ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY

The University of Belgrade represents the most significant academic institution in our country and the region, and as such provides an especially productive environment for the development, advancement, and actualization of various professional backgrounds, including social sciences and humanities, medical science, sciences and mathematics, technology and engineering sciences.

Development of the University from 1808 to the present day – 215 years of tradition

Rectors of the Lyceum, The Higher School, and the University of Belgrade

Coat of arms, flag, seal, rector’s insignia and other features

Faculties, Institutes, University Library

The origin of the University of Belgrade can be tracked down to the beginning of the 19th century when Dositej Obradović founded the University in 1808. The periods of the Higher School (1808-1813), the Lyceum (1838-1863), the Higher School (1863-1905), and the University (1905-) can be distinguished in terms of time development.

The Quality Assurance Office of the University of Belgrade is dedicated to ensuring the quality assurance system across the University and its faculties. Together with the Committee for Quality Assurance and Improvement, it forms a unique institutional system for ensuring the quality of higher education at the University.   

Quality assurance strategy (Serbian) 

Rulebook on standards and procedures for quality assurance (Serbian) 

Quality policy of the University of Belgrade (Serbian)  

The University of Belgrade holds certificates for the following international standards:  

Quality Management System (QMS) ISO 9001:2015 

Service Management System (SMS) ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018 

Information security management system (ISMS) ISO/IEC 27001:2013  

Management system for educational organizations (EOMS) ISO 21001:2018. 

The Magna Charta of the European Universities is resulted from a proposal addressed by the University of Bologna in 1986 to the oldest European Universities. The idea of the Magna Charta was enthusiastically accepted. 

During a meeting in Bologna in June 1987, delegates from 80 European universities elected an eight-member board, including the President of the European Rectors Conference, the rectors of the Universities of Bologna, Paris I, Leuven, Barcelona, Prof. Giuseppe Caputo (University of Bologna), Prof. Manuel Nunez Encabo (President of the sub-commission for Universities of the Parliamentary Assembly of the European Council). 

The document, drafted in Barcelona in January 1988, was signed by all the rectors who were in Bologna to celebrate the 900th Anniversary of the Alma Mater. 

This document aims to celebrate the deepest values of university traditions and to encourage strong bonds among European universities. It has universal inspiration and any extra-European university can join it. For more information, please visit the official website.