The Albanian-language education then continued in private facilities as part of the unofficial parallel shadow state, a self-declared Republic of Kosovo that had been established by Kosovo's Albanians, enabling the education of some 30,000 Albanian students to continue.[1] The university also called itself the University of Pristina, was financed by Albanian diaspora and parallel tax system and existed without any connection to the academic system, which led to worsening of the quality of education (for example, students of medicine had no access to clinics, laboratories or other necessary equipment[2][better source needed][14]). However, the university professors have reported about a large number of graduates, magisters and doctors:[1][better source needed] the university issued graduation certificates in the name of the Republic of Kosovo which were not recognized by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.