It’s not about services, it’s about research & education community’s needs!

KREN network

For each HEI’s campus secure, fast and managed network with internet and wi-fi service

Data Center

Hybrid Cloud infrastructure with Azure Stack on premise focused on scalability and availability

LMS platforms

Deployed in highly powerful architecture with cluster of servers to satisfy all educational needs

Office 365

Available to all students and teachers, with through trainings and deployment assistance

GÉANT Services

KREN is an associate member of the association. GÉANT services are available for KREN members.

KREN community

Providing support to knowledge dissemination and information exchange is an integral part of KREN

KREN FEDERATION

Is crucial for the efficient functioning and enabling access for users resources and services

3D Printing

KREN provides access to 3D printing technology for training and practice for all students

Statistics of education in Kosovo (2021/22)

Higher Educational Institutions (HEI)

Students and staff

Pupils and teachers

Population in Kosovo

Primary and secondary schools

Who is KREN?

The establishment of the National Network for Research and Education of Kosovo / Kosovo Research and Education Network (KREN) has started since 2019, through the project for the Kosovo Digital Economy (KODE), supported by the International Development Association (IDA) and implemented within the Ministry of Economy (ME).

All activities, investments, hardware, and software communication infrastructure of KREN are dedicated to the needs of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), including public and private ones. In the future, with the approval of the Government of Kosovo, secondary and primary schools may also be included in the KREN network.

The need for KREN stems from the fact that universities and colleges in Kosovo have been connected through the commercial network (with poor speed and security in terms of quality for research) and have paid for broadband services that do not meet the needs of theirs. Of all the countries in the region, only Kosovo has not had a hardware infrastructure, systematized, and dedicated technical support for HEIs and a network connecting HEIs. As a consequence, HEIs have not had the necessary prerequisites to engage in knowledge exchange or inter-institutional research collaboration or with European partners and have had limitations for participation in the GÉANT association.