The Mirror of Reminiscence
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The Mirror of Reminiscence
Published by: University of Kragujevac For publisher Prof. Slobodan Arsenijević Rector of University Art director Vidan Papić Design-Prepress Ivan Tanić Photographs Predrag Mihajlović Cile Koki Jovanović Milorad Miki Jevtovic Printed in Interagent Kragujevac Serbia THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 35 YEARS OF UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC THE REBELLION O F REMINISCENCE Credo, to write the words which speak about the past, about the right to continuity as an anthropological reflection of the right to live is, in fact, the act of the survival of the presence, or the preservation of the freedom in one’s active possession where the expression “to be one nation” represents a spiritual vertical line where the past and the future really exist. Breaking the continuity with the past, wanting to begin again, is a lowering of man and a plagiarism of the orangutan. Jose Ortega Y Gasset The words said about the University demand the understanding of the notion of continuity, the striving towards entirety or community, the learning at Higher School (universitas) where the public teacher (professor ) teaches the learners (students) to “see” the science on generality-continuity (universalitas) of human being and matter, while deans (decanus), as masters or senior servants, and rectors (rectors), as the administrators of legacies, materialize the memories into the presence of public life which is religious, spiritual, customary, ethical, economic, political, but also “God given ” in order to survive and become eternal. In 1838, at the time of its absolute domination over the rest of the world, “civil Europe” was populated by 200 million inhabitants. William Smith produced the first large scale geological map as the basis for all future research of epochs and periods in the Earth history. The first line of regular ships between New York and 5 UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC Liverpool was established, the first rules on working conditions in industry were adopted, the first electrical telegraph transmitted its signals followed by numerous other inventions, such as stenography, or a needle gun, for ex. Due to an abrupt increase of population (9.4% in 1838) and starvation, some 5 million people left Europe for the New World, Great Britain expended its domination to the Far East, France to Northern Africa, Russia started to seize the territory of Kazakhstan, while Germany, after the Customs Union, was gradually striving towards the unification. scribed that a school should have at least 25 pupils in order to have a teacher paid by the state. The industrial revolution stirred the masses and turned the individuals into the revolutionary citizens - “bourgeois” while the domineering romanticism in literature reattached the “breaking continuity” to the past, yielding the expression “the spirit of the nation” seized by the Serbs in the region of Sumadija, who, guided by their preserved spirituality and Njegos’s wisdom, chose Serbia over “the rule of insanity”. In the same way in which “the spirit of Serbian nation” led the Serbs to rebel against the Turks and create their own state ruled by law, their wisdom led them to create the first judicial, medical and cultural institutions and industrial facilities in Kragujevac. In order to achieve this “young people were educated to attain the highest principles of humanism through science inciting their senses and thoughts for good and beautiful things”. At the time when Lyceum was founded as the highest educational institution in Serbia, there were no laws on education regulating the teaching programs and methods. The teaching process was entirely in the hands of the Ministry of Education and teachers, with the exception of one Directive issued by the Ministry of Education in 1838 recommending that Gymnasia high schools should base their curricula on humanities. Prince Milos Obrenovic passed a Decree on July 1, 1838 on the foundation of “Licej Knjazevstva Serbskog” (Lyceum – originally the gardens in which philosophy was taught) and on December 1, 1838 the first Constitution of Serbian Principality was enacted, commonly known among the Serbs as “Turkish Constitution”, although it actually protected Serbian state which, in 1838, began to be governed by new constitution and the rule of law. The subjects that were taught in Lyceum were philosophy, general history, mathematics, geometry, physics, natural law, statistics of Europe, German and French languages, gospel interpretation and drawing. In 1841, the first year of law studies started at Lyceum, as the precursor of a future law school educating state administrators. “The spirit of nation” created its own intellectual elite and its own roots of statehood where there is no justice without judiciary and “no future without humanity” which stemmed from the past tradition institutionalized in the schools’ patron saint day (St. Sava) celebrated for the first time at Lyceum in Kragujevac. According to the first census conducted in Serbia in 1834, the state was populated by 678 192 inhabitants, most of them being illiterate farmers of Orthodox confession. Belgrade, the capital, was populated by 20 000 people, out of which some 6000 were Muslims. There were 72 elementary schools (2514 pupils) out of which 26 were financed by the state. The others were private or municipality schools. Back in 1838, the education was not compulsory and the regulation pre- THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE The creation of Serbian intellectual elite continued to strengthen when the first group of state students from Sumadija were sent to be educated in Austria, Saxony 6 UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC and France. These state students were actually the state candidates for top positions in public administration. Majority of them were law students and after 15 years some 200 graduates returned form European universities to Serbia as “the fatherland intellectual elite” bringing Europe to the land of their fathers. In 1976 Serbia did not enact a new constitution – the Constitution of FR Yugoslavia was adopted two years before. At that time Serbia had an illusion of statehood, segmented society and Paulian elite. In other words, Lyceum in Kragujevac educated young people “to achieve the highest principles of humanism” in order to transform Serbia into a modern European state governed by the rule of law, laws being above the politics and corruption, where knowledge was promoted as a universal principle for better future “when Serbia will enjoy both internal and external freedom since education, patriotism and honest character cannot be bribed and are not dependent on the wealth”. Quia, Human beings, nations, cities and states can attain certain civilization heights by remembering their mistakes and misapprehensions and by preserving their spiritual