University of Novi Sad

University of Novi Sad

Универзитет у Новом Саду Univerzitet u Novom Sadu
University of Novi Sad
Latin: Universitas Studiorum Neoplantensis
Type	State
Established	1960
Rector	Dušan Nikolić, Ph.D.
Academic staff	3.711
Students	50.358
Location	Novi Sad , Serbia
Campus	University campus
Website	www.uns.ac.rs

The University of Novi Sad (Serbian: Универзитет у Новом Саду / Univerzitet u Novom Sadu) is a university located in Novi Sad, the capital of the Serbian province of Vojvodina and the second largest city in Serbia.

The University of Novi Sad is the second largest among six state universities in Serbia, behind the University of Belgrade. Having invested considerable efforts in intensifying international cooperation and participating in the process of university reforms in Europe, the University of Novi Sad has come to be recognized as a reform-oriented university in the region and on the map of universities in Europe.

History

Novi Sad and Vojvodina have always been major centers of culture and education in Serbia. Although the contemporary University of Novi Sad was established in 1960 with its modern campus, Novi Sad and the whole region have a record of education starting from the 11th century with religious seminaries.

Campus

The University campus is located in the downtown district. Covering an area of 256,807 m², it is situated on the left bank of the Danube river near Novi Sad's city centre and Liman I neighborhood. In addition to the administrative building, the university campus includes the faculties, the Student Cultural Centre, two student dormitories with a cafeteria, an apartment hotel for temporary accommodation of teaching fellows and research assistants, the Student Health Centre, and the Centre for Physical Education.

Organization

The administrative bodies are the Rector and the University Council. The professional University body is the Senate and its subordinated Councils. The University is composed of 14 faculties located in the four cities of Vojvodina: Novi Sad, Subotica, Zrenjanin, and Sombor. The University comprises the following faculties in order of their founding:

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One of student dormitories , Nikola Tesla

• Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad
• Faculty of Agriculture in Novi Sad
• Faculty of Law in Novi Sad
• Faculty of Technology in Novi Sad
• Faculty of Economics in Subotica
• Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad
• Faculty of Medicine in Novi Sad
• Faculty of Sciences in Novi Sad
• Academy of Arts in Novi Sad
• Faculty of Civil Engineering in Subotica
• "Mihajlo Pupin" Technical Faculty in Zrenjanin
• Faculty of Physical Education in Novi Sad
• Faculty of Education in Sombor
• Teachers' Training Faculty in Hungarian in Subotica web-site

Demographics

About 58% of students at undergraduate studies are women, with 1,200 at postgraduate master’s and specialist studies and 2,374 attained doctoral degrees (32% women).

Noted alumni

Well-known University of Novi Sad alumni include the governor of the National Bank of Serbia Jorgovanka Tabaković, Serbian Minister of Industry Predrag Bubalo, Serbian Minister of Agriculture Saša Dragin, Serbian Diaspora Minister Vojislav Vukčević, Serbian Minister of Education Slobodan Vuksanović, President of the Government of Vojvodina Bojan Pajtić, President of the Assembly of Vojvodina Nenad Čanak, President of Republika Srpska Milan Jelić, Mayor of Novi Sad Maja Gojković, Serbian Ambassador to Israel Mile Isakov, and Hungarian politicians in Serbia Attila Juhász and István Pásztor.

Among the best-known musicians are pianists Rita Kinka, Mladen Čolić and Ratimir Martinović, flutist Sanja Stijačić, and composer Mitar Subotić. Writers include Serbian poets and novelists Dragomir Dujmov, Mihajlo Kažić and Jovan Zivlak, American Slavist Wayles Browne, Bulgarian linguist Lyubomir Miletich, Croatian-American writer Josip Novakovich, as well as Serbian-Canadian mathematician and computer scientist Ivan Stojmenovic.

See also

• Novi Sad – interactive map
• Education in Serbia
• List of universities in Serbia

External links

• University of Novi Sad Website (Serbian) (English)