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Education system in Serbia Serbia in Erasmus+ Higher education institutions Education system in Serbia Education system

The current education system in Serbia is composed of pre-primary (from 0 to 6/7 years), primary (with two cycles: grades 1 to 4 and 5 to 8), secondary in Serbia education (either four-year grammar or three- or four-year vocational secondary school) and tertiary (higher) education. In the fi rst cycle of primary education, children are taught in self-contained classes.

The principal language of instruction is Serbian; other languages of instruction include Albanian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian and Slovak at the elementary and secondary levels. Children in lower grades have one class teacher, who teaches all subjects with the exception of religion or civic education, and foreign language, for which there are Serbia separate teachers. Foreign language has recently been made compulsory from the fi rst grade, and a second foreign language from the fi fth. Bilingual education is implemented in some primary and secondary schools. Preschool Primary Primary music education and education education primary ballet education

This level of education encompasses Primary education is compulsory, takes eight children from six months to primary years and is carried out in two educational school age. The founder of most preschool cycles. institutions (kindergartens) is the Republic The fi rst cycle covers the fi rst four grades. of Serbia, autonomous province and Besides the compulsory primary All subjects in this stage are taught by class municipality/city. These institutions may school, the system also includes teachers, while some subjects, such as arts also be established by citizens and other primary music and primary ballet and foreign languages, may be taught by institutions. schools and schools for music subject teachers, who teach these subjects and ballet talents. These schools Preschool education is compulsory for in the second cycle. The second cycle covers are not compulsory. Their all children aged 5.5 to 6.5 and lasts 9 5th through 8th grade, where each subject attendance is free of charge and months. is taught by subject teachers. funded at central and local levels. Children with disabilities are included in the Children are admitted in the fi rst grade Primary music education takes 2 preschool educational system, in regular of primary school when they are not less to 6 years and ballet 4 years. and special (development) groups, and the than 6.5 and not more than 7.5 years right to education is also provided to children old, with the certifi cate of preschool in hospital treatment. Members of national programme attendance. Primary education minorities have the right to education in their is free of charge in state schools, while in native language, bilingually, or in the Serbian private schools parents bear the costs of language. education. Primary adult education

Primary adult education takes from three to fi ve years and is organised by grades, from fi rst to eighth grade (as a rule, 2 grades are completed in 1 year). Students who turned 15 can be admitted to adult education. In Serbia there is a limited number of schools for adult education, which does not correspond to current needs. Regular primary schools can also implement programmes for primary adult education.

6 Secondary art education takes four years Secondary vocational and is realised in music, ballet and visual art schools in the area of culture, art and public Secondary and artistic education information. Arts matriculation is taken upon completion of secondary arts education. Secondary vocational education is Secondary music schools educate the acquired at vocational schools that prepare education following profi les: music artist (vocal and students for work in different areas (like instrumental, jazz department, department agriculture, forestry, geology, mechanical of early music, department of church music), engineering, electrical engineering, graphic musical associate (theoretical, department industry, textile, construction, transport, of ethnomusicology) and sound designer. hydrometeorology, commerce, economics, Upper secondary schooling consists of four health, art, personal services). In secondary ballet schools, education is years of general education or two to four provided in the following departments: At secondary vocational schools students years of vocational education. Grammar classical ballet, modern dance and folk acquire and develop general and vocational schools (gimnazija) offer four years of dance. Schools of visual arts educate the knowledge and skills for further education general and broad education, with the option following profi les: art technician, curator, or work. At these schools, the duration to specialise in languages, social sciences, designer and artistic handicrafts. mathematics, natural sciences (prirodni of education is not uniform: there is smer), information technology or philosophy. education and vocational training that Students who have graduated from grammar lasts for up to one year, work education for schools can enrol at almost any faculty, and two years, secondary three-year and four- Secondary adult professional school students can proceed to Grammar schools year education, specialist and master’s tertiary education at faculties and colleges education (after two years) for a period of education that fi t their specialisation. Legislation on General secondary education is acquired one to two years. Vocational schools also Secondary schools can offer a special secondary education states that students at grammar schools. There are two types organise retraining and additional training curriculum for adult education, vocational enrolled in three-year vocational education of grammar schools: grammar schools programmes. training programme, and training. Other and training (VET) programmes can take of general type and specialised ones. associations or individuals can implement additional exams to qualify for taking Grammar schools of general type may Practical teaching is conducted in school special programmes in the areas of university entrance exams. organise four programmes: general, socio- workshops and in the workplace. The fi nal linguistic, natural sciences and IT. exam is taken at the end of a three-year adult education if they meet prescribed Matura-type exams are being prepared for educational programme, and the school- standards for the implementation of special four-year general, technical or arts education Specialised grammar schools are intended leaving exam is taken after a four year programmes and receive approval from and are expected to start in 2015. (Matura for education of talented students in educational programme. Upon completing a the Ministry. The Law on the Foundations is a standardised fi nal exam specifi ed for certain areas. There are mathematical, specialist or master’s education programme, of the Education System has opened the different subjects, allowing entrance to philological, sports and computer science a specialist or master’s exam is taken possibility to entrust adult education to other higher education.) grammar schools. Grammar schools and a certifi cate issued. In the vocational institutions, associations and individuals of general type also organise classes education reform process employers who meet the prescribed standards. Secondary education also includes of students who show talent in special have participated in the development of educational programmes for talented areas: mathematics, physics, languages new curricula, i.e. in more than 50 pilot students and students with disabilities, and or sports. Some regular grammar schools programmes. Their representatives are adult education. have bilingual classes, where a number of members of commissions for the fi nal subjects are taught in foreign languages: exam or professional graduation in pilot French, Italian or English. programmes.