heritage. Therefore, it can be said that the modern University of Kragujevac was not established in 1976, but that it was given back the most precious germ, which had been roaming through the lagums of revolutionary historical minds according to which history of mankind can always start from the beginning. So, “the beginning” of the University of Kragujevac is May 21, 1976 when several branches of Belgrade faculties which had been opened in Kragujevac as early as in 1960s, joined to form a new institution of higher education. The University of Kragujevac was established on the concept of a dispersed university comprising 11 faculties, 6 of them being located in Kragujevac, while the other 5 are in the neighboring towns of Central Serbia region: Kragujevac, Cacak, Kraljevo, Uzice and Jagodina. In its development it has had the advantage to exploit the economic, geographic and human resources of this region covering some 5000 km2 and inhabited by 2 000 000 people, the region which has yielded many distinguished people who have created modern Serbia. It is not for me to judge today the past times. On the contrary, in order not to “lower ourselves” it would be decent to extend our gratitude to all those who did their best so that today we may speak about the University of Kragujevac as an independent institution of higher education which encompasses educational, scientific, research and artistic work as the integrative components of a unique process of higher education. Today, in 2011, the University of Kragujevac has 18 000 students who may choose among 86 accredited programs taught by over 1000 teachers at all level of studies at 12 faculties. One third of these teachers are qualified for mentorship at the level of doctoral studies. The first faculties that constituted the University of Kragujevac were : Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Science and Mathematics and Faculty of Technical Pedagogy in Cacak, as well as the Small Grains Research Institute in Kragujevac and Fruit and Grapevine Research Institute in Cacak. THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE So far 32210 students graduated from this University, while over 1000 students received their Master and 600 students their PhD degrees which confirms that 7 UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC tellectual elite is just an orthopedic aid for atrophied “spirit of the nation” who believe that the continuity with the past is uncivilized and old fashioned. the University of Kragujevac has fulfilled the promoted goals of its founders and has become the leading “spiritus movens” of the economic, educational scientific and cultural development of the region and the country as a whole. As for Sumadija region and its University (Lyceum) of Kragujevac, all the mistakes and misapprehensions have been remembered and spiritual heritage preserved by teaching students to “see” the science where the expression “ to be one nation” represents a spiritual vertical line where the past and presence must co-exist. Absurdum, Is to compare Serbian Principality in 1838 with the Republic of Serbia in 2011 using statistical data and drawing universal conclusions from these numbers. Academically speaking, it is even inappropriate. Yet, in the vertical sense of the term elite, the numbers all of a sudden become the qualitative indicators of “a plagiarism of the orangutan.” At the linguistic level, the right to continuity actually means to have courage to accept responsibility. Everything beyond it represents a mere exile, “wanting to begin again, lowering of man…” Goran Petrovic Namely, the fact is that only 6.5 % of Serbian population holds a higher education degree, there are only 10 000 teachers (0.1%), the state allocates only 0.3% of its budget for the development of science and technology, the average age of its population is 40.25 years, while the average age of a researcher is 44. The academic decency will permit us to say that “Serbia is a state of Serbian people and all other citizens living in it, based on the rule of law and social justice , the principles of civic democracy, human and minority rights and liberties, adhering to European principles and values”. On the other hand, we may also conclude from the above mentioned facts that Serbia is on the verge of its biological survival, with an average elite (both quantity and quality wise) which “should not feel uncomfortable since it is like the rest of the people, equal in their indistinguishness”. Simply saying, compared to 200 state students who graduated from European universities in the first half of the 19th century and returned to their fatherland as an intellectual elite, today’ s in- THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 8 UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC FROM THE SEED OF GOOD HOPE UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC 1838 – 1976 – 2011 TO THE PERFECT LAW OF FREEDOM Higher education in the city of Kragujevac has two birthdays. First, It was born in 1838 in the form of Lyceum of Serbian Principality and then reborn as the University of Kragujevac. These two dates require from us to view this University not only as an institution which celebrates its 35th anniversary, but also as a spiritual rise which has passed through all the difficulties and challenges reaching the fulfillment of its idea. Therefore, to celebrate the 35th anniversary of this institution means to glory their founders and architects. The father of higher education is Serbia is Atanasije Nikolic with his followers, who, with his undisputable, creative spirit, sparkling energy and incomparable moral strength managed to materialize the idea of the first Serbian Minister of Education, strongly supported by Prince Milos Obrenovic. Namely, the Minister, Stefan Stefanovic Tenka, proposed to prince Milos Obrenovic in 1383 that Gymnasium high school in Kragujevac should be raised to the level of higher school, a Lyceum. The Prince immediately accepted this idea and ordered a search for “the oldest professor who will be the head of Lyceum at the same time”. He was so overwhelmed by this idea that, a few months later, he wrote a letter to the Minister offering his own 60 000 silver coins for starting the school. THE SEED OF GOOD HOPE THE UNIVERSITY AND LEGACY OF ATANASIJE NIKOLIC 11 FROM THE SEED OF GOOD HOPE TO THE PERFECT LAW OF FREEDOM Higher education was re-born Kragujevac in 1976 as a result of the vision of Slavko Zecevic, the Head of Kragujevac District at that time. His name was not known outside Kragujevac and, at first sight, it might seem inappropriate to compare him with such great founders as the Prince Milos, the Minister Tenka and professor Atanasije Nikolic. Yet, he did the same thing what they had done, but in another epoch – he had an idea to bring back the University to Kragujevac and cherished that idea all the way into its materialization, “ as if he would cherish a baby swinging it in a cradle”, as he put it. “The moment