University of Kragujevac
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The University of Kragujevac (Serbian: Универзитет у Крагујевцу, romanized: Univerzitet u Kragujevcu) is a public university in Kragujevac, Serbia. It is the oldest and the largest higher education institution in Šumadija and Western Serbia.
Универзитет у Крагујевцу Univerzitet u Кrаgujеvcu | |||||||||||||||||
Type | Public | ||||||||||||||||
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Established | 21 May 1976; 48 years ago (21 May 1976) | ||||||||||||||||
Affiliation | EUA Erasmus TEMPUS | ||||||||||||||||
Religious affiliation | secular school | ||||||||||||||||
Budget | €28.11 million (2020, planned; public funding)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Rector | Nenad Filipović (2021–24) | ||||||||||||||||
Academic staff | 1,212 (2020–21)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Students | 14,179 (2020–21)[3][2] | ||||||||||||||||
Undergraduates | 11,281 (2020–21)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Postgraduates | 1,931 (2020–21)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
967 (2020–21)[2] | |||||||||||||||||
Location | , Serbia 44°01′24.3″N 20°55′19.1″E | ||||||||||||||||
Campus | Urban | ||||||||||||||||
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Website | www | ||||||||||||||||
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Global – Overall | |
USNWR Global[4] | 977 (2023) |
Regional – Overall | |
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[5] | 179 (2023) |
The contemporary centralized university was founded in 1976 and today is organized into 12 constituent faculties. The university offers 118 study programs in the fields of natural sciences and mathematics, social and human sciences, medical sciences, engineering sciences, and arts. As of 2020–21 school year, there are around 14,179 enrolled students on undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, integrated and vocational studies.[2]
University of Kragujevac integrates functions of all faculties and organizational units (centers, institutes) in its structure, by implementing unique policy aimed at constant improving of higher education, and improving the quality of teaching, scientific research and artistic development of youth, introduction of scientific research to students, as well as the creation of material conditions for the operations and development of the University. Students of the University of Kragujevac can use five dormitories – two in Kragujevac, and one each in Užice, Čačak and Kraljevo, where over 1,400 students can reside.[6][7]