8 9 The law provides that, in addition to the Candidate ranking at public higher education above-mentioned institutions, there are also institutions determines a list of those whose Higher Education academies of applied studies – institutions studies are fi nanced from the state budget on that integrate several vocational colleges. the basis of study success. Each academic In the higher education system there are year, at the proposal of the National Council Serbia joined the Bologna Process in 2003 at universities, and vocational profession- currently no such institutions, although for Higher Education, the Government and thus initiated a gradual reform process, oriented studies organised either at colleges there are reflections on their formation in approves the number of budget-fi nanced which received its legal support in 2005 by the of applied studies or at universities. order to achieve better functionality. students in higher educational institutions adoption of a new Law on Higher Education. founded by the Republic of Serbia. This law formally introduced the European Serbia currently has 19 accredited The three-cycle system of academic studies Credit Transfer System, three-cycle system universities - 8 state universities, and 11 includes: basic academic studies lasting Students who study at private higher of study and diploma supplement. From private universities. There are altogether 3-4 years, carrying 180 to 240 ECTS, master education institutions pay fees as 2007/08 all new attendants study under 64 (47 public and 17 private) accredited studies lasting 1-2 years with 60 to 120 ECTS, determined by the higher education the new reformed study programmes at all vocational study colleges, and six colleges and doctoral studies with a minimum of institution. All students who complete higher education institutions. providing academic study programmes at three years of study or 180 ECTS. In the fi eld their fi rst and second level degree studies, which both fi rst and second level (Bachelor of medical science (the studies of medicine, in addition to the diploma, should get free Higher education system has two types and Master) programmes are taught. dentistry and veterinary medicine) integrated of charge the diploma supplement in the of studies: academic studies organised study programmes that last 6 years and Serbian and English languages. must carry a minimum of 360 ECTS, as well as integrated pharmacy studies with 300 ECTS have been introduced. In addition, the second cycle of academic studies includes specialist academic studies with the minimum duration of one year and carries 60 ECTS if a student achieved a total of 300 ECTS in previous studies. Number of students Vocational studies comprise two levels: basic vocational studies, which last three registered at higher years and have 180 ECTS, and specialised professional studies, which carry 60 ECTS education institutions and last one year. At all higher education institutions in the All higher education institutions must be Republic of Serbia (universities, faculties and accredited before obtaining the working vocational and academic study colleges), license issued by the Ministry of Education, both founded by the Republic (government) Science and Technological Development. and private ones, a total of around 240 Private higher education institutions (not 000 students is registered in all types and founded by the Republic), which are in the levels of study. The largest number study educational system of the RS, have the at state universities – around 85 %, while same status as higher education institutions approximately 15% study at private higher founded by the Republic. education institutions.