I was ordered by the Central Committee to go to Kragujevac , I started to think and ask myself what I can do to make a city out of this provincial town! Then I came up with a solution: we should open a faculty.” This solution could only strike the mind of a man who could tell the difference between a city and a settlement. Most people believe that it is the buildings and people that make a city and do not see that it is actually the spirit that makes it upstanding and moving. His idea was to transform this provincial town, lost in time, full of gossips and hopeless illusions into a the city of knowledge. He obviously knew that administrative institutions, factories and shops could make industrial and commercial settlements, but not a city – urbs. In order for a settlement to become a city, It has to pass an arduous journey to reach knowledge, self-consciousness and courage to preserve its heritage without losing itself in ideological fevers and political bargains. A city represents a peaceful and sustainable awareness of duration and not a shortbreath promises, accusations and justifications. University opponents felt some sort of instinctive resistance and fear from upcoming knowledge which could not be controlled, no matter how hard they would try. They were resolute to stop its foundation. However, the energy of the idea was so strong that it could not be stopped. The foundation of the University in 1976 was in many things similar to the adamant, unconstrained and truth-devoted action of the distinguished Atanasije Nikolic. Their efforts grew out from the same spirit and close understanding of life values. The University was born and reborn on the basis of these virtues. If we cannot recognize this, then, a simple adding of years of the University’s existence will be in vain since it will not be able to come into grips with provincial spirit embodied in various forms - political flattering, greed, money loving, ignorance, and the worst of all, distorted minds and visions. Even today, this provincial spirit can be seen to bow before the new icons of power, failing to recognize that there is no alternative to the truth and freedom. The first rector of Lyceum knew all of this and was astonished to see that the members of the national assembly, at their session held on St. Andrew’s Day in 1858 were ready to throw everything away, despise all the tradition he had worked for all his life, and banish from Serbia all those who had devoted themselves to public good. ”At the meeting of the national assembly held on St. Andrew’s Day there were many of those who agitated according to their planned goals, a number of them being against the Prince Milos Obrenovic and his reign, campaigning for some sort of “red republic” they a were dreaming of. Serbia was lucky that they did not succeed in their foolish illusions. Yet, they were still attempting to overturn the law adopted by the assembly and prosecute the most honorable men, to replace the exi- It was the time of the ritual rule of working class, more imagined than contemplated, and the constitutionally proclaimed “dictatorship of proletariat”, unlimited in time and unconstrained by common considerations. THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 12 FROM THE SEED OF GOOD HOPE TO THE PERFECT LAW OF FREEDOM sting state clerks with their obedient servants. They showed what the men of ignoble heart could do.” continued to work hard regardless the fact that hard work is not appreciated and rewarded in Serbia thinking that a day will come when someone will replace me and check what I have done. And if he sees that my sector has not done much on the development , he might attribute that to my ignorance and negligence. Simple people, who have not seen better work than land cultivation, could not understand that the work of farmers does not suit the mind. So, what could we do, but to accept their thought, to plant the seed of good hope to yield better products in the future.” The main struggle of the University is not for the efficacy, since destruction can also be efficient, or for the productivity, since many futile and purposeless things are being produced, or for the shorter duration of studying, since the time-saving devices have already shortened our lives, but it should be the struggle for, as Atanasije would put it, “ the refinement of the heart”: “Young graduates do not recognize that a comprehensive transformation of the human mind and heart is the basic prerequisite of freedom. Thus, without a proper domestic upbringing and refined heart , their quest for freedom is fruitless. A refined heart is the precondition for the real energy of freedom. .Without it, a city is nothing but a settlement, society is only a horde, and the University is just a vocational school. Atanasije has made us think about the ethical side of social development as the essential task of the University. He speaks using the language of apostles, enchanted by the idea he will materialized into action. The rector’s words stopped the world spinning for a moment: “In order for the youth to respect and fear their professors and understand the importance of the educational institution, I choose to address them with a motto: “Stop! Stop! Stop! Because the place you are standing on is sacred!” This should warn them how significance is the institution they are stepping in and how they should behave there in order to be enlightened by the torch of education and spiritual knowledge.” Stop! Stop! Stop! – instead of Forward! Forward! Forward! – used by ideological chasers represents a Copernican turn proving that the Earth is round and that, wherever we go, we will return to the starting point. This represents Socratic morality in its purest sense, because although he knew that he would l not be rewarded for educating people and raising the level of their culture, but that he would be banished from the country, Atanasije Nikolic did not give up his work for public good and continued to pursue his vision, not bitten by suspicions and faintheartedness. Atanasije Nikolic revealed a simple and defeating fact that a vision can be based only on moral grounds. The visions how the future will look like which are based on modern technological achievements and devices are a pure mistake. None of them has been fulfilled. On the other side, Atanasije Nikolić directed his tireless efforts towards establishing, developing and strengthening a wide range of social life from the University, library, Serbian language and literature, to agricultural schools, cannon factories and penitentiaries. He addressed the public in geometry textbooks, short stories, theater shows, etc pointing out that the public good and the preservation of identity are the only possible future policy. Therefore, we may conclude that the University of Kragujevac will have future to the extent it has preserved the spirit of Atanasije Nikolic. Atanasje Nikolic gave the breath and spirit to the University, making it alive. Bu he did not