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University of Zagreb is the oldest
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in continuous operation and also the oldest university in southeastern Europe.
The university was officially founded 23 September 1669 by Emperor and King
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Habsburg who issued a decree granting the status and privileges of a university to the Jesuit Academy of the Royal Free City of
ZagrebZagreb is the capital and the largest city of Croatia. Zagreb is the cultural, scientific, economic and governmental center of Croatia, and a global city. According to the city government, the population of Zagreb in 2008 was 804,200...
. 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.
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The
University of Zagreb is the oldest
CroatiaCroatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a country in southeast Europe, at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Zagreb...
n
universityA university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
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| align=right | Leopold I Habsburg , Holy Roman emperor, King of Hungary, King of Bohemia, was the second son of the emperor Ferdinand III and his first wife Maria Anna of Spain. His maternal grandparents were Philip III of Spain and Margarita of Austria...
Habsburg who issued a decree granting the status and privileges of a university to the Jesuit Academy of the Royal Free City of
ZagrebZagreb is the capital and the largest city of Croatia. Zagreb is the cultural, scientific, economic and governmental center of Croatia, and a global city. According to the city government, the population of Zagreb in 2008 was 804,200...
. 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 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 StrossmayerJosip Juraj Strossmayer was a Roman Catholic bishop, benefactor and a politician from Croatia....
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 CroatiaThe Independent State of Croatia was a World War II puppet state of Nazi Germany. The NDH was established on April 10, 1941 after the invasion of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers...
(1941-1945), the university was known as the
Croatian University (Hrvatsko sveučilište).
Organization
These are the 29
facultiesA faculty is a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas...
, 3
academiesAn academy is an institution of higher learning, research, or honorary membership.The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, north of Athens, Greece.-The original Academy:Before the Akademia was a...
of
artArt is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music, literature, film, sculpture, and paintings...
s and 1 university center in which the university is divided into:
- Faculty of Agriculture
Agriculture is the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of human civilization, with the husbandry of domesticated animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more densely populated and...
- Faculty of Architecture
For a topical guide to this subject, see Outline of architecture. Architecture is the art and science of designing and constructing buildings and other physical structures for human shelter or use....
- Faculty of Chemical Engineering
Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with the application of physical science , and life sciences with mathematics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
and TechnologyTechnology is a broad concept that deals with human as well as other animal species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt to its environment...
- Faculty of Civil Engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works such as bridges, roads, canals, dams and buildings...
- Faculty of Economics
Economics is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
and BusinessA business is a legally recognized organization designed to provide goods and/or services to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, most being privately owned and formed to earn profit that will increase the wealth of its owners and grow the business itself...
- Faculty of Education
Education in its broadest sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character or physical ability of an individual...
and RehabilitationRehabilitation of sensory and cognitive function typically involves methods for retraining neural pathways or training new neural pathways to regain or improve neurocognitive functioning that has been diminished by disease or traumatic injury....
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing is one of the top faculties of University of Zagreb. The faculty is regarded as "the largest technical faculty and the leading educational as well as research-and-development institution in the fields of electrical engineering and computing in...
- Faculty of Food Technology
Food technology, or Food tech for short is the application of food science to the selection, preservation, processing, packaging, distribution, and use of safe, nutritious, and wholesome food....
and BiotechnologyBiotechnology is technology based on biology, agriculture, food science, and medicine. Modern use of the term usually refers to genetic engineering as well as cell- and tissue culture technologies...
- Faculty of Forestry
Forestry is the art and science of managing forests, tree plantations, and related natural resources. The main goal of forestry is to create and implement systems that allow forests to continue a sustainable continuation of environmental supplies and services...
- Faculty of Geodesy
The Faculty of Geodesy at the University of Zagreb is the only Croatian institution providing high education in Geomatics engineering and the largest faculty in this domain in southeastern Europe....
- Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering
Geotechnical engineering is the branch of civil engineering concerned with the engineering behavior of earth materials. Geotechnical engineering includes investigating existing subsurface conditions and materials; determining their physical/mechanical and chemical properties that are relevant to...
- Faculty of Graphic Arts
Graphic arts is a term applied historically to the art of printmaking and drawing. In contemporary usage it refers to the applied trade-skills of a pressman, pre-press technician, or typesetter. The term can include the trades of lithography, serigraphy and bindery, among others...
- Faculty of Kinesiology
Kinesiology, derived from the Greek words kinesis and kinein , also known as human kinetics, is the science of human movement. It is a discipline that focuses on Physical Activity. A kinesiological approach applies scientific based medical principles towards the analysis, preservation and...
- Faculty of Law
Law is a system of rules, usually enforced through a set of institutions. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a primary social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus ticket to trading on derivatives markets...
- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering is an engineering discipline that was developed from the application of principles from physics and materials science. Mechanical engineering involves the analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of various systems...
and Naval ArchitectureNaval architecture is an engineering discipline dealing with the design, construction and repair of marine vehicles. Naval architecture involves basic and applied research, design, development, design evaluation and calculations during all stages of the life of a marine vehicle...
- Faculty of Metallurgy
Metallurgy is a domain of materials science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their intermetallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are called alloys. It is also the technology of metals: the way in which science is applied to their practical use...
- Faculty of Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an ore body, vein or seam. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock salt and potash...
, GeologyGeology is the science and study of the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth. The field of geology encompasses the study of the composition, structure, physical properties, dynamics, and history of Earth materials, and the processes by which they are formed, moved, and changed...
and Petroleum EngineeringPetroleum engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the subsurface activities related to the production of hydrocarbons, which can be either crude oil or natural gas. These activities are deemed to fall within the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry, which are the activities...
- Faculty of Science
Science is in its broadest sense to any systematic knowledge-base or prescriptive practice that is capable of resulting in a prediction or predictable type of outcome...
- Faculty of Organization
An organization is a social arrangement which pursues collective goals, which controls its own performance, and which has a boundary separating it from its environment...
and InformaticsInformatics is the science of information, the practice of information processing, and the engineering of information systems. Informatics studies the structure, algorithms, behavior, and interactions of natural and artificial systems that store, process, access and communicate information...
- Faculty of Pharmacy
Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences, and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of medication....
and BiochemistryBiochemistry is the study of the chemical processes in living organisms. It deals with the structure and function of cellular components such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids and other biomolecules....
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Faculty of Political Science
Political science is a social science concerned with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. It is often described as the pragmatic application of the art and science of politics defined as "who gets what, when and how",...
- Faculty of Textile Technology
- Faculty of Theology
The term "theology" literally means the study of God, deriving from the Greek word theos, meaning 'God', and the suffix -ology from the Greek word logos meaning "discourse", "theory", or "reasoning"...
- Faculty of Transport
Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one location to another. Transport is performed by modes, such as air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline and space...
and Traffic EngineeringTraffic Engineering can mean:* traffic engineering , a branch of civil engineering* teletraffic engineering, a field of statistical techniques used in telecommunications...
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary medicine is the application of medical, diagnostic, surgical, dental, and therapeutic principles to companion, domestic, exotic, wildlife, and production animals. Veterinary science is vital to the study and protection of animal production practices, herd health and monitoring the spread...
- Medical
Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
School
- School of Dental Medicine
Dentistry is the known evaluation, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disorders and conditions of the soft and hard tissues of the jaw , the oral cavity, maxillofacial area and the adjacent and associated structures and their impact on the human body. Dentistry is a part of stomatology...
- Faculty of Teacher Education
The Faculty of Teacher Education at the University of Zagreb is a faculty which focusses on the education of teachers. Apart from its central location in Zagreb, it has facilities in Petrinja and Čakovec....
- Academy of Dramatic Art
- Academy of Fine Arts
- Academy of Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
- University center for Croatian studies
Rectors
- Matija Mesić
Matija Mesić was a Croatian historian, university professor, the first rector of the University of Zagreb....
