Starting from January 2025, students of the University of Business and Technology (UBT), in addition to lessons in foreign languages such as German and English, will have the opportunity to study the Italian language as well.

With the opening of the center, UBT students will be able to take the Certification of Italian Language exams (CELI) at the UBT campus.

In this activity organized as part of the Week of the Italian Language in the World, the ambassador of Italy in Prishtina, Antonello De Riu, said that Italian is a language that has all the eras of history, art, culture, making it not only a tool communication, but also a bridge for a unique heritage.

“This is not only a milestone for UBT but also an important resource for all of you who wish to extend your linguistic and cultural skills. This year’s theme emphasizes books as bridges that connect generations, cultures, and ideas, highlighting their importance in preserving and transmitting our linguistic values. Italian is a language that incumbencies the vast of every age of history, art, culture, making it not just a means of communication but also a bridge to a unique heritage. Learning Italian allows one to immerse in centuries of history and traditions that shape the modern world”, said De Riu.

UBT rector Edmond Hajrizi said that some of the reasons for the adoption of Italian as one of the official languages in UBT education are culture, experience and knowledge.

“The academic council of UBT has decided to approve the Italian language as one of the official languages in our education, in our study programs. We have many reasons for it, the reason of the culture, the reason of the experience of the knowledge that is already under the Italian base language and culture for many centuries, and we consider that the students who know Italian can generate more competence, more values, and more experience, which can benefit”, said Hajrizi.

The Week of the Italian Language in the World is organized by the Italian diplomatic network every year since 2001, to promote the Italian language as a point of cultural expression and identity.