10 11 6. At least 40% of those who completed 9. At least 60% of PhD students fi nish Future developments – four-year secondary vocational schools studies within their nominal duration (15% of the cohort) and 95% of those so that at least 200 PhD students per National Strategy for Education who completed secondary school (35% year per million inhabitants complete of the cohort) are enrolled in higher their studies on time. At least 10% of the education. In total, higher education study programs of PhD studies are joint Development by 2020 institutions enroll at least 50% of the programs with foreign universities; cohort (probably 55% of the cohort, Education Development Strategy 2020+ 2. All the children of law-prescribed according to estimates); 10. At least 7% of adults in the Republic of envisages a number of important novelties. school age (at least 98% of the cohort), Serbia are enrolled in some of the adult It is important to emphasize the support to regardless of social, economic, health, 7. Assuming that 70% of those enrolled education programs. reforms through the proposed increase in regional, national, linguistic, ethnic, complete their higher education (applied public funding for education, from the current religious and other characteristics, are or academic bachelor studies) on time, or 11. The Strategy covers all levels of 4.5% to 6.0% of gross domestic product by covered by quality primary education within a one-year delay, the participation education, and listed below are some 2020. These funds will be primarily directed from which the drop-out is not greater of higher education in this cohort would of the developmental orientations and toward providing resources and conditions than 5% (primary school education probably amount to 38.5%; measures relating to academic and that may contribute to a better quality of completed by 93% of the cohort); vocational higher education. education, because quite certain negative 8. About 50% of students who complete demographic trends require a change in the 3. A minimum of 95% of those who bachelor academic studies continue structure of the education system and the completed primary education (88% of their education with master academic focus on its quality. It is therefore necessary the cohort) are enrolled in one of the studies, and at least 10% of students to implement measures to improve the secondary schools. Four-year secondary who complete management, administration, information schools enroll 78% of the cohort – one master academic system and educational statistics. half four-year vocational schools and studies continue other half general secondary schools studying at To increase the scope and effectiveness (grammar schools). PhD studies; regarding completion of education, strategic decisions are defi ned which should be 4. Four-year secondary vocational realized by 2020. We shall mention those education is completed by a minimum of that the authors of the Strategy selected in 95% of those enrolled (37% of the cohort), the Summary of the document: and grammar schools are completed by at least 95% of those enrolled (37% of 1. For children from age six months to three the cohort); years, increased access to diversifi ed programs and services and provided 5. Strategy suggests that all the necessary coverage of children of this age in the analysis is performed as soon as possible amount of 30%. For all children from age in order to determine the possibility 4 to 5.5 years, secured free-of-charge of making mandatory, by 2020: (a) use of the shorter (half-day) quality enrollment in secondary education upon educational programs in the course of completion of primary education, and one school year, and for children from (b) staying in secondary education, if not 5.5 to 6.5 years total coverage of the all- completed, by coming of age; day and half-day forms of preparatory preschool program;

12 Academic studies 3. To develop and apply models of 7. Commission for Accreditation and the research should include sources and integration which enhance the Quality Assurance (CAQA) will upgrade its methods of fi nancing, mandatory own functionality, retain autonomy and work so as to: (a) bring about necessary investments in research in proportion to 1. In the focus of the implementation increase social responsibility of higher changes to the accreditation standards, the amount of own income, international of the Bologna process should be: education institutions. To encourage with full participation of the academic cooperation, cooperation with industry, learning outcomes, knowledge, skills effi ciency and rationality in the use of community, students and employers; the requirements for promotion and and competences of students. The resources and the opening of centers for (b) include independent (domestic and selection of teachers and the organization paradigms “student in the center of career development and advancement international) experts, students and of research within PhD studies; learning” and “Lifelong Learning (LLL)” of teaching and administrative and other employersin the accreditation process, are to be promoted; services; and (c) publicly disclose reports on the 12. To support the concept of the “entrepreneurial university” since it 2. Influence should be exerted on higher fi ndings of the reviewers and of the 4. To increase the mobility of students allows those universities to become education institutions to become an CAQA that are of relevance for making a between programs of academic study “nuclei” of creating a new industry based active factor in the preservation of decision on accreditation; and facilitate the mobility between on knowledge. All higher education cultural traditions, ethnic and cultural corresponding levels of academic and 8. All higher education institutions which institutions need to equip students specifi cities and development of applied studies; carry out study programs on the territory for the development of innovation and national identity. For this purpose, the of the Republic of Serbia are to be covered entrepreneurship; system of fi nancing of higher education 5. To influence all universities to fully by the accreditation process; shall provide the necessary funds for the integrate their functions in the following permanent existence of educational and domains: strategic planning, adoption 9. External quality assurance and research programs whose mission is to of study programs, quality assurance accreditation process in the coming study and to preserve national identity and quality control, enrollment policy, period will be implemented by a national and cultural traditions; promotion of teachers, issuing of body that operates entirely independently diplomas and of Diploma Supplement, from the academic community and international cooperation, investment, the Ministry, and is a full member of employment and hiring of teachers international associations ENQA and policies, the development of a unifi ed EQAR. Commission for Accreditation and information system, teachingjoint Quality Assurance can be transformed subjects, realization of elective courses, into National Accreditation Agency that policies and standards for realization will act as an independent professional and allocation of members’ income, institution; representation of members’ interests before general publicand before other 10. To support better use of the methodology actors in the university environment; and technology of e-learning as complementary to traditional learning, 6. To improve the ratio between the number through the development of academic of students and teachers, particularly programs that are running in parallel (in in the fi eld of social and humanistic classic form and as distance learning) sciences. The general upper limit of and programs to be implemented only this ratio, required for the entire higher as a distance learning; education, is 40 students per teacher. For each fi eld of science upper limit of 11. A much larger number of staff is to be this ratioshall be defi ned; included in organized research activities in all universities. Measures to improve

