University of Tuzla

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University of Tuzla
Univerzitet u Tuzli
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Latin: Uneversitas Studiorum Tuzlaensis
Established: November 18, 1976
Type: Public
Rector: Prof. dr Džemo Tufekčić
Faculty: 500
Staff: 200
Students: 15,000 undergraduate
1,500 post graduate
Location: Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Campus: Urban
Affiliations: European University Association
Website: University of Tuzla(Bosnian) (English)

University of Tuzla (Bosnian:Univerzitet u Tuzli) is a public university located in the city of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The university was founded in 1958 it became a proper university in 1976, and today is one of the major institutions of higher learning in Bosnia.

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A college of mining was established in 1958 and Faculty of Technology in 1959 as a first faculty outside University of Sarajevo, at which time the university had 159 students. The Mining School developed into a Faculty of Mining in 1960. From there more faculties were added and enrollment increased, until an independent institution of higher education was created in 1976.

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