University of Zagreb

Academy The beginnings of the later university date back to 23 September 1669 when Emperor and King Leopold I Habsburg issued a decree granting the establishment of 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 until the 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 (). making it the third university in the Hungarian realm of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In 1874 the University had four faculties: • Law (Pravno-državoslovni fakultet) • Theology (Bogoslovni fakultet) • Philosophy (Mudroslovni fakultet) • Medicine (Liječnički fakultet) The Faculty of Medicine was not put into function in 1874; it had to wait until 1917. The Faculty of Philosophy served as the general scientific faculty. Since 1876 it had geology, botany, physics, mathematics, and chemistry; since 1877 zoology; since 1882 pharmacy; since 1883 geography. In 1860, the Royal Agriculture and Forestry College was founded in Križevci. In 1898, the Academy of Forestry (Šumarska akademija) was founded as part of the Faculty of Philosophy, which encompassed all technical studies. In 1919, this school became the Faculty of Husbandry and Forestry. In 1919, the School of Technology (Tehnička visoka škola) was founded, which was transformed into a university faculty in 1926. Also in 1919 the School of Veterinary Medicine (Veterinarska visoka škola) was founded; it transformed into a university faculty in 1925. From 1920 to 1924 shortly existed Faculty of Eastern Orthodox Theology. In the Faculty of Philosophy, major reorganization ensued in the 1920s, as mathematics, pharmacy and other sciences started to split off, first with the creation of separate mathematics and pharmaceutical departments in 1928, when the faculty was renamed into its current name Filozofski fakultet. In 1926, the university was composed of seven faculties: • Theology (Bogoslovni fakultet) • Law (Pravnički fakultet) • Medicine (Liječnički fakultet) • Philosophy (Mudroslovni fakultet) • Philosophy dept. (Filozofski odjel) • Pharmacy dept. (Farmaceutski odjel) • Husbandry and Forestry (Gospodarsko-šumarski fakultet) • Veterinary Medicine (Veterinarski fakultet) • Technology (Tehnički fakultet) • Construction dept. (Građevni odsjek) • Engineering dept. (Strojarski odsjek) • Chemical engineering dept. (Kemijsko-inženjerski odsjek) On 26 August 1936 a group of Macedonian students belonging to the MANAPO signed the Political Declaration, an illegal document requesting political and social emancipation of Macedonians in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. During the Independent State of Croatia (1941–1945), the university was known as the Croatian University (Hrvatsko sveučilište). The individual departments of the Faculty of Philosophy became separate faculties in 1942, 1946 when the Faculty of Sciences was formed, and finally in 1963. In 1956, the Faculty of Technology was divided into four faculties: • Architecture-Construction-Geodesy (Arhitektonsko-građevinsko-geodetski fakultet) • Electrical engineering (Elektrotehnički fakultet) • Mechanical engineering-Shipbuilding (Strojarsko-brodograđevni fakultet) • Chemistry-Food technology-Mining (Tehnološki fakultet) These eventually split up into the current layout. In 1999, the University decided to implement European Credit Transfer System – ECTS. When Croatia signed to be a part of The Bologna declaration, all of the universities in Croatia adopted this system of easily readable and comparable degrees. University offers 160 undergraduate programmes (ba/bsc), 22 integrated undergraduate-graduate programmes, 9 vocational undergraduate programmes, 174 graduate programmes (ma/msc), 1 vocational graduate programme, 72 doctoral programmes (PhD) and 165 specialist postgraduate programmes. ==Faculties==

, Republic of Croatia Square Natural sciences • Faculty of Science Engineering • Faculty of Architecture • Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology • Faculty of Civil Engineering • Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing • Faculty of Geodesy • Faculty of Geotechnics (in Varaždin) • Faculty of Graphic Arts • Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture • Faculty of Metallurgy (in Sisak) • Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering • Faculty of Textile Technology • Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences Biomedical sciences • Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry • Faculty of Veterinary Medicine • School of Dental Medicine • School of Medicine Biotechnology • Faculty of Agriculture • Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology • Faculty of Forestry Social sciences • Faculty of Economics and Business • Faculty of Kinesiology • Faculty of Law • Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varaždin • Faculty of Political Science • Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation • Faculty of Teacher Education Humanities • Catholic Faculty of Theology • Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences • Faculty of Croatian Studies • Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Sciences The arts • Academy of Dramatic Art • Academy of Fine Arts • Academy of Music Philosophy and Religious Sciences Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Sciences (FFRZ) is a part of the University of Zagreb, Croatia It remains a work of the Society of Jesus and traces its origins to 1662. FFRZ in Zagreb began as a Jesuit school of philosophy on 6 November 1662 with the establishment of the Philosophy Department at Zagreb College, which would become the University of Zagreb. The Faculty of Philosophy of the Society of Jesus (FFDI) closed in 1773 due to the suppression of the Society of Jesus, and the Jesuit philosophy school in Zagreb did not reopen until 1937, when it offered a three-year course leading to the licentiate in philosophy, as it does today. With a decision of 7 October 1992, the Ministry of Science and Technology entered FFDI into the register as a Scientific Research Organization in philosophy and it became a part of the Croatian Studies Department of the University of Zagreb. On 8 December 2016, the Senate of the University of Zagreb determined that FFDI would become a faculty and equal component of the University under the title Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Sciences (FFRZ). Undergraduates may major in Philosophy and Religious Sciences, Philosophy, or Philosophy and Latin Language. Graduate students may major in Philosophy or Religious Science. FFRZ also offers post-graduate studies. FFRZ has a formal relationship with Laudato TV to "work together to promote and implement educational, cultural and scientific activities in the Christian and humanistic atmosphere". , Republic of Croatia Square In 2017 there were two current research studies at the Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Sciences: • Practical ethics and commitment to the common good in times of crisis. Is there a place for virtue in Croatian society? • Christian philosophy within the Croatian philosophy of the 20th century. On 5 May 2017 a symposium was held on "Religions and Migration: Displaced Persons and Refugees". The faculty is led by a chancellor and his deputy along with a dean and vice-dean. The chancellor is Arturo Sosa, General Superior of the Society of Jesus based in Rome. His deputy is Dalibor Renić, Provincial Superior of the Croatian Province of the Society of Jesus based in Zagreb. The dean is Prof. Ivan Koprek, The Faculty Council is composed of all regular and extraordinary professors and the Faculty Conference includes all current lecturers, student representatives, and faculty officials. ==Rectors==