15 13. The selection, adaptation and research processes, innovation and development of management models patents, employment rate of graduates, Applied Studies and governance is to be left entirely to the costs and prices of education, and a given higher education institution. others. To perform, according to these The only requirement is that models of indicators, regular classifi cation of higher governance and management ensure the education institutions and to inform the pursuit of mission and reaching target public on the classifi cation results; Development of applied studies is facing levels of coverage, quality, effi ciency and two major challenges: (a) raising the quality relevance of the studies; 16. To formulate and implement concrete of applied higher education, and (b) the policies, actions and measures to development of educational resources and 14. To effect internationalization of improve international competitiveness processes in accordance with the higher universities’ activities,for the purpose of and recognition of Serbian higher education standards. improvement and development, through education. As a consequence of this joint study programs, international policy, improvement of position of Measures to raise the quality of applied research projects and the mobility of universities from Serbia on credible higher education: students, teachers and researchers; international rankings, or in the region, is (a) Improving competences of the teaching expected. 15. Develop a set of indicators of competences staff and the quality of study programs. of higher education institutions, which The teaching staff, in addition to scientifi c will include: results of the teaching and competence, should also possess exceptional knowledge of the profession, which should be provided through a redefi nition of the criteria for selection, evaluation and employment, which are specifi cally differentiated from those which apply to academic studies, as well as by establishing a system of professional and pedagogical training and improvement. Hiring professionals from the real and the public sectors in the implementation of study programs, on the one hand, and teachers’ spending time in training and improvement, on the other, enable enhanced quality of appliedstudies;

(b) Increasing the quality of study programs, implemented through a clear defi nition of professional competencies of graduates based on learning outcomes, through teaching oriented towards the achievement of practical knowledge and professional skills and with curricula in which practical training represents a signifi cant part.

17 Key measures for the development of educational resources and processes must be:

(a) Systematic positioning of applied studies in research and artistic activities so that these activities become a structural element in organization of institutions of applied higher education, together with the introduction of applied master studies with research facilities directed towards practical application;

(b) Institutionally and organizationally connect and strengthen the existing “atomized” system of applied studies, which consists of 65 independent and unrelated schools, through the integration of existing institutions of higher education into academies of applied studies. This would achieve a “critical mass” necessary for applied studies to accomplishtheir mission within the higher education system. Serbia in Bearing in mind that the projects should be in line with the national policies, the applicants the Erasmus+ programme should consider the above mentioned actions and measures listed in the Strategy when they prepare the project proposals.

18 Serbia in How institutions from Serbia can participate in the Erasmus+ projects? the Erasmus+ programme Cooperation with Serbia in Erasmus+ is possible through the types of projects enumerated below. In some of them institutions from Serbia can be involved as applicants and partners, while in others they can only participate as partners.

Type of participation Joint Master Degrees as partner International Credit mobility as partner The activities funded by the Erasmus+ programme are not the same for all the participating countries. Participating countries Capacity building in higher education as applicant and partner are grouped into programme and partner countries, Programme countries are European Union countries, Island, Lichtenstein, Possibility of mobility strand Norway and some candidate countries. Partner countries can be Knowledge alliances, sector skills partial participation*, as partner only those countries neighbouring the EU, including Serbia, as well as alliances all the other countries in the world. Strategic partnerships in education, partial participation*, as partner only If certain pre-conditions are fulfi lled, Serbia can become a training and youth programme country and participate fully in the programme. All the Jean Monnet as applicant and/or partner in most of the stakeholders are aware of the importance of the participation of projects (only as partner in networks) Serbia in the programmeand efforts are made towards achieving full participation. *Access possible but only if essential added value brought by the Partner Country Promotion and implementation of Erasmus+ programme in Serbia, as far as education parts are concerned, is delegated to the Foundation Tempus – Erasmus + Offi ce in Serbia.

The Erasmus+ programme has three Key Actions and two separate parts – Jean Monnet and Sport. Serbian institutions can take part in certain types of projects within each of the enumerated Erasmus+ parts.

20 What are these types of project about? Key action 2

Institutions from Serbia can take part in majority of Erasmus+ Key Key action 1 Action 2 projects. For the time being, there are two modalities of participation:

1. Participation as partners or coordinators of projects, in Capacity KA1 – Academic exchange – Building Projects for Higher Education.

International credit mobility Capacity building project will replace what used to be fi nanced under Tempus and some other programmes. It is possible to apply for joint Well-known Erasmus programme is for the fi rst time open to projects based on multilateral partnerships and getfunding for curriculum non-EU universities, students and staff through this action. development and modernisation, modern teaching and learning practices, Erasmus+ can support the organisation of credit mobility i.e. upgrading of facilities and equipment, improving university governance student mobility between 3 and 12 months (in both directions) and management and creating better links between higher education and to obtain credits in a host institution, which are then recognised the world of work. by the home institution. This action also funds staff mobility to and from the participating universities. This action will also fi nance projects aiming to have impact on the national systems, through the involvement of national authorities, Scholarships are awarded on the basis of inter-institutional alongside universities. This action is centrally managed by The Education, agreements between universities from Programme and Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Partner countries. This action is decentralised and managed by a network of National Agencies in Programme Countries. This action is open to participation of higher education institutions in It is open for participation of higher education institutions the countries covered by the ENI, IPA (Serbia is one of them), DCI and worldwide, though only institutions from Programme EDF. Applications to EACEA may come from institutions in a Programme Countries can submit applications to their National Country or a Partner Country. Agencies.

