University of Zagreb

The University of Zagreb (, ; ) is the largest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of Southeastern Europe.

The history of the University began on September 23, 1669, when the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I issued a decree granting the establishment of the Jesuit Academy of the Royal Free City of Zagreb. The decree was accepted at the Council of the Croatian Kingdom on November 3, 1671. The Academy was run by the Jesuits for more than a century until the order was dissolved by Pope Clement XIV in 1773. In 1776, Empress Maria Theresa issued a decree founding the Royal Academy of Science which succeeded the previous Jesuit Academy. Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer proposed the founding of a University to the Croatian Parliament in 1861. Emperor Franz Joseph signed the decree on the establishment of the University of Zagreb in 1869. The Act of Founding was passed by the Parliament in 1874, and was ratified by the Emperor on January 5, 1874. On October 19, 1874, the Royal University of Franz Joseph I was officially opened.

The University is composed of 29 faculties, 3 art academies and 1 university center with more than 70,000 students. The University is as of 2018 at the 463rd place out of 1000 on the list of Universities of the world made by the Center for University World Rankings.

Faculties
Natural sciences

 Faculty of Science
Engineering
 Faculty of Architecture
 Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
 Faculty of Civil Engineering
 Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
 Faculty of Geodesy
 Faculty of Geotechnics (in Varaždin)
 Faculty of Graphic Arts
 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
 Faculty of Metallurgy (in Sisak)
 Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering
 Faculty of Textile Technology
 Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences

Biomedical sciences
 Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry
 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
 School of Dental Medicine
 School of Medicine

Biotechnology
 Faculty of Agriculture
 Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology
 Faculty of Forestry

Social sciences
 Faculty of Economics and Business
 Faculty of Kinesiology
 Faculty of Law
 Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varaždin
 Faculty of Political Science
 Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation
 Faculty of Teacher Education

Humanities
 Catholic Faculty of Theology
 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
 University Centre for Croatian Studies

The arts
 Academy of Dramatic Art
 Academy of Fine Arts
 Academy of Music

Rectors
1. Matija Mesić (1874–75)
2. Stjepan Spevec (1875–76)
3. Anton Kržan (1876–77)
4. Konstantin Vojnović (1877–78)
5. Franjo Maixner (1878–79)
6. Franjo Iveković (1879–80)
7. Aleksandar Bresztyenszky (1880–81)
8. Franjo Marković (1881–82)
9. Feliks Suk (1882–83)
10. Blaž Lorković (1883–84)
11. Đuro Pilar (1884–85)
12. Gustav Baron (1885–86)
13. Franjo Vrbanić (1886–87)
14. Tadija Smičiklas (1887–88)
15. Antun Franki (1888–89)
16. Luka Marjanović (1889–90)
17. Natko Nodilo (1890–91)
18. Ivan Bujanović (1891–92)
19. Josip Pliverić (1892–93)
20. Vinko Dvořák (1893–94)
21. Antun Maurović (1894–95)
22. Franjo Spevec (1895–96)
23. Armin Pavić (1896–97)
24. Juraj Dočkal (1897–98)
25. Josip Šilović (1898–99)26. Đuro Arnold (1899–1900)
27. Rudolf Vimer (1900–01)
28. Franjo Vrbanić (1901–02)
29. Vjekoslav Klaić (1902–03)
30. Ivan Bujanović (1903–04)
31. Josip Pliverić (1904–05)
32. Antun Heinz (1905–06)
33. Antun Bauer (1906–07)
34. Milivoj-Klement Maurović (1907–08)
35. Gustav Janeček (1908–09)
36. Josip Volović (1909–10)
37. Julije Rorauer (1910–11)
38. Julije Domac (1911–12)
39. Josip Pazman (1912–13)
40. Edo Lovrić (1913–14)
41. Đuro Korbler (1914–15)
42. Fran Barac (1915–16)
43. Ernest Miler (1916–17)
44. Julije Golik (1917–18)
45. Ivan Angelo Ruspini (1918–19)
46. Ladislav Polić (1919–20)
47. Karlo Radoničić (1920–21)
48. Vladimir Varićak (1921–22)
49. Đuro Nenadić (1922–23)
50. Stjepan Zimmerman (1923–24)51. Ladislav Polić (1924–25)
52. Drago Perović (1925–26)
53. Ernest Miler (1926–28)
54. Josip Belobrk (1928–32)
55. Albert Bazala (1932–33)
56. Đuro Stipetić (1933–35)
57. Stanko Hondl (1935–37)
58. Edo Lovrić (1937–38)
59. Andrija Živković (1938–40)
60. Stjepan Ivšić (1940–43)
61. Božidar Špišić (1943–44)
62. Stjepan Horvat (1944–45)
63. Andrija Štampar (1945–46)
64. Grga Novak (1946–47)
65. Andro Mohorovičić (1947–49)
66. Marko Kostrenčić (1949–50)
67. Antun Barac (1950–51)
68. Fran Bošnjaković (1951–52)
69. Teodor Varićak (1952–53)
70. Željko Marković (1953–54)
71. Hrvoje Iveković (1954–56)
72. Zoran Bujas (1956–58)
73. Marijan Horvat (1958–60)
74. Vladimir Serdar (1960–63)
75. Slavko Macarol (1963–66)76. Jakov Sirotković (1966–68)
77. Ivan Supek (1968–72)
78. Predrag Vranicki (1972–76)
79. Drago Grdenić (1976–78)
80. Ivan Jurković (1978–82)
81. Zvonimir Krajina (1982–86)
82. Vladimir Stipetić (1986–88)
83. Zvonimir Šeparović (1988–90)
84. Marijan Šunjić (1990–98)
85. Branko Jeren (1998–2002)
86. Tomislav Ivančić (2001)*
87. Helena Jasna Mencer (2002–06)
88. Aleksa Bjeliš (2006–14)
89. Damir Boras (2014–)
* Ivančić was elected rector in 2001, but resigned due to health reasons before his term started.http://www.unizg.hr/fileadmin/rektorat/O_Sveucilistu/Tijela_sluzbe/Senat/Sjednice/2001_2002/zapisnik_2001_2002_20122001.pdf
Source: List of rectors at the University of Zagreb website

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References

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