The University American College Skopje (UACS) was established in 2005 as one of the few independent universities in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

The University’s Mission institutional mission is...

• To provide excellence in higher education and in all areas of its activity by combining the best of European and American educational standards and practices and by including European and American contents in all its curricula.
• To develop as a research and applied research facility.
• To offer education in English language and in Macedonian in selected schools at all levels, undergraduate and graduate, for local and foreign students, preparing those students for work in governments, international and European organizations, business and industry.
• To develop and implement a privileged relationship with the private sector and NGO communities, serving as an educational and training resource for them and preparing students to enter the working world with appropriate skills.
• To foster leadership, service and international understanding in local, regional and global communities through joint academic programs and joint degrees.
• To build students’ abilities in communication and public speaking, analysis, problem solving, ethics, social interaction, effective citizenship, aesthetic engagement and physical culture.
• To participate in the new European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and the European Research Area (ERA).

Source: http://www.uacs.edu.mk , as accessed on February 23, 2009.