Higher education institutions from Serbia can apply for this type of projects as partners, together with higher education institutions from programme countries.

Please bear in mind that applications have KA1 - Joint master programmes to respect the priorities that are published . Higher education institutions from Serbia can be partners in together with the call forffi cialproposals documents in the projects for creation of joint master programmes together Erasmus+ programme o with higher education institutions from the EU countries.

23 2. Participation as partners only (not as applicants), provided that their participation brings an essential added value to the project. This refers to participation in Knowledge Alliances, Sector Skills Alliances and Strategic Partnerships. The exception could be the type of projects related to the school cooperation (in which only the schools are partners). This type of projects may be open only to schools from programme countries.

Strategic Partnerships offer the opportunity to organisations active in the fi elds of education, training and youth, as well as enterprises, public authorities, civil society organisations active in different socio-economic sectors to cooperate in order to implement innovative practices leading to high quality teaching, training, learning and youth work, institutional modernisation and societal innovation. Erasmus+ offers great flexibility in Jean Monnet terms of activities that Strategic Partnerships can implement, as long as the proposal demonstrates that these activities are the most appropriate Jean Monnet activities support academic to reach the objectives defi ned for the project. teaching and research (Chairs, Modules and Centres of Excellence), cooperation Knowledge Alliances promote structured, long-term cooperation projects, conferences and publications between HEIs and enterprises. They facilitate knowledge flows between in the fi eld of EU studies, Postgraduate education and enterprise, stimulate entrepreneurship and develop level courses on European Union issues multidisciplinary curricula responding to business needs. or promoting debate and exchanges on EU policy priorities are examples of This action is open to participation from higher education institutions activities that can be supported in this worldwide, though only institutions from Programme Countries can Key action 3 action. Universities, organisations and submit applications to EACEA in Brussels. associations from all over the world can apply direct to EACEA for Jean Monnet Serbian primary and secondary schools and kindergartens can use activities. eTwinning internet portal for cooperation and exchange of good Serbia can take part in Erasmus+ Key practices. Action 3 projects supporting policy reform Institutions from Serbia can participate in targeted at the achievement of the goals all types of Jean Monnet projects, similar set in the Europe 2020 Strategy, Strategic to institutions from all over the world. Framework for European Cooperation in For more information: http://ec.europa. Education and Training (ET 2020) and eu/education/opportunities/jean- European Youth Strategy. monnet/index_en.htm

24 25 Institutions from Serbia have participated in the Tempus, Erasmus Mundus and partially in the centralized actions of the Lifelong Learning programme. All types of education and other institutions show a high interest for continuation of the cooperation with the EU and other countries from all over the world. Assistance in partner search is available through the Foundation Tempus-Erasmus+ Offi ce in Serbia, www.erasmusplus.rs.

Total number of students from Serbia who benefi ted Erasmus Mundus scholarship is close to 1750. Institutions from Serbia participated in more than 40 LLP projects.

Higher education institutions in Serbia

Serbia has participated in 121 Tempus III and 84 Tempus IV projects and coordinated 41 projects in Tempus IV phase. The total value of projects amounts to 45 million euro.

26 Higher education institutions in Serbia

There are three types of higher education institutions in Serbia: universities (univerzitet), colleges of applied studies (visoka škola strukovnih studija) and colleges of academic studies (visoka škola). Faculties usually have the status of a legal body, but they cannot exist independently as they need to be a constituent part of a university.

The Law on Higher Education also allows colleges of applied studies to come together and form university of applied studies (akademija strukovnih studija), but until now such institution practically does not exist. All colleges can act independently.

The three-cycle structure has been instituted in all universities, while colleges can organize fi rst two All study programmes have to pass a national accreditation. It is also possible to cycles of studies. establish a study programme with a joint or double degree. Information on the accredited study programmes and institutions is available at the website of the Commission for the Accreditation and Quality Control, www.kapk.org Universities

Title of the higher education Contacts for international Field(s) of studies institution cooperation TTS SSH NSM MED ART IMT

Prof. Goran Dikić Vice-rector for International and Inter- University of Defence university Cooperation

Univerzitet odbrane Telephone: +381 11 360 30 57 E-Mail: [email protected] Web-site: www.uo.mod.gov.rs

Slobodan Rakić Coordinator for International Relations

E-mail: [email protected] The table below shows contact data relevant for international Educons University Jovana Adžić Univerzitet Edukons cooperation of some higher education institutions: International Project Offi cer