(1874-1875)
- Stjepan Spevec
Stjepan Spevec was a Croatian university professor and rector.He graduated law at the Law Academy in Zagreb. Since Academy didn't have the right to give Ph.Ds, he received his Ph.D. in Vienna in 1868. The same year he started to work in Zagreb court, and teach administrative and canon law at the...
(1875-1876)
- Anton Kržan
Anton Kržan was a Croatian philosopher, university professor and a rector.Professor Kržan was the third rector magnificus of the University of Zagreb, in the academic year 1876/1877. Since that year, the choice of rector is per turnum . He received his Ph.D...
(1876-1877)
- Konstantin pl. Vojnović
Konstantin pl. Vojnović was a Croatian politician, university professor and rector.He graduated law at the University of Vienna in the period 1851-54, received his Ph.D. in Padua in 1856. In Split he worked as a lawyer, a secretary of the Chamber of Merchants, legislative writer and a politician...
(1877-1878)
- Franjo Maixner
Franjo Maixner was a Croatian university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb.He graduated philosophy at the Charles University in Prague...
(1878-1879)
- Franjo Iveković
Franjo Iveković was a Croatain linguist and religious writer, university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb....
(1879-1880)
- Aleksandar Bresztyenszky
Aleksandar Bresztyenszky was a Croatian law writer and politician, professor and rector of the University of Zagreb....
(1880-1881)
- Franjo Marković
Franjo Marković , was a Croatian philosopher and writer.He was an academician, the first professor of philosophy at the renovated University of Zagreb in 1874...
(1881-1882)
- Feliks Suk
Feliks Suk was Croatian university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb....
(1882-1883)
- Blaž Lorković
Blaž Lorković was a Croatian economist, lawyer, political and cultural worker, and the founder of Croatian political economy...
(1883-1884)
- Đuro Pilar (1884-1885)
- Gustav Baron
Gustav Baron was Croatian theologian, university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb....
(1885-1886)
- Franjo Vrbanić (1886-1887 and 1901-1902)
- Tadija Smičiklas
Tadija Smičiklas was a Croatian historian and politician.Smičiklas finished gymnasium in Zagreb at the Greek Catholic seminary, and went on to study history and geography in the then imperial capital Vienna...
(1887-1888)
- Antun Franki (1888-1889)
- Luka Marjanović (1889-1890)
- Natko Nodilo
Natko Nodilo was Croatian politician, historian, publicist, university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb....
(1890-1891)
- Ivan Bujanović (1891-1892 and 1903-1904)
- Josip Pliverić (1892-1893 and 1904-1905)
- Vinko Dvoržak (1893-1894)
- Antun Maurović (1894-1895)
- Franjo Spevec (1895-1896)
- Armin Pavić
Armin Pavić was Croatian linguist, university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb.He received a degree in Classical philology and Slavic studies in Vienna in 1864...
(1896-1897)
- Juraj Doćkal (1897-1898)
- Josip Šilović (1898-1899)
- Đuro Arnold (1899-1900)
- Rudolf Vimer (1900-1901)
- Vjekoslav Klaić
Vjekoslav Klaić was a Croatian historian and writer, most famous for his monumental History of the Croats.Klaić was born in Garčin near Slavonski Brod as the son of a teacher. He was raised in German spirit and language, since his mother was German. Klaić went to school in Varaždin and Zagreb...
(1902-1903)
- Antun Heinz (1905-1906)
- Antun Bauer (1906-1907)
- Milivoj-Klement Maurović (1907-1908)
- Gustav Janeček (1908-1909)
- Josip Volović (1909-1910)
- Julije Rorauer (1910-1911)
- Julije Domac (1911-1912)
- Josip Pazman (1912-1913)
- Edo Lovrić (1913-1914 and 1937-1938)
- Đuro Korbler (1914-1915)
- Fran Barac (1915-1916)
- Ernest Miler (1916-1917 and 1926-1928)
- Julije Golik (1917-1918)
- Ivan Angelo Ruspini (1918-1919)
- Ladislav Polić (1919-1920 and 1924-1925)
- Karlo Radoničić (1920-1921)
- Vladimir Varićak
Vladimir Varićak was a Croatian mathematician and theoretical physicist of Serbian descent....
