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University of Zagreb
Sveučilište u Zagrebu
Arhitektonski fakultet u Zagrebu.jpg
Latin: Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis
Type Public
Established 23 September 1669; 354 years ago (23 September 1669)
Endowment 328.5 million HRK
Rector Damir Boras
Academic staff
 7,963 (2012)
Students 72,480 (2015)
Postgraduates 7243 (2007)
842 (2007)
Location
Zagreb
,
Croatia
Campus City wide, central
Colours     
Affiliations European University Association
Website unizg.hr

The University of Zagreb (Croatian: Sveučilište u Zagrebu Latin: Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis) is the largest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of Southeastern Europe.

The history of the University began on September 23, 1669, when the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I issued a decree granting the establishment of the Jesuit Academy of the Royal Free City of Zagreb. The decree was accepted at the Council of the Croatian Kingdom on November 3, 1671. The Academy was run by the Jesuits for more than a century until the order was dissolved by Pope Clement XIV in 1773. In 1776, Empress Maria Theresa issued a decree founding the Royal Academy of Science which succeeded the previous Jesuit Academy. Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer proposed the founding of a University to the Croatian Parliament in 1861. Emperor Franz Joseph signed the decree on the establishment of the University of Zagreb in 1869. The Act of Founding was passed by the Parliament in 1874, and was ratified by the Emperor on January 5, 1874. On October 19, 1874, the Royal University of Franz Joseph I was officially opened.

The University is composed of 29 faculties, 3 art academies and 1 university center with more than 70,000 students. The University is as of 2018 at the 463rd place out of 1000 on the list of Universities of the world made by the Center for University World Rankings.

Faculties

Natural sciences

  • Faculty of Science

Engineering

  • Faculty of Architecture
  • Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
  • Faculty of Civil Engineering
  • Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
  • Faculty of Geodesy
  • Faculty of Geotechnics (in Varaždin)
  • Faculty of Graphic Arts
  • Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
  • Faculty of Metallurgy (in Sisak)
  • Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering
  • Faculty of Textile Technology
  • Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences

Biomedical sciences

  • Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry
  • Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
  • School of Dental Medicine
  • School of Medicine

Biotechnology

  • Faculty of Agriculture
  • Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology
  • Faculty of Forestry

Social sciences

  • Faculty of Economics and Business
  • Faculty of Kinesiology
  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varaždin
  • Faculty of Political Science
  • Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation
  • Faculty of Teacher Education

Humanities

  • Catholic Faculty of Theology
  • Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • University Centre for Croatian Studies

