History
University of Kragujevac was founded in May 21, 1976. At that time, the University incorporated five faculties: Mechanical Engineering, Economics, Law, Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Medicine and College of Mechanical Engineering in Kraljevo along with two research institutes: Small Grains Research Institute in Kragujevac and Fruit Research Institute in Čačak.
Education
Today the University of Kragujevac is a modern education and research center embracing almost all major areas of teaching and research, with a student population of 20,000 and 1,200 academic staff.
Research
In addition to education, research is the second important mission of the University of Kragujevac, implemented through fundamental, integrated, interdisciplinary, developmental and applied research schemes.
Research projects are funded by the Republic of Serbia Government, international research programs, or in cooperation with companies and communities.Career
Center for Career Development and Student Counseling of the University of Kragujevac was established in 2007 with the aim of providing students and graduates with adequate information, counseling, trainings and support in realizing their career plans.
Short Courses
University Ranking
World University Rankings by Times Higher Education
2024
1001 -500
2023
501 -100
2022
401
World University Rankings is a vital resource that provides the definitive list of the world's best universities. They look at how often they're producing new ideas, what their reputation is around the world, and how much they're contributing to science and academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, THE ranks the universities accordingly.
QS World University Rankings by TopUniversities
2024
1401 -200
2023
1201
2022
1201
QS World University Rankings is one of the top international rankings measuring the popularity and performance of universities all over the world. They measure university reputation based on the impressions of higher education experts, companies who hire graduates, and teaching quality. QS also considers the ratio of international teachers and students present at universities, as well as the times research papers were mentioned by researchers. After calculating and comparing these criteria, QS ranks the universities accordingly.
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report
2024
-
2023
977 76
2022
1053
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report presents all the top universities from the U.S. and 60 other countries around the world. They measure the rate of students going to their second year of studies, as well as the rate of students who graduate. It also asks university representatives on the performance of universities, and evaluates university resources, teacher salaries, graduation rates, student academic achievements and satisfaction. After calculating and comparing these criteria, U.S. News ranks the top international universities accordingly.
Housing services
The centralized system of admission to student accommodation is administered by the Students’ Center, which is organized as an institution under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development.
Being that student demand for housing in dormitories regularly exceeds the available capacities the admission policy is restrictive, based on an open competition limited to the students with the best average grade.
Library services
The Library was moved in the adapted basement space of the Self-management House of that time (the Rectorate was also there) at the end of 1978, with available space of 525m2 and 70 places for readers.
Sports facilities
The city's sporting life begun by introducing the gymnastics at the First Grammar School, and very soon after several sports clubs were founded. More than one hundred and thirty sports clubs cover twenty four kinds of sport (football, athletics, volleyball, handball, boxing, chess, wrestling, archery, American football), which indicates that various sports activities take place here.
The organization of diverse regional, national and international sports events has been entrusted to the city.
University of Kragujevac is a state, accredited university located in the central Serbian region. It comprises 12 faculties where students may pursue programs in almost all educational fields, while researchers can conduct their research in a number of research facilities at the university and faculty levels.
It has participated in a large number of international research, educational and mobility programs, either as coordinating or partner institution.