Universities E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: +381 21 489 36 19 Title of the higher education Contacts for international Field(s) of studies Web-site: www.educons.edu.rs

institution cooperation TTS SSH NSM MED ART IMT International Projects Offi ce Jasmina Milovanović Telephone: +381 34 33 55 86 University of Arts in Coordinator for International E-mail: [email protected] Cooperation Belgrade Web-site: www.int-projects.kg.ac.rs Telephone: +381 11 26 24 020 Univerzitet umetnosti u E-mail: international.relations@arts. Prof. Nenad Filipović Beogradu bg.ac.rs University of Kragujevac Vice Rector for International Web-site: www.arts.bg.ac.rs Cooperation Univerzitet u Kragujevcu E-mail: prorektor.medjunarodna@ Branka Janda-Marković kg.ac.rs Head, Offi ce of International Relations University of Belgrade Olivera Mijatović Tel. +381 11 32 07 445 Head of the Department for Univerzitet u Beogradu International Cooperation and E-mail: branka.janda.markovic@rect. Monitoring of International Projects bg.ac.rs Web-site: www.bg.ac.rs E-mail: [email protected]

30 31 Universities Universities

Field(s) of studies Field(s) of studies Title of the higher Contacts for international Title of the higher Contacts for international

education institution cooperation TTS SSH NSM MED ART IMT education institution cooperation TTS SSH NSM MED ART IMT

Ana Jovancai, PhD International Relations Offi ce Vice Rector for International Telephone: +381 21 485 2016 Megatrend University Cooperation E-mail: [email protected], Megatrend univerzitet Telephone: +381 11 220 30 39 University of Novi Sad E-mail: [email protected] Project Management Offi ce Univerzitet u Novom Sadu Web-site: www.megatrend-edu.net Telephone: +381 21 485 2034 Milan Todorović E-mail: [email protected] Rector Business Assistant Web-site: www.uns.ac.rs Metropolitan University Belgrade Mobile: +381 64 213 95 66 Prof. Vesna Lopičić Telephone: +381 11 203 08 85 Vice-Rector for International Metropolitan Univerzitet E-mail: milan.todorovic@ Relations Beograd metropolitan.ac.rs, info@ metropolitan.ac.rs Telephone: +381 63 86 654 85 Web-site: www.metropolitan.ac.rs E-mail: [email protected] University of Niš Web-site: www.ni.ac.rs Univerzitet u Nišu Prof.Vera Marković Erasmus+ Academic Contact

Telephone: +381 63 453 445 E-mail: [email protected] Web-site: www.ni.ac.rs Miloš Subotić University of Pristina in International Relations Offi ce Kosovska Mitrovica* Telephone: +38128422340 Univerzitet u Prištini, E-mail: [email protected] Kosovska Mitrovica* Web-site: www.pr.ac.rs

* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSC 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence. Please consult the Erasmus+ offi cial documents to learn about the priorities and other elements relevant for the application process.

33 Universities Colleges of Applied Studies

Field(s) of studies Field(s) of studies Title of the higher Contacts for international Title of the higher Contacts for international education institution cooperation TTS SSH NSM MED ART IMT education institution cooperation TTS SSH NSM MED ART IMT Agricultural College of Associate Prof. Svetlana Stanišić Applies Studies in Šabac Telephone: +381 15 344 580 International Relations Offi ce E-mail: [email protected] Visoka poljoprivredna škola Web-site: www.vpssa.edu.rs Singidunum University Telephone: +381 11 3093 236 strukovnih studija Šabac E-mail: internationaloffi ce@ Univerzitet Singidunum singidunum.ac.rs, Business and Technical Biljana Đuričić College of Applied [email protected] Lecturer Web-site: www.singidunum.ac.rs Studies in Užice Telephone: +381 31 512 013 Visoka poslovno-tehnička State University of Novi E-mail: [email protected] Telephone:+381 20 317 754 škola strukovnih studija u Pazar Web-site: www.vpts.edu.rs E-mail:[email protected] Užicu Državni univerzitet u Web-site:www.np.ac.rs Gorana Đurđević Novom Pazaru International Cooperation

Mobile: +381 65 22 61 796 European University Telephone: +381 11 334 15 83 E-mail: gorana.djurdjevic@vipos. E-mail: [email protected] edu.rs Evropski univerzitet Web-site: www.eu.ac.rs Business College of Applied Studies – Valjevo Tanja Dugošija Visoka poslovna škola University Business Telephone: +381 21 531 020 Cooperation with University of strukovnih studija Valjevo Stutgart Academy in Novi Sad E-mail:[email protected] Univerzitet Privredna Web-site: www.privrednaakademija. Mobile: +381 64 117 66 08 akademija u Novom Sadu edu.rs [email protected] Telephone: +381 14 232 644 Web-site: www.vipos.rs University Union Telephone: +381 11 2630 653 E-mail: [email protected] Business College of Univerzitet Union Web-site: www.union.edu.rs Applied Studies “Prof. Aleksandra Milovanović Radomir Bojković, PhD” - College Secretariat Kruševac Union – Nikola Tesla Telephone: +381 37 420 231 Telephone: +381 11 2180 271 Visoka poslovna škola University E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] strukovnih studija"Prof. Web-site: www.indmanager.edu.rs Univerzitet Union - Nikola Web-site: www.fpb.edu.rs dr Radomir Bojković"- Tesla Kruševac

