The University of Osijek is an educational institution that connects scientific research, artistic creation, teaching and studying thus developing science, profession and art, prepares students for professional work based on scientific knowledge and methods, as well as artistic value, educates young researchers, participates in realization of students’ social interests and promotes international, particularly European cooperation in higher education, in scientific and artistic activities.
The purpose of the University is to involve students in scientific research activities and to develop the scientific spirit in order to develop students’ critical attitude and openness towards new knowledge and simultaneously develop their personality and team work ability, to accept of moral and ethical principles as a prerequisite, and to contribute to development of a democratic society and become involved in the European knowledge community.
University fulfills its role through the academic education at its faculties, university departments and the Academy of Arts, within university and professional studies which primary activity is teaching and transfer of knowledge to new generations, in accordance with legal and statutory provisions.
By reaching a high level of development, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek tends to step forward towards new competitive advantages in order to become a desirable place for studying and working.
Its development is based on the rich cultural and historical heritage in the regional and central European context. It also seeks to preserve traditional values and particularities of higher education that it inherits over three centuries.
Within the University of Osijek’s vision, the main guidelines is the development of modern, autonomous, research oriented, educational and innovation center that enables:
In all segments of its activities, the University strives towards a uniform and well coordinated action that will contribute to the high level of integration and to welfare of the Osijek academic community.
In the following long-term development, the University will focus on research and will establish university research center in various fields of science and in interdisciplinary research within doctoral schools, modeled after some well-known European doctoral schools.
The establishment of scientific center of excellence in food production will bring together the best scientific potential in Biotechnical sciences.
The establishment of University institutes for scientific activities in one or more related scientific fields will be associated with the process of higher education at the University.
In the forthcoming period it is necessary to establish the Scientific-technology park for the purpose of commercialization of scientific results, encouragement of cooperation between scientists and businessmen and fostering the science-based economy. By establishing Scientific-technology park “Tehnopolis”, the University would contribute to economic development in the Eastern Croatia.
The University should encourage innovations, critical thinking, creativity and tolerance in society. Today, the University should be open to change in all aspects of its activities and should provide new knowledge for 21st century professionals. It should also contribute to increasing of the number of young researchers with a research career and to dissemination of scientific-research base and advanced networks in the knowledge spreading.
The University vision is directed towards developing creative and innovative strategies that will be applied through a strategic planning process and that will allow the University to successfully compete in its surroundings and to manage strategic issues critical for the vision achievement.
Some of our main goals are:
International and inter-institutional cooperation of the University of Osijek is carried out within the activities based on bilateral inter-institutional agreements, international university networks, international scientific and professional research projects of the European Commission, and international activities of student organizations. In addition, cooperation is carried out with the Universities of Zagreb, Split, Rijeka and Zadar, and it is mainly based on the improvement and implementation of joint study programmes and collaboration in scientific research projects.
Since the University of Osijek is one of the promoters of the development of Eastern Croatia, its strategic goals refer to encouraging cross-border cooperation, which is particularly developed in the field of joint international scientific research projects. The engagement of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, the Faculty of Agriculture, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Faculty of Medicine in IPA projects with the Universities of Maribor, Pécs, Tuzla and Zenica should also be noted. We should also mention the assistance of the Faculty of Education in the establishment of the Chair of Croatian Language at the Trakya University (Edirne, Turkey), the assistance of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in the establishment of the English Language study programme at the Faculty of Philosophy in Tuzla, the “Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Agriculture in Alps-Danube-Adriatic Region” TEMPUS project of the Faculty of Agriculture and the International Summer Camp organized by the Academy of Arts. It is also important to emphasize the engagement of the Faculty of Economics in the international inter-institutional interdisciplinary post-graduate (doctoral) study Entrepreneurship and Innovativeness carried out in cooperation with the Universities of Turku (Finland), Maribor (Slovenia), Klagenfurt (Austria) and Durham (Great Britain), together with Microsoft Croatia.”
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