University of Zagreb

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name = University of Zagreb
native_name = Sveučilište u Zagrebu
latin_name = Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis


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students = 52,592
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city = Zagreb
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The University of Zagreb ( _hr. Sveučilište u Zagrebu, _la. Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis) is the oldest Croatian university in continuous operation and also the oldest university in southeastern Europe.

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.

During the Independent State of Croatia (1941-1945), the university was known as the "Croatian University" (Hrvatsko sveučilište).

Organization

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

* 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 Science
* Faculty of Organization and Informatics
* Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry
* Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
* Faculty of Political Science
* Faculty of Textile Technology
* Faculty of Theology
* 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

Legacy

Since 1874, more than 200,000 students have received a bachelor's degree, more than 18,000 a master's, and more than 8,000 a doctorate from the University of Zagreb.

ee also

* List of universities in Croatia
* National and University Library Zagreb

External links

* [http://www.fkit.hr/ Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, The University of Zagreb]
* en icon [http://www.fsb.hr/ Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, The University of Zagreb]
* [http://www.phy.hr/ Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, The University of Zagreb]
* en icon [http://www.unizg.hr/ University of Zagreb Website]
* en icon [http://www.alu.hr/ Academy of Fine Arts, The University of Zagreb]
* [http://www.math.hr/ Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, The University of Zagreb]
* en icon [http://www.arhitekt.hr/ Faculty of Architecture, The University of Zagreb]
* en icon [http://www.pravo.hr/ Faculty of Law, The University of Zagreb]
* [http://www.ffzg.hr/ Faculty of Philosophy, The University of Zagreb]
* en icon [http://www.mef.hr/ Medical School, The University of Zagreb]
* en icon [http://www.fer.hr/ Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing -FER]
* en icon [http://www.geof.hr/ Faculty of Geodesy, The University of Zagreb]
* en icon [http://www.efzg.hr/ Graduate school of Economics and Business, The University of Zagreb]
* en icon [http://www.foi.hr/ Faculty of Organisation and Informatics, The University of Zagreb - FOI, Varaždin]
* en icon [http://www.agr.hr/ Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Zagreb]
* [http://www.kbf.hr/ Catholic Faculty of Theology, The University of Zagreb]
* [http://www.muza.hr/ Music Academy, The University of Zagreb]