34 35 Colleges of Applied Studies Colleges of Applied Studies

Title of the higher Contacts for international Field(s) of studies Title of the higher Contacts for international Field(s) of studies

education institution cooperation TTS SSH NSM MED ART IMT education institution cooperation TTS SSH NSM MED ART IMT College for Professional Aleksandra Malivuk Studies - Belgrade Prof. Borivoje Rodić College of Applied Deputy Director & International Coordinator Polytechnics Telephone: +381638148457 Studies for Medicine and Hygiene ‘’Visan” – Zemun Visoka škola strukovnih E-mail: [email protected] Mobile:+381 62 501 937 studija Beogradska Web-site: www.politehnika.edu.rs Visoka zdravstveno Telephone:+381 11 307 64 72 politehnika sanitarna škola strukovnih E-mail: [email protected]; studija "VISAN" [email protected] College of Agriculture Web-site: www.vzsvisan.com and Food Technology in Telephone: +381 27 329 158 Prokuplje College of Applied Mladen Nikolić E-mail: [email protected] Studies in Chemical Visoka poljoprivredno- Web-site: www.vpps.edu.rs Technology - Kruševac Mobile: +381 65 3500 255 prehrambena škola Telephone: +381 37 427 603, Prokuplje Visoka hemijsko E-mail: [email protected] tehnološka škola strukovnih studija Kruševac Web-site: www.vhts.edu.rs

College of Applied Vera Petrović, PhD Studies in Electric Engineering and E-mail: [email protected] Computer Science in Belgrade Ana Savić, PhD E-mail: [email protected] Visoka škola elektrotehnike i računarstva strukovnih Telephone: +381 24 71 099 studija u Beogradu Web-site: www.viser.edu.rs Bojana Vignjević College of Applied Studies Manager of Entrepreneurship – Belgrade Mobile: +381 64 64 83-203 Visoka strukovna škola za Telephone: +381 11 32 82 870 preduzetništvo Beograd E-mail: offi [email protected] Web-site: www.vssp.edu.rs

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education institution cooperation TTS SSH NSM MED ART IMT education institution cooperation TTS SSH NSM MED ART IMT

Prof. Tatjana Simović Preschool Teacher Jelena Prtljaga, PhD Director Training College „Mihailo Mobile: +381 60 615 5811 College of Health Studies Palov” in Vršac in Ćuprija Mobile: +381 63 103 11 11 Telephone: +381 13 833 420 Visoka škola strukovnih Visoka medicinske škola Telephone: +381 35 401 140 E-mail: [email protected], studija za vaspitače [email protected] strukovnih studija Ćuprija E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] "Mihalo Palov“ Vršac Web-site: www.uskolavrsac.in.rs Web-site: www.vmscuprija.edu.rs Preschool Teachers` Bojana Brajković Training College in Tanja Brkljač, MA College of Hotel Kikinda Telephone: +38123022423 Management – Belgrade Mobile: +381 62 803 67 27 Visoka škola strukovnih Telephone: +381 11 25 43 972 E-mail: [email protected] Visoka hotelijerska škola studija za obrazovanje Web-site: www.vaspitacka.edu.rs strukovnih studija Beograd E-mail: [email protected] vaspitača u Kikindi Web-site: www.vhs.edu.rs Zorica Milanović, PhD Railway College of College of Textile Profesor strukovnih studija Design, Technology and Marija Srndović Applied Studies in Belgrade Mobile: +381 64 951 22 99 Management- Belgrade Telephone: +381 69 229 11 49 Telephone: +381 11 32 92 517 Visoka tekstilna strukovna E-mail: [email protected] Visoka železnička škola E-mail: [email protected], škola za dizajn, tehnologiju Web-site: www.vtts.edu.rs strukovnih studija u offi [email protected] i menadžment Beograd Beogradu Web-site: www.vzs.edu.rs College of Tourism - Telephone: +381 11 26 98 222 Aleksandra Boričić, PhD Belgrade E-mail: [email protected] Technical College of Telephone: +381 18 588 211 Visoka turistička škola Web-site: www.visokaturisticka.edu.rs Applied Studies – Niš strukovnih studija Beograd E-mail: aleksandra.boricic@vtsnis. Visoka tehnička škola Niš edu.rs Information Technology Web-site: www.vtsnis.edu.rs/ College of Applied Valentin Kuleto, PhD Technical College of Studies - Belgrade Telephone: +381 11 7856 140 Applied Studies - Novi Telephone: +381 21 48 92 515 Visoka škola strukovnih E-mail: [email protected] Sad studija za informacione E-mail: [email protected] Web-site: www.its.edu.rs Visoka tehnička škola tehnologije ITS - Beograd Web-site: http://vtsns.edu.rs strukovnih studija u Novom Sadu

