Since its inception in 1991, AUBG attracts a large number of students from Albania. One of the most impressive Albanian students is Ejona Fuli – a sports and hiking enthusiast, a student senator, and a member of the Economics Club at AUBG.

Ejona comes from Fier – a town near the capital of Albania. There she studied at one of the country’s best schools, “Flatrat e dijes”. “I chose a science profile,” Ejona explains. “It gives one in-depth knowledge of mathematics and natural sciences, but also a good general education in humanities.”

Indeed, Ejona has a serious interest in literature, philosophy and politics, as well as an amazing record of achievements in the fields of Physics and Mathematics. Before coming to AUBG, she won four regional and two national mathematics contests in addition to a regional physics Olympiad; she excelled as part of the Albanian team in two Balkan Mathematics Olympiads held in Bulgaria and Romania. In 2004 she also participated in the International Mathematics Olympiad in Greece.
Fluent in three foreign languages – Italian, English and French, Ejona is now learning Bulgarian remarkably fast.

In addition to her outstanding academic potential, Ejona demonstrates a very active social attitude. She was in her school’s Student Government as well as a member of her town’s Youth Parliament. Now, everyone at AUBG seems to know her – Albanians, Bulgarians, Americans, and Mongolians – all smile when they hear her name.

“I think I socialize so well with people from different nationalities, because I have traveled throughout the Balkans and visited Western Europe, too,” Ejona says.
Montenegro, Serbia, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, and UK – she has been to all of them, gaining invaluable international experience.

“You would be surprised to discover how many things Balkan people have in common, regardless of the country they live in!” Ejona exclaims. “Everywhere I went I met young people wishing for international peace, cooperation and prosperity. That is why I think conflicts in the region are mainly due to bad politics. The people share the same hopes and troubles, the same dreams for a better future.”

Her own future Ejona finds at AUBG. “I soon felt at home here – a friendly environment, amiable, helpful professors, modern facilities…” She thinks the University is definitely a very good place to study, both in local and global perspective. “Certainly the best choice a young, ambitious person could make!”