UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD
General Information Fact Sheet
Novi Sad, 2014
UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD
• Founded in 1960
• Second largest university in Serbia
• Comprehensive university - variety of undergraduate &
postgraduate study programs
• 14 Faculties, 2 R&D Institutes, Association of Centres for
Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies and
Research (ACIMSI), UNESCO Chair for Entrepreneurial
Studies, other university centres
UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD
Regional University
• University of Novi Sad is the only state university
in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina
• UNS comprises faculties located in the 4 cities in
AP Vojvodina:
NOVI SAD
SOMBOR
ZRENJANIN
SUBOTICA
UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
IN NOVI SAD
• University Campus (259,800 m2) – 7 faculties,
student dormitories, teaching assistant dormitory,
student health centre, sports fields and facilities, etc.
CENTRAL UNIVERSITY BUILDING
• New Central University Building in 2013
UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD
Facts & Figures
(academic year 2013/2014)
• Students (3 levels of studies)
50,358
• Teaching staff, associates
and research staff
3,711
• Non-teaching staff
1,255
• Students enrolled in the first
year of bachelor studies
in 2013/2014
9,518
• Total number of PhD
obtained at UNS (March 2014)
3,854
• Total number of study
programmes (3 levels of studies)
359
UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD
Total number of students at University units
FACULTIES AND R&D INSTITUTES
Complex & diverse internal structures
FACULTIES
R&D INSTITUTES
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Faculty of Agriculture in Novi Sad
Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad
Faculty of Technology in Novi Sad
Faculty of Law in Novi Sad
Faculty of Medicine in Novi Sad
Faculty of Technical Sciences in
Novi Sad
Faculty of Economics in Subotica
Faculty of Sciences in Novi Sad
Academy of Arts in Novi Sad
Faculty of Sport and Physical
Education in Novi Sad
Faculty of Civil Engineering in Subotica
Technical Faculty “Mihajlo Pupin” in
Zrenjanin
Faculty of Education in Sombor
Teachers’ Training Faculty in Hungarian
in Subotica
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Institute for Lowland Forestry
and Environment
Institute for Food Technologies
ACIMSI *
University Centres for: Sustainable
Development and Environment; Medical
Physics and Medical Engineering;
Meteorology and Environmental Modeling;
Sports Management; Techniques and
Management in Applied Arts; Gender
Studies; Advanced European Studies and
Research; Management in Education;
Sports Medicine and Physicotherapy;
Applied Conflict Transformation Studies.
UNESCO Chair for
Entrepreneurial Studies
UNIVERSITY CENTRES
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University Centre for Applied
Statistics
University Centre for
Educational Development
* Association of Centres for Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies and Research
INTERNATIONALISATION
Memberships
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EUA – European University Association
DRC – Danube Rectors’ Conference
IUC – Inter-University Center in Dubrovnik
EUF-CE – European University Foundation (Campus
Europae)
CEEPUS – Central European Exchange Program for
University Studies
BUN - Balkan Universities Network
ACRU - Association of Carpathian Region Universities
UniAdrion – Virtual University of the Adriatic-Ionian
Basin
ALADIN - ALpe ADria INitiative Universities’ Network
CASEE-ICA – The ICA Regional Network for Central and
South Eastern Europe
INTERNATIONALISATION
Memberships
• STUDENT AND STAFF MOBILITY NETWORKS
– Erasmus Mundus Action 2: Basileus V
– Erasmus Mundus Action 2: JoinEU-SEE PENTA
– Erasmus Mundus Action 2: SIGMA
– Erasmus Mundus Action 2: ERAWEB
– Campus Europae
– CEEPUS
– UGrad
– Other: DAAD, bilateral arrangements, etc.
INTERNATIONALISATION
EU Strategy for the Danube Region
• EUSDR comprises 4 pillars and 11 priority areas (read
more on: www.dunavskastrategija.rs)
• The Rector of the UNS Professor Miroslav Veskovic
coordinates the Priority Area 7, jointly with the
president of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
• PA 7: To Develop the Knowledge Society through
Research, Education and Information Technologies
• This priority is based on a notion that a society’s ability
to create and exploit knowledge represents a key factor
for progress and growth, recognizing as essential the
following targets for the whole Danube Region:
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To invest 3% of GDP in Research and Development by 2020;
Broadband access for all EU citizens in the Region by 2013;
Increase the number of patents obtained in the Region by 50%;
Increase the share of the EU population aged 30-34 with tertiary or
equivalent education to 40% by 2020.
INTERNATIONALISATION
Project TRAIN
• TRAIN – Training and Research for Academic
Newcomers
• Initiated and financed by the King Baudouin Foundation
in September 2013
• 2-year project
• Objectives: to develop, implement and evaluate a
structured professional development training
program consisting of 7 modules for new
academics (PhD students, assistants, junior
professors, post-docs of not more than three years
work experience).
