The Link between Students Satisfaction and the Quality of Higher Education in Republic of Macedonia

Education has a key role in the development of a country, in the improvement of itseconomic welfare as well as the living standard of its citizens. The Republic of Macedonia is adeveloping country which constantly invests in its educational institutions as well as increasing theirnumber in order to improve the quality of life of its citizens. In recent years the Republic ofMacedonia has seen an increase in the number of institutions that offer higher education as well as anincrease in the number of freshman year students enrolling in these institutions. The number ofstudents has increased due to the fact that a large number of the companies in the technological andbusiness sectors are requiring that their staff at least have a University degree. This paper researchedthe importance of separate factors of studying for the students in the Republic of Macedonia and thedegree of their satisfaction from the administrative, academic and physical capacities and resources,as well as the level of satisfaction from the interpersonal communication and the general surroundingof the Universities The research showed that there are statistical differences in the level of satisfactionof students from public and private universities from academic activities and services at universities,physical facilities and resources at universities, and interpersonal relationships at universities, withstudents from private universities demonstrating higher levels of satisfaction in these areas. theconcept of student satisfaction will be studied through a prism of consumer satisfaction. The analysiswill contain implications of the results and recommendations for further research.