(1921-1922)
- Đuro Nenadić (1922-1923)
- Stjepan Zimmerman (1923-1924)
- Drago Perović (1925-1926)
- Josip Belobrk (1928-1932)
- Albert Bazala (1932-1933)
- Đuro Stipetić (1933-1935)
- Stanko Hondl (1935-1937)
- Andrija Živković (1938-1940)
- Stjepan Ivšić
Stjepan Ivšić , Croatian linguist, Slavist and accentologist.After finishing primary school in Orahovica, he attendded gymnasium in Osijek and Požega...
(1940-1943)
- Božidar Špišić
Božidar Špišić was a Croatian orthopedist and rector of the University of Zagreb.In 1908, Špišić formed the first orthopedic bureau in Croatia, which is seen as the founding of orthopedics in the country. Špišić formed the orthopedic clinic in Zagreb in 1930. He was the rector of the University of...
(1943-1944)
- Stjepan Horvat
Stjepan Horvat was a Croatian patriot, geodesist and professor, dean of the Technical Faculty in Zagreb, head of the University of Zagreb, editor of the journals Geodetski list and Hrvatska državna izmjera, manager of the Department for State Survey in the Croatian Headquarters for Public Affairs,...
(1944-1945)
- Andrija Štampar
Andrija Štampar was a distinguished scholar in the field of social medicine from Croatia.-Education:...
(1945-1946)
- Grga Novak
Grga Novak was a distinguished Croatian historian, archaeologist and geographer, President of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts from 1958 to 1978. Born on the island of Hvar, he was Professor of Ancient History in the University of Zagreb, where he was also Rector in 1946-1947...
(1946-1947)
- Andrija Mohorovičić
Andrija Mohorovičić was a notable Croatian meteorologist and seismologist. He is best known as the eponym for the Mohorovičić discontinuity.-Early years:...
(1947-1949)
- Marko Kostrenčić (1949-1950)
- Antun Barac
Antun Barac , was a Croatian historian.-Biography:Barac graduated at the Faculty of philosophy at the University of Zagreb in 1917, and received his Ph.D. as a high school professor on Sušak in 1918, with the thesis on Vladimir Nazor's poetry. Since 1930 he is a regular professor at the Faculty of...
(1950-1951)
- Franjo Bošnjaković (1951-1952)
- Teodor Varićak (1952-1953)
- Željko Marković (1953-1954)
- Hrvoje Iveković (1954-1956)
- Zoran Bujaš (1956-1958)
- Marijan Horvat (1958-1960)
- Vladimir Serdar (1960-1963)
- Slavko Macarol (1963-1966)
- Jakov Sirotković (1966-1968)
- Ivan Supek
Ivan Supek was a Croatian physicist, philosopher, writer, playwright, peace activist and humanist.-Early years and education:Supek was born on April 8, 1915 in Zagreb, Croatia...
(1968-1972)
- Predrag Vranicki
Predrag Vranicki was a Marxist Humanist and member of the Praxis school in the 1960s in Yugoslavia.-Life:Vranicki was born in 1922, in Benkovac, Croatia. During World War II he fought with the National Liberation Army against the Fascist occupation of Yugoslavia...
(1972-1976)
- Drago Grdenić (1976-1978)
- Ivan Jurković (1978-1982)
- Zvonimir Krajina (1982-1986)
- Vladimir Stipetić (1986-1988)
- Zvonimir Šeparović
Zvonimir Šeparović is a Croatian legal scholar and politician.Šeparović used to be professor of International Law at the University of Zagreb. He was also known as the pioneer of victimology and very vocal opponent of death penalty....
(1988-1990)
- Marijan Šunjić (1990-1998)
- Branko Jeren (1998-2002)
- Helena Jasna Mencer (2002-2006)
- Aleksa Bjeliš (2006-)
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.
See also
External links
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