Law No. 80/2015 ‘On Higher Education and Scientific Research in Higher Education Institutions in the Republic of Albania’, defines the categories of academic staff: a) professors; b) lecturers; c) assistant- lecturers. Career advancement for academic staff in higher education institutions is usually based on the categories mentioned above. Each higher education institution provides separately the further details on managing bodies’ selection, dismissal, responsibility and other service conditions in its statutes and regulations.