Faculty for Information Technology, Podgorica

The Faculty for Information Technology (Montenegrin: Fakultet za informacione tehnologije, often abbreviated FIT) is one of the constituent faculties of Mediterranean University (Univerzitet Mediteran) in Podgorica, Montenegro. Mediterranean University was founded on 30 May 2006 as the first private university established in Montenegro, and the Faculty of Information Technology was among its four original organizational units, alongside the Faculty of Tourism, Hotel and Trade Management in Bar, the Faculty of Economics and Business, and the Faculty of Visual Arts. Two further faculties, Foreign Languages and Law, joined later in 2006. The faculty delivers study programmes in information technologies at undergraduate, specialist and master levels, and its teaching and promotional material highlights core areas such as programming, web technologies, databases and multimedia, together with a creative, practice-oriented approach. Its website presents the faculty as part of the wider Mediterranean University ecosystem, which operates a distance-learning system and a Moodle platform, and which advertises internationally recognized certifications and testing such as TOEFL, TOEIC, ECDL and Eurydice-related frameworks. As a faculty rather than a standalone company, FIT does not have its own corporate ownership; it sits within Mediterranean University, which functions as a single legal entity organized under the Bologna Declaration. Mediterranean University is described as part of the Atlas Group, a Montenegrin business group, and is a member of the Balkan Universities Network. The university has pursued international cooperation, including a partnership with the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York from the 2010/11 academic year offering dual-degree master's programmes, and participation in EU-supported projects such as the TEMPUS-funded DEBUT-M business training project. The faculty's public communications are typical of a higher-education unit: class schedules, enrolment ranking lists, thesis defenses, preparatory mathematics classes for first-year students, and ceremonial welcomes for new generations of students. Its website also reports institutional visits and meetings involving American and Montenegrin institutions hosted at Mediterranean University. In short, FIT is the computing and information-technology teaching arm of Montenegro's pioneering private university, oriented toward applied ICT education and international academic cooperation.

The Faculty for Information Technology in Podgorica exists as one of the founding organizational units of Mediterranean University (Univerzitet Mediteran), which was established on 30 May 2006 as the first private university in Montenegro. At its creation the university consisted of four units: the Faculty of Tourism, Hotel and Trade Management in Bar, the Faculty of Economics and Business, the Faculty of Visual Arts, and the Faculty of Information Technology. Later in 2006, on 16 December, the Faculty of Foreign Languages and the Faculty of Law officially became organizational units of the university, and a Faculty of Engineering was subsequently added. Mediterranean University operates as a single legal entity in accordance with the Bologna Declaration, with its seat in Podgorica. The Faculty of Information Technology is located in Podgorica together with the Faculty of Business Studies ('Montenegro Business School'), the Faculty of Visual Arts, the Faculty of Foreign Languages and the Faculty of Law, while the tourism faculty is based in Bar. The university is described as part of the Atlas Group and is a member of the Balkan Universities Network. The Faculty of Information Technology offers study programmes in Information Technologies at undergraduate, specialist and master levels. Its public-facing material emphasizes programming, web technologies, databases and multimedia, and promotes a creative approach to ICT education. The faculty and university maintain a distance-learning system and a Moodle platform, and the university advertises internationally recognized certifications and testing frameworks such as TOEFL, TOEIC, ECDL and Eurydice. Internationally, Mediterranean University has pursued cooperation with foreign institutions. From the 2010/11 academic year it partnered with the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York to offer a Master of Science in Professional Studies, with two study programmes — Service Leadership and Innovation and Project Management — delivered in English and leading to dual degrees. The university also established a Centre for Project Research and Consulting and, in January 2010, began the TEMPUS project 'Development of Business Training in Montenegro' (DEBUT-M) with EU partner universities including the University of Debrecen, Wageningen University, the Scottish Agricultural College and Budapest Business School, alongside Montenegrin partners such as the University of Montenegro, the Chamber of Economy of Montenegro and the Ministry of Tourism. The faculty's day-to-day public communications cover class schedules, enrolment ranking lists, thesis defenses, preparatory mathematics classes for first-year students and ceremonial welcomes for new student generations. Its website also reports institutional meetings hosted at Mediterranean University involving representatives of American and Montenegrin institutions, reflecting the university's orientation toward international academic and institutional engagement.

• Mediterranean University founded on 30 May 2006 as Montenegro's first private university, with the Faculty of Information Technology among its four original units.

• Faculty of Foreign Languages and Faculty of Law officially became organizational units of Mediterranean University on 16 December 2006.

• Faculty of Tourism, Hotel and Trade Management Bar, founded in 2004 as Montenegro's first private higher-education institution, changed its name on 9 February 2008 to Faculty of Tourism Bar – MTS – 'Montenegro Tourism School'.

• In January 2010 Mediterranean University began the TEMPUS project 'Development of Business Training in Montenegro' (DEBUT-M) with EU and Montenegrin partners.

• From the 2010/11 academic year, Mediterranean University and Rochester Institute of Technology offered a Master of Science in Professional Studies with dual degrees.

The information-technology faculty of Montenegro's first private university, emphasizing applied ICT skills, creative approaches and international academic cooperation.

• Undergraduate study programme in Information Technologies

  Bachelor-level programme offered by the Faculty of Information Technology.

• Specialist studies in Information Technologies

  Specialist (postgraduate) studies in Information Technologies.

• Master studies in Information Technologies

  Master-level studies in Information Technologies.

• Distance learning system

  Distance learning system operated by Mediterranean University.

• Moodle platform

  E-learning platform used for course materials and schedules.

1. 1Fakultet za informacione tehnologije - Univerzitet Mediteranfit.unimediteran.net
2. 2Faculty for Information technology, Podgorica (Wikidata)wikidata.org
3. 3Mediterranean University (Wikipedia)en.wikipedia.org