COUNTRY AND CITY PROFILE
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag:
Capital city: Sarajevo
Nicknames: Jerusalem of Europe,
Jerusalem of the Balkans, Rajvosa
Population: 411.161 (August 2011)
Famous by: Ćevapćići, Olympic
Games 1984, War 1992-1995
Universities in Sarajevo: One (1) public and four (4) privates

UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO - PROFILE
University of Sarajevo is the lead university in Bosnia and
Herzegovina and one of the leading universities in the region.
This is the first university in
Bosnia and Herzegovina, originally established in 1543 by
Ottoman Turks, with the modern university being re-established in
1940s.

UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO - PROFILE
Our Mission:
To build a strong and autonomous academic community integrated into
European and international university networks.
Our Goals:
 Improving the quality of study
 Increasing students and teachers’ mobility
 Ensuring academic staff development
 Strengthening international cooperation
 Developing lifelong learning and distance learning courses

UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO - PROFILE
International Cooperation:
With over 90 cooperation agreements with universities around the globe, membership in important international organizations, and a number of international degree programs, the
University of Sarajevo expects to intensify research cooperation and mobility for both students and staff.

UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO - PROFILE
University of Sarajevo in numbers:
FORMED: 1949
UNITS: 26
STUDENTS: 40,000
ACADEMIC STAFF: 1,302
NON-ACADEMIC STAFF: 860
TOTAL GRADUATES: 166,573

UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO – MEMBERS AND STUDY FIELDS
ARTS
Academy of Fine Arts
Academy of Performing Arts
Music Academy
HUMANITIES
Faculty of Sports and Physical Education
Faculty of Philosophy
Faculty of Educational Sciences
Faculty of Islamic Sciences*
Faculty of Catholic Theology*
MEDICAL SCIENCES
Faculty of Health Studies
Faculty of Pharmacy
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Dental Medicine with Clinics
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
NATURAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS AND
BIOTECHNICAL SCIENCES
Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences
Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics
Faculty of Forestry
SOCIAL SCIENCES
School of Economics and Business
Faculty of Political Sciences
Faculty of Criminalistics, Criminology and
Security Studies
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Public Administration*
TECHNICAL SCIENCES
Faculty of Architecture
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Transport and Communication
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCES
SARAJEVO
The Faculty of Political Sciences, was founded in
1961, making it one of BiH’s oldest public academic research institutions in the field of the social sciences. The Faculty has five teaching departments: Political Studies, Sociology,
Communication Studies, Security and Peace
Studies, and Social Work.
The Faculty of Political Sciences offers students a solid basis for the professional abilities they will require for their careers in various government bodies and institutions, corporations, the media, cultural and education institutions, and further studies here or at similar faculties.
For more than twenty years, the Faculty has also been actively engaged in the advancement of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina and has made an invaluable contribution to strengthening the country’s identity and culture. In addition to its educational mission the Faculty of Political Sciences will continue to manifest its commitment to the idea of common living, multicultural values and universal civilizational norms.

UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO - PROFILE
Teaching departments within the Faculty:
 Political Science Studies
 Sociology
 Communication and Media Studies
 Security and Peace Studies
 Social Work
Organizational units of the Faculty:
 Teaching unit
 Academic research unit
 Publications unit
 Professional and administrative affairs

UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO - PROFILE
Faculty of Political Sciences in numbers:
FORMED: 1961
DEPARTMENTS: 5
STUDENTS: 4,500
ACADEMIC STAFF: 65 full time and over 40 adjunct
TOTAL GRADUATES: over 10,500
COURSES TAUGHT: over 130

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