University of Belgrade
Studentski Trg 1, Belgrade, Serbia
Description:
The University of Belgrade is the oldest and largest university in Serbia. It was founded in 1808 as the Higher School in Belgrade, which was one of the key institutions of the Enlightenment country. To date, the University of Belgrade is the largest university in the capital of Serbia, teaching about 90,000 students and having more than 4,200 members of the teaching staff.
The university has 31 faculties, 11 research institutes and the largest library. All faculties are divided into 4 groups: social and humanities, medical sciences, natural sciences, mathematics and technical sciences.
Over two centuries, the University of Belgrade has changed a lot. At one time, he offered his students only three disciplines – philosophy, law and engineering, but every year his leadership improved the quality of teaching sciences and improved the technical conditions of teaching. Today, the University of Belgrade is included in the ranking of “500 best universities in the world”.
Among the most famous graduates of the University of Belgrade are the Serbian presidents Boris Tadić and Ivan Stambolić, the first President of Macedonia Kiro Gligorov, the first President of Montenegro Filip Vujanović, the President of Slovenia Danilo T rk, as well as the Serbian Prime Minister Zoran inđ ić.