Albanian leaders of Kosovo welcomed the university's foundation, but expressed the view that the university was a milestone towards political equality within the federation and not a final goal. Follow an invitation, a delegation of the university visited the University of Tirana in the People's Socialist Republic of Albania in period between 19 and 29 October 1970 where they signed cooperation and exchange agreement.[6] While the opening of the university was supported by Josip Broz Tito, according to a Kosovo Communist leader at the time, the university had faced strong political opposition from the Serbian Communists, who regarded it "as a harbinger of autonomy for Kosovo."