Education in Serbia

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Education in Serbia is regulated by the Serbian Ministry of Education and Sports.

1 School types
2 Qualifications
3 Multilateral agreements
4 Sources
5 External links

[edit] School types

[edit] Primary education

Education starts in either pre-schools or elementary schools. Children enroll in elementary schools (Serbian, osnovna škola) at the age of 7 and it lasts for eight years.

[edit] Secondary education

Secondary schools are divided in three types, and children attend one depending on their choice, their elementary school grades and their entrance exams results:

Grammar schools (gimnazija) last for four years and offer general and broad education. Student usually choose their education orientation between languages and social sciences (društveni smer) and mathematics and natural sciences(prirodni smer).
Professional schools (stručna škola) last for four years and specialize students in certain fields, while still offering relatively broad education.
Vocational schools (zanatska škola) last for three years, without an option of continuing education and specialize in narrow vocations.

[edit] Tertiary education

See also: List of universities in Serbia

Tertiary level institutions also accept students based on their grades in high school and entrance exams results:

Higher schools (viša škola), corresponding to American colleges which lasts between two and four years.
At faculties (fakultet) of various Universities (univerzitet) and art academies (akademija umetnosti) (see the list of universities in Serbia) last between 4 and 6 years (one year is two semesters long) and award diplomas equivalent to a Bachelor of Arts or a Diploma Engineer (Dipl.Ing. for study in the field of technical sciences) degree.

[edit] Quaternary education

Graduate education (post-diplomsko obrazovanje) is offered after tertiary level and offers Masters' degrees, Ph.D. and specialization education.

[edit] Qualifications

Diploma o Završenoj Srednjoj Školi (secondary school certificate)
Diploma (Diploma Višeg Obrazovanja)
Diploma Visokog Obrazovanja (Bachelor's degree)
Magistar Nauka (Master's degree)
Doktor Nauka (Doctorate)

[edit] Multilateral agreements

International Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Certificates, Diplomas and Degrees in the Arab and European States Bordering on the Mediterranean (signed 1976)
Unesco Convention On the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees Concerning Higher Education in the Europe Region (signed 1979)