The arts

  • Academy of Dramatic Art
  • Academy of Fine Arts
  • Academy of Music

Rectors

01. Matija Mesić (1874–75)
02. Stjepan Spevec (1875–76)
03. Anton Kržan (1876–77)
04. Konstantin Vojnović (1877–78)
05. Franjo Maixner (1878–79)
06. Franjo Iveković (1879–80)
07. Aleksandar Bresztyenszky (1880–81)
08. Franjo Marković (1881–82)
09. Feliks Suk (1882–83)
10. Blaž Lorković (1883–84)
11. Đuro Pilar (1884–85)
12. Gustav Baron (1885–86)
13. Franjo Vrbanić (1886–87)
14. Tadija Smičiklas (1887–88)
15. Antun Franki (1888–89)
16. Luka Marjanović (1889–90)
17. Natko Nodilo (1890–91)
18. Ivan Bujanović (1891–92)
19. Josip Pliverić (1892–93)
20. Vinko Dvořák (1893–94)
21. Antun Maurović (1894–95)
22. Franjo Spevec (1895–96)
23. Armin Pavić (1896–97)
24. Juraj Dočkal (1897–98)
25. Josip Šilović (1898–99)
26. Đuro Arnold (1899–1900)
27. Rudolf Vimer (1900–01)
28. Franjo Vrbanić (1901–02)
29. Vjekoslav Klaić (1902–03)
30. Ivan Bujanović (1903–04)
31. Josip Pliverić (1904–05)
32. Antun Heinz (1905–06)
33. Antun Bauer (1906–07)
34. Milivoj-Klement Maurović (1907–08)
35. Gustav Janeček (1908–09)
36. Josip Volović (1909–10)
37. Julije Rorauer (1910–11)
38. Julije Domac (1911–12)
39. Josip Pazman (1912–13)
40. Edo Lovrić (1913–14)
41. Đuro Korbler (1914–15)
42. Fran Barac (1915–16)
43. Ernest Miler (1916–17)
44. Julije Golik (1917–18)
45. Ivan Angelo Ruspini (1918–19)
46. Ladislav Polić (1919–20)
47. Karlo Radoničić (1920–21)
48. Vladimir Varićak (1921–22)
49. Đuro Nenadić (1922–23)
50. Stjepan Zimmerman (1923–24)
51. Ladislav Polić (1924–25)
52. Drago Perović (1925–26)
53. Ernest Miler (1926–28)
54. Josip Belobrk (1928–32)
55. Albert Bazala (1932–33)
56. Đuro Stipetić (1933–35)
57. Stanko Hondl (1935–37)
58. Edo Lovrić (1937–38)
59. Andrija Živković (1938–40)
60. Stjepan Ivšić (1940–43)
61. Božidar Špišić (1943–44)
62. Stjepan Horvat (1944–45)
63. Andrija Štampar (1945–46)
64. Grga Novak (1946–47)
65. Andro Mohorovičić (1947–49)
66. Marko Kostrenčić (1949–50)
67. Antun Barac (1950–51)
68. Fran Bošnjaković (1951–52)
69. Teodor Varićak (1952–53)
70. Željko Marković (1953–54)
71. Hrvoje Iveković (1954–56)
72. Zoran Bujas (1956–58)
73. Marijan Horvat (1958–60)
74. Vladimir Serdar (1960–63)
75. Slavko Macarol (1963–66)
76. Jakov Sirotković (1966–68)
77. Ivan Supek (1968–72)
78. Predrag Vranicki (1972–76)
79. Drago Grdenić (1976–78)
80. Ivan Jurković (1978–82)
81. Zvonimir Krajina (1982–86)
82. Vladimir Stipetić (1986–88)
83. Zvonimir Šeparović (1988–90)
84. Marijan Šunjić (1990–98)
85. Branko Jeren (1998–2002)
86. Tomislav Ivančić (2001)*
87. Helena Jasna Mencer (2002–06)
88. Aleksa Bjeliš (2006–14)
89. Damir Boras (2014–)
* Ivančić was elected rector in 2001, but resigned due to health reasons before his term started.
Source: List of rectors at the University of Zagreb website

Gallery

  • Arhitektonski fakultet u Zagrebu

    Faculty of Architecture

  • Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu

    Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Fakultet strojarstva i brodogradnje (Zagreb)

    Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture

  • FER Zagreb

    Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing

  • Medicinski fakultet Zagreb - glavni

    School of Medicine

  • PMF Matematika Zagreb

    Faculty of Science

  • Tekstilno-tehnološki fakultet u Zagrebu

    Faculty of Textile Technology

  • Veterinarski fakultet u Zagrebu

    Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

  • Fakultet politickih znanosti Zagreb

    Faculty of Political Science

  • Šumarski fakultet 0807

    Faculty of Forestry

  • Fakultet prometnih znanosti, Zagreb - sjever

    Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences

  • Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet, Zagreb - ulaz

    Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation

  • Glazbena akademija, Zagreb - jug

    Academy of Music

  • Akademija dramskih umjetnosti

    Academy of Dramatic Arts

  • Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Zagreb

    Catholic Faculty of Theology

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Images for kids

  • Zillingtal - Pfarrkirche hl. Petrus und Paulus (04)

    Filip Kaušić (1618-1673) was the first rector of the Academy

  • Matija Mesić

    Matija Mesić, first rector of the University

  • Great Hall of the Rectorate of the University of Zagreb

    Great Hall of the University

  • University of Zagreb

    Palace of the University and the Faculty of Law, Republic of Croatia Square

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