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Свеучилиште у Мостару Sveučilište u Mostaru | |
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 11 February 1977; 49 years ago (1977-02-11)[1] |
| Rector | Ivo Čolak |
Academic staff | 1,002 |
Administrative staff | 156 |
| Students | 8,010 |
| Location | , Bosnia and Herzegovina 43°20′32″N17°48′09″E / 43.34222°N 17.80250°E /43.34222; 17.80250 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | European University Association |
| Website | www |
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| University rankings | |
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| Regional – Overall | |
| QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[2] | 301-350 (2022) |
TheUniversity of Mostar (Croatian:Sveučilište u Mostaru;Latin:Universitas Studiorum Mostariensis) is apublic university located inMostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The university has tenfaculties and one Academy of Fine Arts, with 50majors, 46 specializations and 70 study groups.[3]
Croatian nationalists claim the university's roots date back to 1895, when theFranciscan theological school was established in the village ofŠiroki Brijeg.
The university was founded by Croatian nationalists in 1993 in Mostar, and the Croatian language was made itsofficial language. The University of Mostar is the onlyCroatian speaking university in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with around 1,000 employees. There are ten faculties, the Academy of Fine Arts, eight institutes and thestudent centre within the university.
The University of Mostar participates in the Rectors' Conference ofBosnia and Herzegovina, and it is also an associate member of the Croatian Rectors' Conference. The universityseal shows the building of theFranciscan monastery.
On 7 and 8 February 2019 University was the host of theThird Rector's Forum of the Southeastern Europe and Western Balkans which followed the first forum inNovi Sad, the second inZagreb and preceded the fourth one inPodgorica.[4][5] Representatives of over 30 institutions from the region attended the event.[5]
The University of Mostar has around 16,000 students, which makes it the third largest university in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[6] Through years, the University of Mostar saw rapid growth in number of students. In the academic year of 2006–07, it had 6,256 students,[7] while in 2014–15 it had 10,712 students.[6]
The number of foreign students, of whom the vast majority are from neighbouringCroatia, is also growing. In the academic year of 2008–09, there were 292 students from Croatia, while in 2012–13 there were 644.[8] In 2014–15, students from Croatia comprised 17% of the total student population.[6]
| Academic year | Number of students | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995/96 | 3,200 | |||
| 2004/05 | 5,556 | |||
| 2005/06 | 5,864 | |||
| 2006/07 | 6,256 | |||
| 2007/08 | 6,993 | |||
| 2008/09 | 7,767 | |||
| 2009/10 | 8,298 | |||
| 2011/12 | 9,431 | |||
| 2012/13 | 9,896 | |||
| 2013/14 | 11,193 | |||
| 2014/15 | 10,712 | |||
| 2015/16 | 9,966 | |||
| 2016/17 | 9,781 | |||
| 2017/18 | 9,758 | |||
| 2018/19 | 9,418 | |||
| 2019/20 | 8,158 | |||
| 2020/21 | 8,737 | |||
| 2021/22 | 8,155 | |||
| 2022/23 | 7,510 | |||
| 2023/24 | 6,867 | |||
| 2024/25 | 7,135 | |||
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| Kosovo | ||
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| Montenegro | ||
| Romania | ||
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| Turkey | ||
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