the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Additionally, in Kosovo, RIT/AUK (AUK – The American College of Kosova) is licensed by the Kosovo Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) and accredited by the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA).
== Funding ==
Initial funding for RIT/AUK came from the Fund for the Reconstruction of Kosovo, which itself was funded by voluntary contributions from the ethnic Albanian diaspora to support the underground parallel institutions operated within Kosovo during the period before the 1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Subsequent funding has been granted by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID); by the Mabetex construction company of Behgjet Pacolli; and by the National Albanian American Council (NAAC) in the United States.
== AUK Training and Development Institute ==
The Training and Development Institute at American University in Kosovo is a center for continuing education. AUK supports the reconstruction …