Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek Croatia
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UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK CROATIA The newest EU member state South-East Europe → Croatia → North-East Croatia → Osijek-Baranja County → OSIJEK THE CITY OF OSIJEK HISTORICAL OVERVIEW The history of Osijek dates back to Neolithic times. Osijek was first mentioned in 12th century as Eszek. Few municipalities: Lower Town, Tvrđa, and Upper Town were united in 1786, it resulted with large economic and cultural development, so during the early 19th century Osijek was the largest city in Croatia. Osijek was continuously growing in 19th and 20th century, so Osijek became a regional administrative and cultural centre. Osijek was heavily damaged during the Croatian War of Independence in 1990s. OSIJEK TODAY Administrative, economic and cultural centre of Eastern Croatia. Population (2011.) -108 048 City of squares (15). City of parks (17). University of Osijek (UNIOS) was founded on 31st May 1975 FACULTIES AND DEPARTMENTS: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty of Economics Faculty of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Philosophy Faculty of Civil Engineering Catholic Faculty of Theology Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Agriculture Faculty of Law Faculty of Food Technology Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Education Academy of Arts Departments (Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Cultural Studies) STUDY PROGRAMMES FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES GENERAL INFORMATION: Due to Osijek’s geographical location, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences has been designated as an international research centre of humanities and social studies in this part of Europe. A wide variety of study programmes at the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels, as well as programmes in the area of lifelong learning facilitate fostering of interdisciplinarity between the humanities and social sciences, but also within the fields themselves. The activities of the Faculty are very flexible in adapting to new requirements and frequent changes in the higher education system. The percentage of teacher and student participation in mobility programmes is very high (highest at the University of Osijek). DEPARTMENTS: Croatian Language and Literature German Language and Literature Information Sciences Psychology English Language and Literature Philosophy History Pedagogy Hungarian Language and Literature "A picture is worth a thousand words." How about a movie ? STUDY AT FFOS MOVIE STUDY AT FFOS - MOVIE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION We are interested in estabilishing and fostering: cooperation on the basis of bilateral agreements on research and teaching cooperation with foreign higher education institutions, international professional and scientific projects, involvement in international networks of related institutions, organization of international conferences, seminars and summer schools on a bilateral and multilateral basis external cooperation of the Faculty's teaching staff with foreign institutions participation in scholarship programmes for incoming and outgoing international mobility CONTACT AND MORE INFORMATION: Vice-Dean for Research and International Affairs Tanja Gradečak-Erdeljić, Associate Professor e-mail: [email protected] Head of Office for Research and International Affairs Vladimir Poličić e-mail: [email protected] VISIT CROATIA THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION .