The University of Kragujevac
1838 – 1976 – 2013
The University of Kragujevac was founded in 1976 on the grounds of The Lyceum of the Principality of Serbia, the first higher education institution in modern Serbia, established 175 years ago in Kragujevac by the act of Prince Miloš Obrenović on 1st July 1838.
The University of Kragujevac is independent higher education institution whose activities comprises of education, science, research and art as elements of the unique process of higher education. It consists of 12 faculties where 20 000 students study on over 100 accredited study programmes at all study levels (basic academic, master academic, integrated academic and doctoral studies, as well as two study programmes of vocational studies).
Faculties of the University and University Library with University Gallery are located in 6 cities of central Serbia: Kragujevac, Čačak, Jagodina, Kraljevo, Užice and Vrnjačka Banja.
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1. FACULTY OF AGRONOMY IN ČAČAK |
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2. FACULTY OF ECONOMICS IN KRAGUJEVAC |
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3. FACULTY OF ENGINEERING IN KRAGUJEVAC |
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4. FACULTY OF MECHANICAL AND CIVIL ENGINEERING IN KRALJEVO |
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5. FACULTY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES IN KRAGUJEVAC |
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6. FACULTY OF LAW IN KRAGUJEVAC |
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7. FACULTY OF SCIENCES, KRAGUJEVAC |
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8. FACULTY OF PHILOLOGY AND ARTS, KRAGUJEVAC |
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9. FACULTY OF TECHNICAL SCIENCES, ČAČAK |
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10. FACULTY OF EDUCATION, JAGODINA |
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11. TEACHERS TRAINING FACULTY, UŽICE |
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12. FACULTY OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT AND TOURISM, VRNJAČKA BANJA |
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13. UNIVERSITY LIBRARY WITH UNIVERSITY GALLERY IN KRAGUJEVAC |
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Its establishment and development based on the concept of dispersed university was turned into one of the University’s distinctive advantages, allowing it to use industrial and geographic potentials and human resources on the territory covering 500 Sq. m. with about 2.5 million citizens. In this way, the University became the main leader of development and integrative symbol of Central Serbia.
The University of Kragujevac was accredited by the Commission for Accreditation and Quality Assurance of the Republic of Serbia on 22nd May 2009, according to the decision no. 612-00-1355/2008-04. At the University, study programmes are realized by about 1100 teachers and assistants, i.e. 650 teachers and 450 assistants, which compared to the number of students represents the high standard in raising the teaching quality, while more than 600 researchers participated in national science projects.
Out of the total number of teachers at University of Kragujevac, according to the official records 33% of them fulfils the requirements for mentors, in accordance with adopted standards, which makes the University of Kragujevac the highest ranked independent higher education institution in the Republic of Serbia for the previous school year. According to the records from the National Council for Research and Technology Development, two faculties of the University of Kragujevac are ranked among top 10 scientific-research institutions:
- The Faculty of Medical Sciences in Kragujevac, at fourth, and
- The Faculty of Sciences in Kragujevac, at tenth place.
At the University and its faculties, the scientific research is realized through basic, applied and development research in all five educational, scientific and art fields: natural and mathematic, social sciences and humanities, medical, technical and technological, and art fields. Besides, both interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research is carried out as well involving not only teaching and scientific staff, but also the students of academic and doctoral studies.
At faculties of the University of Kragujevac, about 35 000 graduate students gained professional, academic and scientific titles, 1000 of them has graduated an M.A, about 800 gained doctoral titles and about 100 specialists has completed their specialization. Besides, 23 Honoured Doctors, among whom are: academic Ljubomir Simović, sculptor Nikola Koka Janković, painters Vladimir Veličković and Nikola Gvozdenović Gvozdo (Montenegro), writer Barnabir Vongar (Australia), dramatist Harold Pinter (England) and 4 Professors emeriti: Prof. Dr. Miodrag Lukić, Prof. Dr. Aleksa Maričić, Prof. Dr. Ivan Gutman, academic Prof. Dr. Radmila Bakočević.
The University of Kragujevac is coordinator or partner on about 40 international projects from various programmes funded by European Union and international organizations (TEMPUS, FP7, COST, SCOPES, Erasmus Mundus, etc.), involving over 300 teachers, researchers and associates in their implementation. Within the realization of activities contracted by international TEMPUS projects since 2009, the University of Kragujevac founded following organisational units, without the status of separate legal entity: