Type Public Campus Urban Website www.uist.edu.mk Rector Ninoslav Marina Students ~450 | Established 2009 Affiliations EUA Phone +389 46 511 000 Founded 2009 | |
Location Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia Address Partizanska, Ohrid, Macedonia (FYROM) Affiliation European University Association Similar St Clement of Ohrid University, FON University, State University of Tetova, International University of Struga, Saints Cyril and Methodiu | ||
The University of Information Science and Technology (UIST) "St. Paul The Apostle", (Macedonian: Универзитет за информатички науки и технологии "Св. Апостол Павле", Univerzitet za informatički nauki i tehnologii "Sv. Apostol Pavle"), is a state university, located in Ohrid, the Republic of Macedonia.
UIST was founded by the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia by the Act on Establishment of the University for Information Technology in 2008. In 2010, the students of UIST made the first supercomputer (cluster computer) in Republic of Macedonia.
The international outreach of the university results in UIST having a multinational student population from more than 40 countries worldwide, along with local students. More than 450 local and foreign students study at the UIST. UIST has accreditations for 15 Undergraduate and Master programs in English as the medium of instruction. According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities for 2013/2014, UIST was ranked among the top 4 university in Macedonia out of 20 other universities.
UIST has five faculties:
UIST have international collaboration and bilateral Memorandum of cooperation with several Universities worldwide: