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Type
  
public

Students
  
50,358

Campus
  
University campus

Phone
  
+381 21 4852000

Rector
  
Dušan Nikolić

Established
  
1960

Location
  
Novi Sad, Serbia

Total enrollment
  
42,940 (2010)

Founded
  
1960

Academic staff
  
3,711

Website
  
www.uns.ac.rs/index.php/en/

Address
  
Dr Zorana Đinđića 1, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia

Notable alumni
  
Maja Gojković, Bojan Pajtić, Nenad Čanak, Jorgovanka Tabaković, Jovan Zivlak

Similar
  
University of Novi Sad Faculty of, University of Belgrade, University of Niš, University of Kragujevac, Megatrend University

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The University of Novi Sad (Serbian: Универзитет у Новом Саду / Univerzitet u Novom Sadu) is a university located in Novi Sad, the capital of the Serbian province of Vojvodina and the second largest city in Serbia.

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The university is the second largest among six public universities in Serbia, behind the University of Belgrade.

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History

Novi Sad and Vojvodina have always been major centers of culture and education in Serbia. Although the University of Novi Sad was established in 1960 with its modern campus, Novi Sad and the whole region have a record of education starting from the 11th century with religious seminaries.

Campus

The campus is located in the downtown district. Covering an area of 256,800 m², it is situated on the left bank of the Danube river near Novi Sad's city centre and Liman I neighborhood. In addition to the administrative building, the university campus includes the faculties, the Student Cultural Centre, two student dormitories with a cafeteria, an apartment hotel for temporary accommodation of teaching fellows and research assistants, the Student Health Centre, and the Centre for Physical Education.

Organization

The administrative bodies are the Rector and the University Council. The professional University body is the Senate and its subordinated Councils. The university is composed of 14 faculties located in the four cities of Vojvodina: Novi Sad, Subotica, Zrenjanin, and Sombor. In order of their founding:

  • Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad
  • Faculty of Agriculture in Novi Sad
  • Faculty of Law in Novi Sad
  • Faculty of Technology in Novi Sad
  • Faculty of Economics in Subotica
  • Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad
  • Faculty of Medicine in Novi Sad
  • Faculty of Sciences in Novi Sad
  • Academy of Arts in Novi Sad
  • Faculty of Civil Engineering in Subotica
  • "Mihajlo Pupin" Technical Faculty in Zrenjanin
  • Faculty of Physical Education in Novi Sad
  • Faculty of Education in Sombor
  • Teachers' Training Faculty in Hungarian in Subotica web-site
  • Demographics

    About 58% of students at undergraduate studies are women, with 1,200 at postgraduate master’s and specialist studies and 2,374 attained doctoral degrees (32% women).

    Noted alumni

  • Poets and novelists Dragomir Dujmov, Mihajlo Kažić and Jovan Zivlak,
  • American Slavist Wayles Browne,
  • Bulgarian linguist Lyubomir Miletich,
  • Croatian-American writer Josip Novakovich,
  • Serbian-Canadian mathematician and computer scientist Ivan Stojmenovic.
  • Serbian Ambassador to Israel Mile Isakov, and
  • Hungarian politicians in Serbia Attila Juhász and István Pásztor.
  • Among the best-known musicians are:

  • pianists Rita Kinka, Mladen Čolić and Ratimir Martinović,
  • flutist Sanja Stijačić,
  • composer Mitar Subotić,
  • References

    University of Novi Sad Wikipedia