INTERNATIONALISATION
Project SIPUS (1)
• SIPUS – Strengthening of Internationalisation
Policies at Universities in Serbia
• With the support from the Tempus programme of the European
Union (3-year project; grant applicant: University of Novi Sad)
• The qualitative leap in the process of internationalisation
• Project's main outcomes:
1. Creating and implementing national legislative that has been
lacking to date: Accreditation Standards for Joint and Double
degrees, National Strategy of Internationalisation of Higher
Education and Research and National Strategy of Academic
Mobility and Recognition of Degrees)
2. Creating and implementing individual university strategies
on internationalisation and academic mobility along
with coherent institutional measures capable of steering
internationalisation, improving institutional capacities for the
growing participation in international projects and strengthening
the process of internal integration of Serbian universities
INTERNATIONALISATION
Project SIPUS (2)
• SIPUS – Strengthening of Internationalisation
Policies at Universities in Serbia
• Working Packages
– WP1: DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF NATIONAL
LEGISLATIVE FOR INTERNATIONALISATION
– WP2: ADVANCEMENT OF UNIVERSITY INTEGRATIVE
FUNCTION THROUGH INTERNATIONALISATION OF
EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC MOBILITY
– WP3: ENHANCEMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES FOR
PARTICIPATION IN LARGE-SCALE INTERNATIONAL
COLLABORATIONS
TEMPUS IV PROJECTS
Selection: March 2013 (1)
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Strengthening of Internationalisation Policies at
Universities in Serbia (SIPUS)
Mastering innovation in Serbia through development and
implementation of interdisciplinary post-graduate curricula
in innovation management (MAIN)
Fostering students' entrepreneurship and open innovation
in university-industry collaboration (iDEA Lab)
Building Network of Remote Labs for strengthening
university-secondary vocational schools collaboration
(NERELA)
Master in Educational Leadership (EdLead)
Fostering University Support Services and Procedures for
Full Participation in the European Higher Education Area
(FUSE)
32 on-going
Building capacity of Serbian Agricultural Education to link
TEMPUS
with Society (CaSa)
projects at
Restructuring of doctoral studies in Serbia (RODOS)
UNS
TEMPUS IV PROJECTS
Selection: March 2013 (2)
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Development of higher education and society by creating a
collaborative environment in the field of arts and media
through regional student partnership in production of
audio/video content (StudAVP)
Serbia: Striving towards excellence in Veterinary Education
(EDUVET)
Sport Professions - Education, Employment, Development
in the Balkan Region (SPEED)
International Joint Master Programme on Material and
Energy Flows Management (MEM)
Strengthening Higher Education for Social Policy making
and Social Services delivery (SHESPSS)
32 on-going
TEMPUS
projects at
UNS
FP7 PROJECTS
Selection 2013
1. Earth Observation for Economic Empowerment
(EOPOWER) Low-cost and energy-efficient LTCC
sensor/IR-UWB transceiver solutions for
sustainable healthy environment (SENSEIVER)
2. Fostering sustainability and uptake of research
results through Networking activities in Black
Sea & Mediterranean areas (IASON)
3. DANube Macroregion: Capacity Building nd
Excellence in River Systems (basin, delta and
sea) (DANCERS)
5 on-going
FP7 projects
at UNS
LLP PROJECTS
Selection 2013
The Jean Monnet programme
• Stimulating teaching, research and reflection in
the field of European integration studies at the
level of higher education institutions within
and outside the European Community
• New project in 2013:
REGIONALISING EUROPE: Regional
Development as a Modality of European
Integratio
SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
Projects and Conferences
• In 2012, 571 different on-going science and
research projects, knowledge transfer projects,
international research, student mobility and
other projects at UNS
• About 45% of all science and research projects at
UNS funded by the Ministry of Education and
Science of the Republic of Serbia
• About 16% of all science and research projects at
UNS funded by the Provincial Secretary for
Science and Technological Development of the
Autonomous Province of Vojvodina
• About 120 science and other conferences and
symposiums organized by the UNS faculties and
R&D institutes annually
SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
Basic Scientific Facts & Figures *
Activity
Number
On-going
international
projects
COST (34), TEMPUS (20), FP7 (19),
Multilateral (17), IPA (15), CEEPUS
(11), EUREKA (5),
NATO (2), CIP (1)
Peer-reviewed
845 + 150
journal papers (ISI (without UNS affiliation)
ranked) (in 2012)
Patents (in 2012)
54
* Source: Catalogue of research and innovation potential of the University of Novi Sad, 2013;
TEMPUS Project “Modernization of WBC universities through strengthening of structures and
services for knowledge transfer, research and innovation – WBCInno (530213-TEMPUS-1-2012-1RS-TEMPUS-JPHES).
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND
INNOVATION POTENTIAL
• UNS is recognized in this part of Europe as the
coordinator of significant projects, dedicated to
innovation and technology transfer and ideas
commercialization, financed through programmes
of the European Commission.
• 3 university units established at the University
level:
– Innovation Center,
– Technology Transfer Center and
– Novi Sad Incubation Center
(first phase of the construction of the Science
Technology Park).
INNOVATION POTENTIAL
Centers, Laboratories and Research Groups (1)
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AlfaNum
BioSense Centre
Chemical Technology and Environmental Protection Group
Centre for Identification Technologies – CIT
Centre for Integrated Microsystems and Components
Centre for Mathematics and Statistics
Centre for New Materials/Chair of Experimental Physics of
Condensed Matter
Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Power Quality –
CRESPQ
Chair for metrology, quality, fixtures, tools and ecological
engineering aspects
Department of Applied Mechanics
FP7 Centre of Excellence in Food Safety and Emerging Risks
Group for Artificial EM Materials and Microwave Engineering
Group for Systems Analysis and Decision Making
INNOVATION POTENTIAL
Centers, Laboratories and Research Groups (2)
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Humanoid Robotic Group - HRG
Institute for Lowland Forestry and Environment - ILFE
Laboratory for Advanced Materials
Laboratory for Intelligent Control and Biomedical Engineering
Laboratory for investigation of natural resources of biologically
and pharmacologically active compounds
Laboratory for Nano and Printed Electronics
Laboratory for the study of xenobiotics in biological systems
Loess and Geoheritage Research Group
The Novi Sad Nuclear Physics Group
Reproductive Endocrinology and Signaling research group - RES
group
CONTACT
UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD
Dr Zorana Djindjica 1
21000 Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia
rektorat@uns.ac.rs
www.uns.ac.rs