University of Zagreb

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University of Zagreb Sveučilište u Zagrebu

Latin: Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis
Established	1669
Type	Public
Rector	Prof. Aleksa Bjeliš, Ph.D.
Staff	1,010
Students	52,592
Location	Zagreb, Croatia
Website	http://www.unizg.hr/

The University of Zagreb (Croatian Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Latin Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis) is the oldest Croatian university in continuous operation and also the oldest university in southeastern Europe.

1 History
2 Organization
3 Legacy
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

The university was officially founded 23 September 1669 by Emperor and King Leopold I Habsburg who issued a decree granting the status and privileges of a university to the Jesuit Academy of the Royal Free City of Zagreb. According to that document the study of philosophy in Zagreb acquired a formal and legal status as Neoacademia Zagrabiensis and officially became a public institution of higher education.

The Academy was run by the Jesuits for more than a century when the Jesuit order was dissolved by Pope Clement XIV in 1773. Under a new leadership in 1772 the Academy enrolled a total of 200 students.

In 1776 Empress and Queen Maria Theresa issued a decree founding the Royal Academy of Science (Regia Scientiarum Academia) consisting of three studies or faculties - Philosophy, Theology and Law. The former political-cameral studies became part of the newly established Faculty of Law, and thus were integrated into the Academy. Each of the faculties of the Royal Academy of Sciences had several chairs teaching one or several courses.

The Academy in Zagreb remained until 1874, despite numerous organizational changes, the focal institution of higher education in Croatia, educating most of the members of the Croatian intelligentsia.

Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer in 1861 proposed to the Croatian Parliament that a legal basis be established for the founding of the University of Zagreb. During his visit to Zagreb in 1869 the Emperor Franz Joseph signed the Decree on the Establishment of the University of Zagreb. Five years later the Parliament passed the Act of Founding, which was ratified by the Emperor on 5 January 1874. On 19 October 1874 a ceremony was held in the name of the founding of the modern University of Zagreb.

[edit] Organization

Zagreb University

These are the 29 faculties, 3 academies of arts and 1 university center in which the university is divided into:

Catholic Faculty of Theology
Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Architecture
Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology
Faculty of Forestry
Faculty of Geodesy
Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering
Faculty of Graphic Arts
Faculty of Kinesiology
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
Faculty of Metallurgy
Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering
Faculty of Organization and Informatics
Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry
Faculty of Philosophy
Faculty of Political Science
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Textile Technology
Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Graduate School of Economics and Business
Medical School
School of Dental Medicine
Faculty of Teacher Education
Academy of Dramatic Art
Academy of Fine Arts
Academy of Music
University center for Croatian studies

[edit] Legacy

At the University of Zagreb, since 1874, more than 200,000 students got a bachelor's degree, more than 18,000 got a master's degree and more than 8,000 a doctorate.