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education institution cooperation TTS SSH NSM MED ART IMT

Technical College of Vladan Đulaković Applied Studies – Director Požarevac Telephone: 381 12 531667 Visoka tehnička škola strukovnih studija E-mail: [email protected] Požarevac Web-site:www.vts-pozarevac.edu.rs Technical College of Applied Studies – Telephone: +381 23 565 896 Zrenjanin E-Mail: offi [email protected] Visoka tehnička škola Web-site: www.vts-zr.edu.rs strukovnih studija u Zrenjaninu

Field of studies TTS Technical and technological sciences SHS Social sciences and humanities NSM Natural sciences and mathematics MED Medical sciences ART Arts IMT Interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary science Foundation Tempus Erasmus+ offi ce in Serbia

40 Foundation Tempus – Erasmus+ offi ce in Serbia

The existence and work of the Foundation Tempus is associated with the participation of the Republic of Serbia in EU programmes for cooperation in the fi eld of education from the year 2000 onwards.

It was founded in October 2002 as an organisation that provides a framework for the activities of the National Tempus Offi ce, a national focal point for this EU programme of modernisation of higher education. Several years later, in 2007, the Foundation started to promote the Erasmus Mundus programme, i.e. its joint study programmes and scholarships for students, teachers and other staff in higher education institutions. In 2011 the Lifelong Learning Programme was added to its portfolio, which provided cooperation opportunities for pre-university levels of education.

The number of institutions the Foundation cooperated with was increasing – from universities and colleges of applied studies, to primary and secondary schools and organisations, State institutions, enterprises and organisations of civil society active in the fi eld of education.

When at the end of 2013 all three programmes gave way to a new programme of the European Union, entitled Erasmus+, the Foundation Tempus was appointed as the offi ce in charge of promoting and monitoring the implementation of this programme for projects in the fi eld of education.

43 Activities

The work of the Foundation can be summarised in the following way:

Support to the participation of Serbia in EU education programmes

• Promotion of the Erasmus+ programme and monitoring of the implemented Tempus and Erasmus+ projects.

• Support for the preparation of project applications and providing information about other EU programmes, like Erasmus Mundus and centralised actions of the Lifelong Learning programme.

Organisation of activities that contribute to the improvement of education policies and implementation of specifi c measures

As a focal point for some European education networks, the Foundation organises activities in the following fi elds: • Higher education reform and promotion of good practices related to teaching methodology, student services, recognition, teacher • Career guidance and mobility – Euroguidance network education, cooperation with the industry…- HERE team

• Collecting data about European education systems – Eurydice network

• Providing information and support to potential and current foreign students in Serbia through consultations and the www.studyinserbia.rs portal.

44 45 Contact Content Foundation Tempus – Erasmus+ Offi ce in Serbia Education system in Serbia ...... 4 Preschool education ...... 6 Support to the implementation of EU education programmes in Serbia Primary education ...... 6 Primary music education and primary ballet education ...... 7 • Erasmus+ Capacity Building HE projects Primary adult education ...... 7 • International Credit Mobility Secondary education ...... 8 • Jean Monnet Grammar schools ...... 8 • Joint Master Degrees Secondary vocational and artistic education ...... 9 Secondary adult education ...... 9 • Strategic Partnerships (limited participation) • Knowledge and Sector Skills alliances (limited participation) Higher Education ...... 10 Number of students registered at higher education institutions ...... 11

Contact: www.erasmusplus.rs Future developments – [email protected], offi [email protected] National Strategy for Education Development by 2020 ...... 12 Academic studies ...... 14 Applied Studies ...... 17

Serbia in the Erasmus+ programme ...... 20 Participation of Serbia in Erasmus+ networks How institutions from Serbia can participate in the Erasmus+ projects? ...... 21 What are these types of project about? ...... 22 Key action 1 ...... 22 Academic exchange – International credit mobility ...... 22 • Euroguidance, www.euroguidance.rs, [email protected] Joint master programmes ...... 22 Key action 2 ...... 23 • Study in Serbia, www.studyinserbia.rs Key action 3 ...... 25 • eTwinning, [email protected] Jean Monnet ...... 25

• Eurydice, offi [email protected] Higher education institutions in Serbia ...... 28

Foundation Tempus – Erasmus+ offi ce in Serbia ...... 43 Activities ...... 44 Contact ...... 46

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