, Germany
University of Studies, Trieste, Italy
Universita IAUV, Venecia, Italy
FH Mainz, Germany
IHS/ Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Royal Academy of Art, Hagë, Netherlands
IPAG Business School, Paris, France
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
University of Salerno, Italy
Academy of Fine Arts, Katania, Italy
University of Minho, Portugal
University of Bari “Aldo Moro”
University Saint-Joseph, Beirut, Lebanon
Lawrence Technological University, Detroit, USA
University of Graz, Austria
Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Dessau, Germany
TU Wien, Austria
University of Tirana
Akademia e Filmit “Marubi”
Riga Building College, Latvia
University of Chieti-Pescara “G. d’Annunzio”

U_POLIS has a cooperation agreement at the Rectorate level with UNIFE_University of Ferrara, Italy, on the basis of which it carries out exchanges of professors and researchers supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy and the Ministry of Education and Sports in Albania. Both universities are implementing a Joint Doctorate Program in Architecture and Urban Planning, recognized in both countries. Cooperation and consolidated agreement also exists with IHS/Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with which it has been working for years in urban development programs and local capacity building, with the support of the Dutch authorities, especially the MATRA and NUFFIC Programs. On this basis, the parties also organize a joint Postgraduate Master’s program, with 6 specialties in: Design Issues and Urban Issues.

.Intensive and fruitful exchanges exist for several years with TU-Vienna, Technical University of Vienna, Austria and with the University of Applied Sciences in Anhalt/Bauhaus Dessau, Germany Cooperation agreements and exchanges have also worked with the Technical University of Darmstadt, the Universities of Applied Sciences in Mainz, in Karlsruhe and in Cottbus, Germany; or with the University of Trieste, ISF/ Polytechnic of Bari and “La Sapienza” Rome, Italy. Interesting exchanges also exist with the University of Belgrade, Serbia, Podgorica in Montenegro, Pristina, Kosovo and Skopje, Macedonia.

At the local level, POLIS is a member of the Conference of Rectors in Albania and of the AUA_Union of Albanian Architects, Town Planners and Planners; The University has cooperation activities and agreements with: Ministry of Environment, Forests and Water Administration; as well as with the Ministry of European Integration. U_POLIS collaborates in a special way with the Academy of Film and Multimedia “Marubi” and with TICAB_Tirana International Contemporary Art Biannual; as well as with a number of foreign embassies in Tirana, including those of the Netherlands, Austria, the USA, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, etc.

Every year, many students of POLIS and partner schools engage in international, regional and local exchanges and projects, be they multi or bi-lateral. In these cases, credits (ECTS) are recognized and transferred mutually according to the European/International system. POLIS cooperates closely with a number of donors (SCP Switzerland, DAAD Germany, Tempus EU, Fund of Excellence and Brain Gain Albania, UNDP, etc.), as well as with specialized local and regional organizations, including: CHWB_Cultural Heritage Without Borders (in Bosnia, Kosovo and Sweden), with IM_Institute of Cultural Monuments, with AHF_Albanian Heritage Foundation, with AAC_Association of Municipalities of Albania and with REC_Regional Environmental Center, in Tirana.

Finally, in July 2015, AESOP_Association of European Schools of Planning accredited POLIS University at the European Congress in Prague, after a 1-year process, where 25 European universities were scanned. POLIS was qualified at the end of this process, among the first 3 schools, while the other schools involved continue to complete and improve. Një hap i madh ky për ndërkombëtarizimin e projektit tonë cilësor dhe një marketim ndërkombëtar për arsimin në Shqipëri!