stop there. “I Otherwise, the spirit that challenged, tempted and rejected Atanasije’s work will reappear striving to di- THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 13 FROM THE SEED OF GOOD HOPE TO THE PERFECT LAW OF FREEDOM minish the University to suit someone’s ideological and economic purposes. That this spirit of denial is still present in modern times could be seen in 1976, immediately after the establishment of the University of Kragujevac when the swarms of high school graduates came to enroll in the University within their reach. As a result of this exaltation, a decision was passed that the students could be admitted without an admission exam, only with a good gradepoint average that they brought from their high schools. Basically, previously acquired knowledge or talent did not matter, just good will and free time. It was not surprising that the overloaded ship started to sink which was reflected in poor quality of students and even less satisfactory performance of graduates. In December 25, 1992 the University of Kragujevac changed its name which speaks about the crisis it reached due to lost criteria, as well as of the ideological awareness of the University Council and the University Board which passed this decision. The change of the name marked the beginning of neo-liberalism in the concept of the University’ s development that will eventually leave hundreds of thousands of people jobless and hopeless. they rose from the spirit glorifying freedom and as a result of the need to overcome the mediocrity and corporate narrowness. In the way the theological circles were threatened by the seeds of free thinking the University was planting, in the same way the interests of the powerful were jeopardized by the “University’s critical mind and enlightenment”, as Atanasije wrote. By setting up the University of Kragujevac this conflict was settled, but not completely resolved. Today, the University is still pursuing efficacy, functionality and other traits characteristic for a technological process and people still fail to recognize that the University can only be based on humanistic grounds, ethical principles, freedom of learning and quest for vision. Knowledge is not just a means, it itself is purposeful since without recognizing its human goal, the means will lose its sense. If the University is brought to the level of a vocational school , there will be nobody left to create a vision, since the industry, as its faithful shadow, only recognizes the interests of the profit. And the University which lacks self-consciousness and which sees its future in industry cannot preserve national, intellectual and cultural values. By simplifying the University’s task we cannot respond to the challenges of the future since it should be devoted to human freedom and then to meet the needs of technological development, if it is still meaningful given the tragic consequences it generates. Freedom and technology do not go hand in hand and today it is not difficult to see where their interests drastically part. The University should be aware that its task is to hold freedom in one hand and knowledge in the other in order to balance their application to best suit human needs. This is an increasingly difficult task, but if we give up nothing can prevent the coming of post-human world which technologists praise with exaltation. The University should represent the last front to defend freedom The University , and the society as a whole, found itself “fighting with liberal entrepreneurship”. Creative criteria were replaced by featureless technological requirements measuring “work loads” and transforming creativeness into formal requirements. In this way the University has become just a tool for generating profit, deprived of its elite position and future visions which represented the only means of its emancipation from ideological pressures attacking its autonomy. In the whirlpool of the expectations of better future, we should never forget that the Serbian university was created by an elite group of intellectuals and that it has been developing along that spirit for almost two centuries. European universities, too, were not established by popular masses, but THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 14 FROM THE SEED OF GOOD HOPE TO THE PERFECT LAW OF FREEDOM from the promises of technology and from the technology of promises. are distant from their visions, dreams, heritage and creativity, eventually being melted into the raw material of technological society. This will turn a city back into a settlement loosing its freedom and, hence, the reason to exist. The legacy of Atanasije Nikolic is the pledge that this will not happen to the University of Kragujevac. If the advancement is to be defended at the expense of destroying all values , then we do not need such disastrous progress since nothing can take us back into past more than such a destructive desire for progress. The real task of the university is to find the harmony between moral and material principles and forces, since a discrepancy in the development of production and ethical forces leads to the loss of human ties and spreading of utopian illusions which rapidly and unscrupulously change living conditions. If enthusiasm prevails that the change of material circumstances will solve the problem of human life, then the moral degradation is inevitable and brutal selfishness, the admiration of means and neglecting of purposefulness will prevail. Aleksandar Petrovic The University is asked to ensure the balance between the purpose and the means and to constantly search for the methods of connecting ethical and technological energies. If the students bear this in mind, then they will be able to comprehend that we live in the world that we have created ourselves and that the University is not a toothed transmission conveyer, but the awareness of the existence of the boundaries which technological society impose on personal freedom. Thus the requirements for efficacy will not represent a mere tool for extinguishing of human spirit that will only cater to the needs of technology and profit. The University’s task can be summed up in creating the well educated “white collars” who, no matter how well trained they are, they will not be able to prevent to feel helpless, worthless, isolated , week and frightened. Certainly, the freedom of an individual cannot fit the calculations of one’s usefulness, but it is not the reason for the University to abandon defending it. If the University gives up, it will produce the generations which THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 15 FROM THE SEED OF GOOD HOPE TO THE PERFECT LAW OF FREEDOM 1838 – 1976 – 2011. UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC University of Kragujevac Address: Jovana Cvijića bb 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia Phone: (034) 370 270; 370 171; 370 191 Fax: (034) 370 168 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.kg.ac.rs Rector: Prof. Slobodan Arsenijević, PhD full professor at the Faculty of Medicine in Kragujevac General Secretary: Zorica Avramović, graduate lawyer Vice-Rectors: - for Education and student affairs: : Olivera Milošević Đorđević, PhD, full professor at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the Faculty of Medicine in Kragujevac, - for Science and Research: Živadin Bugarčić, PhD, full professor at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Kragujevac - for Finance: Branislav Jeremić, PhD, full professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Kragujevac - for International Cooperation: Slavica Djukić Dejanović, PhD, full professor at the Faculty of Medicine in Kragujevac - Student Vice-Recor: Stefan Aleksić, student at the Faculty of Philology and Arts in Kragujevac 19 UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC Genesis University of Kragujevac rose from the foundation of the Serbian Principality Lyceum, the first institution of higher education in modern Serbia, when, by the decree of Prince Miloš Obrenović on 1 July 1838, the Lyceum of Serbian Principality in Kragujevac was established, whose first rector was Atanasije Nikolić (1803-1882) who will remain recorded in the national history also for the introduction of the celebration of St. Sava in Serbian schools, which was as the School Patron’s Day for the first time celebrated on the Kragujevac Lyceum during the school year 1840 / 41. Lyceum of the Serbian Principality planted the seed of higher education, from which, in the early sixties of the 20th century, originated the first modern higher education institutions, out of which, in the year 1976, with the Self-management agreement on conjoining of academic and other scientific organizations of joint work, the University ''Svetozar Markovic'' now the University of Kragujevac, was established. University of Kragujevac, founded by the Republic of Serbia, is an independent higher education institution, which in carrying out activities combines the educational and the work on scientific researches, professional, or artistic work, as components of the unique process of higher education. University integrates functions of all faculties and organizational units in its structure, by implementing a unique policy aimed at constant improving of higher education activities, and improving the quality of teaching, scientific research and artistic development of youth, introduction of scientific research to students, as well as the creation of material conditions for the operation and development of the University. University of Kragujevac consists of 12 faculties, with THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 20 UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC the status of legal entity, out of which 11 are accredited with work permits, which are located in the 5 cities of Central Serbia: In Kragujevac, Čacak, Jagodina, Kraljevo and Užice and twelfth Faculty of Hotel Management and Tourism, based in Vrnjačka spa established on April 21st 2011 by the decision of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, which will, in the school year 2011/2012, have the first generation of students enroll the bachelor studies. Teachers At the Faculties of the University of Kragujevac , study programs are implemented by 1017 teachers and associates: • Teachers.......................................................................567; • Associates....................................................................450. Students Within the University of Kragujevac there is also the University Library as a library of general scientific character that serves for the functioning of the educational-scientific and research processes at the University. In this way it contributes to the successful studying, dissemination and promotion of knowledge, educational and scientific creativity of teachers and associates of the faculty and institutes of the University of Kragujevac. At the faculties of the University of Kragujevac, in the 2010/11 school year, a total of 18 123 students are studying. Of the total number enrolled, the majority studies at the Faculty of Economics - over 3000 students, Faculty of Medicine - over 2 500 students and the Faculty of Law - around 2,300 students. Students of the University of Kragujevac have at their disposal total of five dormitories: in Kragujevac, Užice, Čačak and in Kraljevo, where over 1,000 students reside and where the students are provided with 3500 meals per day. University of Kragujevac, its emergence and development based on the concept of a dispersed university, has turned into one of its distinctive advantages, which allows it to use economic and geographic potentials and human resources of the territory which covers 5000 km2, with the population of around 2,5 million inhabitants, making it the main lever of development and integrative symbol of Central Serbia. At the University of Kragujevac, their expert, academic and science titles by now acquired: Graduates.......................................................over 32.000, Masters .........................................................................1023, PhD .................................................................................606, Specialist .......................................................................... 65 Educational-scientific and educational-artistic activities The activity of the University is based on the unity of the educational, scientific-research and artistic work. By signing the Bologna Declaration (2003), by adopting the Law on Higher Education (2005) and by THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 21 UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC Standards for accreditation of higher education institutions (2006), higher education reform in Serbia has received institutional framework and the obligation of implementing the requirements and standards in the field of higher education thus achieving the strategic goal of entering Serbia into the European Higher Education Area. Faced with a substantial reorganization of the ways of addressing issues of education and scientific research and artistic work, the intensive activities related to amendments of study programs are carried out, which range from partial to complete correction of changing course contents, new areas and directions, resulting in the increased interest of young people in studies at the faculties of the University of Kragujevac, as well as more effective and efficient studies. Statute of the University of Kragujevac, from 2006 and from year 2010, defined the three levels of studies, introduced the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), increased the flexibility of studies which is achieved by introducing more educational profiles harmonized with the needs of development; frameworks for the introduction of its own procedures, standards and mechanisms for internal evaluation at the University and the faculties are created, and also the conditions for the mobility of teachers and students within a unique European higher Education Area. Scientific research and artistic activity University and higher education institutions carry out scientific research and artistic work in order to develop science and creativity, improve higher education activities, and improve the quality of teaching, training of the scientific and artistic youth, introducing students to scientific research and artistic work, as well as the creation of material conditions for work and development of the University. By the amendments of the Statute of the University of Kragujevac adopted in the year 2010 the special attention was paid to the establishment, planning and designing of a permanent quality control in the University and faculties, with the establishment of the Commission for Quality Assurance. In this way, the policies and procedures for quality assurance not only become an integral part, but also the basis of internal organization and work of the University and the faculties in its structure. Scientific research is conducted in accordance with the global scientific trends, the unique policy of scientific and technological development carried out by the Ministry of Education and Science of Republic of Serbia, following and directing courses and dynamics of development of the Region that gravitates towards University. Study programs are implemented within one or more educational-scientific, and educational-artistic fields: At the University and higher educational units in its structure, scientific research work is organized and conducted through basic, applied and development researches in all scientific fields that are studied at the faculties, as well as research of its interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary nature, in which the teaching and science and research staff and students of academic studies and PhD students, take part. - Natural sciences and mathematics - Social and Human Sciences - Medical Sciences - Technical-Technological Sciences - Art THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 22 UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC Centers University Centre for Career Development and Student Counseling Center for Scientific Research of SASA (Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts) and University of Kragujevac In November 2007, the University of Kragujevac, in cooperation with the Crown Prince Alexander II Foundation for Education, established the University Centre for Career Development and Student Counseling, in order to provide help and information needed by students, as well as to establish cooperation between the academic and business communities. SASA Presidency, at its first meeting held on 18 February 1991 and the Assembly of the University ''Svetozar Marković”in Kragujevac, at the meeting held on May 17th, 1991, made the decision to establish the Center for Scientific Research of SASA and the University ''Svetozar Marković' in Kragujevac, whose founding act was signed on the 21st May in the same year in Kragujevac, by academician Dušan Kanazir and by Rector of the University Prof. Dr Ilija Rosić. The Centre organizes and realizes manifestations in order to inform students about the possibilities for further development through post graduate studies, scholarship programs, student exchange programs, internships and other possibilities for professional development, domestic and international, through presentations of foundations and institutions, scholarship fairs, etc. By the founding act and by the Rulebook of the organization and work of the Centre for Scientific Research of SASA and the University ''Svetozar Marković'' in Kragujevac, adopted at the same meetings of the competent authorities of SASA and the University of Kragujevac, the foundations of cooperation were set and the basic principles of functioning of the Centre, as scientific organizational unit within the provisions of the Laws on the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and Laws on the University, that were applicable at that time. The Centre organizes seminars, workshops, courses and lectures for students and recent graduates in order to provide help for developing practical skills and knowledge needed for first professional steps and career development. Through establishing cooperation with companies in Kragujevac and the Region, the Centre provides internships and professional development programs for students, helping them in that way to use the acquired knowledge in practice and to upgrade it with other skills and competences. Starting with the common interests of science, culture, art and education, and their transmission for the creation and further development of scientific and artistic youth in the Republic of Serbia, established by the Law on Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Law on Higher Education, in order to promote science and guiding and planning of scientific and technological development in the Republic of Serbia, SASA and University of Kragujevac, determined in 2011, the need to arrange the foundation of already established cooperation based on equality with the new agreement. THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE University Gallery University of Kragujevac and the University Library in Kragujevac decided to use the representative and multifunctional space of the University Library Gallery, covering 180m2 as a space for organization, promotion, and presentation of scientific-educatio- 23 UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC nal, cultural and artistic work of teachers, associates and students of the University of Kragujevac, organization of exhibits, literary evenings, concerts and other scientific and artistic contents of established scientists and artists, domestic and international, under the name of University Gallery. in the world. International cooperation and agreement represent the basis for mobility of students and teachers, their professional and scientific development, as well as for expanding and deepening of international cooperation in the direction of development of integrated programs of educational, research and artistic activities. Since 2010, the University Gallery organizes programs proposed on yearly basis by the Program Board, formed by the decision of the University Council, and the financial means for the realization of programs are provided by the University of Kragujevac. For program realization, the University of Kragujevac has equipped the University Gallery with concert piano, suitable furniture and all the elements necessary for its functioning. University of Kragujevac realizes international activities also through membership in the European University Association, Balkans Rectors’ Conference, Danube Rectors’ Conference, Community of Mediterranean Universities, World Association of Universities, UNESCO’s University Network and other organizations dealing with higher education issues. University of Kragujevac, as well as the faculties in its structure, are coordinators or partners in FP projects and other international educational and research projects: TEMPUS (since 2001. about 40 TEMPUS projects have been realized), CEEPUS, WUS Austria, COST, etc.) The University Gallery organizes, promotes and presents the scientific-educational, cultural and artistic work of teachers, associates and students of the University of Kragujevac, but also presents referent scientific and artistic achievements and various art projects from the legacy of Serbian national culture and other interested countries, such as concerts, exhibits, scientific journal and monograph promotions, literary evenings, performances, film festivals… In terms of providing organizational and technical support for the activities in realization of the current and future international projects at the University of Kragujevac, International Project Office was established in the middle of 2010. In order to manage the work of the University Gallery, University Senate forms and appoints the Program Board of the University Gallery, consisting of 9 members, appointed from the representatives of the University of Kragujevac, University Library in Kragujevac and the City of Kragujevac, for a period of 3 years. Publishing activities University of Kragujevac, apart from numerous scientific and expert publications, on the faculties of the University also publishes 17 reputable science journals of national or international character. University of Kragujevac and the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics are the publishers of the most referential science journal on Balkans – journal MATCH – Communications in Mathematical and Com- International cooperation University of Kragujevac has signed bilateral agreements of cooperation with around sixty Universities THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 24 UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC puter Chemistry, whose impact factor from 2009 totals 3,500. MATCH journal was founded in 1975, and since 2003 the journal editorial board is at the University of Kragujevac. The journal is published 6 times per year, and its editor is academician Ivan Gutman, full professor of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Kragujevac. Apart from this journal, in 2006. the edition of monograph publications called Mathematical Chemistry Monographs was launched, whose editors are Xueliang Li and academician Ivan Gutman. Abstract University of Kragujevac sees the future of its faculties only in the development of higher education and scientific research work, as well of the society in general. The dispersal of the University of Kragujevac, whose faculties are in six cities of central Serbia, the University sees as an advantage that will allow it to rely on those societies that spawned modern Serbia and to whom Serbia owes the establishment of the university education. At the University of Kragujevac over 80 study programs at all levels of studies were accredited, and in the past year new study programs were also accredited: Dentistry at the Faculty of Medicine and MilitaryIndustrial Engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Kragujevac. Aware of its traditions and being proud of it, the University at the same time does not forget that the roots of its development are in over 32 000 graduates and 18 000 current students and its future is in the students, who are yet to enroll and to whom the development policy is subordinated. THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 25 UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 26 УНИВЕРЗИТЕТ У КРАГУЈЕВЦУ UNIVERSITY LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC University of Kragujevac University Library Slobode bb, 34000 Kragujevac [email protected] Director Mira Matić graduated engineer of organization of work 29 UNIVERSITY LIBRARY IN KRAGUJEVAC Genesis The decision of founding the University library was made by the University Assembly in Kragujevac on 6th of May, 1977. with a goal to create conditions for implementation of functions and development of a contemporary university by foundation and development of the Library. The Library functioned within the structure of University Working Group until 1985. Situated in the adapted basement facilities of the Self-government Hall with useful space of 525m2 and 70 reading places. In the end of 1981. within the structure of the newly built building of the Faculty of Law functional space for the University library was provided covering 1500м2. In this manner the functioning of the reading room with the gallery was provided, covering 430m2, 200 places in the reading room, book depots covering 218m2, 10 offices for employees, as well as ancillary facilities necessary for its functioning. By the decision of the University of Kragujevac Assembly, in 1985. University library was separated from the University Working Group and continued functioning as a independent working organization in the fields of education, science and culture. University library in Kragujevac is a Library of generally scientific character, whose activities are in the function of educational-scientific and research processes within the University. In this manner the Library contributes to successful studying, expanding and affirmation of knowledge, educational and scientific creation of teachers and associates from faculties and institutions of the University of Kragujevac. THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 30 Library users are students, university teachers, science associates, pupils, as well as all interested citizens. Activities Basic activities of the Library is performed by 19 employees in total, out of which 6 of them are librarians, 2 senior librarians and 4 employed on the position of librarians. Activities are purchase, preservation and renting publications, as well as all information related to educational and scientific processes. Functioning of the Library is completely automated; software package COBISS is being used. By using web portal http://www.vbs.rs/cobiss/ one can search the database of the University library, and other libraries in the system, as well as reserve the desired material. Through developed procedures of interlibrary loans, the materials of other libraries, domestic and foreign, are available to users. The Library organizes exhibits, science meetings and book promotions in accordance with programs of particular educational, scientific and cultural activities. The Library possesses about 100.000 inventory units (textbooks, periodicals, fiction, dictionaries, monographic publications, Ph.D dissertations, master thesis...). All of the materials are available through consortium for unified purchase financed by Ministry of Science (Cobson). Over 35.000 foreign scientific writings in full content, about 40.000 titles of foreign books and several index bases with bibliography writings about publications in magazines are