• Matija Mesić (1874–75) • Stjepan Spevec (1875–76) • Anton Kržan (1876–77) • Konstantin Vojnović (1877–78) • Franjo Maixner (1878–79) • Franjo Iveković (1879–80) • Aleksandar Bresztyenszky (1880–81) • Franjo Marković (1881–82) • Feliks Suk (1882–83) • Blaž Lorković (1883–84) • Đuro Pilar (1884–85) • Gustav Baron (1885–86) • Franjo Vrbanić (1886–87) • Tadija Smičiklas (1887–88) • Antun Franki (1888–89) • Luka Marjanović (1889–90) • Natko Nodilo (1890–91) • Ivan Bujanović (1891–92) • Josip Pliverić (1892–93) • Vinko Dvořák (1893–94) • Antun Maurović (1894–95) • Franjo Spevec (1895–96) • Armin Pavić (1896–97) • Juraj Dočkal (1897–98) • Josip Šilović (1898–99) • Đuro Arnold (1899–1900) • Rudolf Vimer (1900–01) • Franjo Vrbanić (1901–02) • Vjekoslav Klaić (1902–03) • Ivan Bujanović (1903–04) • Josip Pliverić (1904–05) • Antun Heinz (1905–06) • Antun Bauer (1906–07) • Milivoj-Klement Maurović (1907–08) • Gustav Janeček (1908–09) • Josip Volović (1909–10) • Julije Rorauer (1910–11) • Julije Domac (1911–12) • Josip Pazman (1912–13) • Edo Lovrić (1913–14) • Đuro Korbler (1914–15) • Fran Barac (1915–16) • Ernest Miler (1916–17) • Julije Golik (1917–18) • Ivan Angelo Ruspini (1918–19) • Ladislav Polić (1919–20) • Karlo Radoničić (1920–21) • Vladimir Varićak (1921–22) • Đuro Nenadić (1922–23) • Stjepan Zimmerman (1923–24) • Ladislav Polić (1924–25) • Drago Perović (1925–26) • Ernest Miler (1926–28) • Josip Belobrk (1928–32) • Albert Bazala (1932–33) • Đuro Stipetić (1933–35) • Stanko Hondl (1935–37) • Edo Lovrić (1937–38) • Andrija Živković (1938–40) • Stjepan Ivšić (1940–43) • Božidar Špišić (1943–44) • Stjepan Horvat (1944–45) • Andrija Štampar (1945–46) • Grga Novak (1946–47) • Andro Mohorovičić (1947–49) • Marko Kostrenčić (1949–50) • Antun Barac (1950–51) • Fran Bošnjaković (1951–52) • Teodor Varićak (1952–53) • Željko Marković (1953–54) • Hrvoje Iveković (1954–56) • Zoran Bujas (1956–58) • Marijan Horvat (1958–60) • Vladimir Serdar (1960–63) • Slavko Macarol (1963–66) • Jakov Sirotković (1966–68) • Ivan Supek (1968–72) • Predrag Vranicki (1972–76) • Drago Grdenić (1976–78) • Ivan Jurković (1978–82) • Zvonimir Krajina (1982–86) • Vladimir Stipetić (1986–88) • Zvonimir Šeparović (1988–90) • Marijan Šunjić (1990–98) • Branko Jeren (1998–2002) • Tomislav Ivančić (2001)* • Helena Jasna Mencer (2002–06) • Aleksa Bjeliš (2006–14) • Damir Boras (2014–22) • Stjepan Lakušić (2022–) • Ivančić was elected rector in 2001, but resigned for health reasons before his term started. Source: List of rectors at the University of Zagreb website == Rankings ==

As of 2020, the university ranked 801–1000 by QS, ranking 575 by USN, ranking 512 by CWUR, ranked 401–500 by ARWU, and 1001+ by THE. ==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. ==Sports==

The University of Zagreb was a co-organiser (with the University of Rijeka) of the 2016 European Universities Games. The university was also awarded by EUSA as the best (2016, 2019, 2023) and the most active European university in sport activities (2019 and 2023). ==Awards==

Honorary degrees Rector's award The Rector's award (Rektorova nagrada) is awarded as part of the University of Zagreb Week (Tjedan Sveučilišta u Zagrebu) in November. The award committee consists of two professors from each of the seven scientific fields covered by the University. == Notable alumni ==

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