Universities
Novi Sad
Profile
The University of Novi Sad was founded on 28 June 1960. Today it comprises 14 faculties located in the four major towns of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina: Novi Sad, Subotica, Zrenjanin, and Sombor.
The University of Novi Sad is the second largest among six state universities in Serbia. The main University Campus, covering an area of 259,807m², provides the University of Novi Sad with a unique and beautiful setting in the region and the city of Novi Sad. Having invested considerable efforts in intensifying international cooperation and participating in the process of university reforms in Europe, the University of Novi Sad has come to be recognized as a reform-oriented university in the region and on the map of universities in Europe.
Facts and Figures
About 43,300 students at undergraduate studies
About 1,400 at master's, specialist and doctoral studies
About 2,700 attained doctoral degrees
About 2,900 teaching staff
About 1,100 non-teaching staff
Location of the University
The University is situated on the University campus (totals 259,807 square meters) on the left bank of the Danube river near Novi Sad 's city centre. In addition to the administrative building, the university campus comprises the faculties, the Student centre with two student dormitories and the central student cafeteria, an Apartment Hotel for temporary accommodation of young teaching fellows and research assistants, the Student health centre and the Centre for Physical Education.
There are also many other scientific, professional, cultural, information, sports and similar student organizations. The student square on the University campus adds to the attractive surroundings.
Out of 14 faculties of the University of Novi Sad, 9 are seated in Novi Sad. Seven of them operate in modern buildings built on the University Campus: the Faculty of Philosophy, the Faculty of Agriculture, the Faculty of Technology, the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Technical Sciencies, the Faculty of Sciences and the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education. The Faculty of Medicine is located on the grounds of the Clinical Center, while the Academy of Arts is housed partially in the immediate city center and partially in the Petrovaradin Fortress.
Five faculties are situated elsewhere: The Faculty of Economics, the Faculty of Civil Engineering and the Teachers’ Training Faculty in Hungarian are in Subotica, the "Mihajlo Pupin" Technical Faculty is in Zrenjanin, and the Faculty of Education is in Sombor.
More information about studying with Campus Europae for UNS students is available here. Students interested in studying at the UNS may also find information about the Vojvodina region here.
University of Novi Sad "Pocket Guide 2008" (pdf file)