available to users. The Library has about 5300 members, most of them students. УНИВЕРЗИТЕТ У КРАГУЈЕВЦУ The Library has its own publishing service. Prepares and issues Bibliographies of the work of University of Kragujevac teachers and associates, and Bibliographies of Ph.D dissertations and master thesis defended at the University of Kragujevac. According to the nature and affinity of works, in accordance to current work technology, library activities are performed within: Department of purchasing and processing Department of periodicals Department of funds, protection and circulation Department of informational and referral activities. Abstract The University library its future development sees through the following activities: Realization of the initiated Tempus Project «New Library Services at Universities of Western Balkans», as well as through the completion of initiated construction of University Library Network, in which all the faculty libraries are included; Establishing digital repository of the University and development of digital library materials; Expanding cooperation with domestic and foreign libraries and opening a foreign reading room within the University library; Permanent development of staff and expanding the number and quality of services; Organizing exhibits, promotions of books and other cultural contents related to University work. THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 31 УНИВЕРЗИТЕТ У КРАГУЈЕВЦУ FACULTY OF ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC University of Kragujevac Faculty of Economics Djure Pucara Starog No:3 34000 Kragujevac Dean Professor Slobodan Malinić, PhD Vice-Dean For Education: Professor Petar Veselinović, PhD For Finance: Professor Vlastimir Leković, PhD For Scientific Reasearch Program: Docent Predrag Mimović, PhD 35 FACULTY OF ECONOMICS Genesis Undergraduate academic studies: 1. Economics ..................................................................547 2. Business Economics and management...............768 Faculty of Economics at the University of Kragujevac was founded in 1960, as a department of the Belgrade Faculty of Economics and became an independent higher education institution in 1975. – Faculty of Economics in Kragujevac. In accordance with the accreditation number 612-0000879/2009-04 issued by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia, the Faculty of Economics organizes academic and professional studies based on higher education study program: Master academic studies: 1. Economics ....................................................................30 2. Business Economics and management ................46 Ph.D academic studies: 1. Economics.....................................................................64 Attending studies based on the former higher education program - 2368 Undergraduate academic studies: The total of 7157 students has graduated from the Faculty of Economics: Undergraduate academic studies...........................6987 Master academic studies .............................................125 Doctoral academic studies............................................45 1. Economics 2. Business Economics and management Master academic studies: 1. Economics 2. Business Economics and management Ph.D academic studies: Magazines and Publications: 1. Economics The Economic Horizon (M 53) - published twice a year Collection of papers - "Institutional changes as a determinant of the Serbian economical development" Teaching Staff Currently there are 80 members of the Faculty teaching staff, in the following order: Centers: Full Professors: ...............................................................14 Associate Professors: .....................................................14 Docents: ............................................................................16 Foreign Language Professors: .......................................1 Teaching Assistants: ......................................................30 Teaching Assistants Trainees: ........................................1 Teaching Associates: ........................................................ 4 Center for Economic Research Publishing Centre Center for Life Long Learning Summary The development vision of the Faculty of Economics is the permanent monitoring of modern teaching trends and research processes in order to market-position the Faculty. Students Currently there are 3183 students attending the following accredited higher education study programs: THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 36 FACULTY OF ECONOMICS FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC University of Kragujevac Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Kragujevac Sestre Janjić Street, No: 6 34000 Kragujevac www.mfkg.kg.ac.rs Dean Miroslav Babić, Ph.D, full professor Vice-deans: For Finance: Miladin Stefanović, Ph.D, associate professor For Education: Mirko Blagojević, Ph.D, docent For Science and Research: Dušan Gordić, Ph.D, associate professor For Accreditation and International Cooperation: Milan Matijević, Ph.D, associate professor Student vice-dean: Marko Terzić 39 FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Military Industry Engineering Genesis Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Kragujevac was formed on the innitiative of fthe former County Kragujevac and Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade, with the Regulation of Executive Council of the National Assembly of National Republic of Serbia No: 522, on 1st of October 1960, as a Department of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade. The Department of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering began to work on 9th of October 1960 in the facilities of the First Grammar School, and 112 students attended lecturs. New buildings for the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering were built on the field next to Upper Park in 1962, and the final relocation to the new premises was executed on 5th of January 1963. Today, complex of buildings of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering covers 15000 m2. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Kragujevac became an independent faculty, within the University of Belgrade in 2nd of December 1971. From 1976. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is within the University “Svetozar Marković“, today University of Kragujevac. By the Decision of Ministry for Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, No: 02101-61/33 from 11th of June 2007, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Kragujevac is accredited as NIO. Work permit of Ministry of Education, Republic of Serbia No: 612-00-2026/2008-12 from 9th of April 2009. Education at the Faculty takes place through the following accredited study programs:: Mechanical Engineering Basic academic studies (3 years, 180 ЕCTS) Master studies (2 године, 120 ЕCTS ) THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 40 - Bachelor studies (4 years, 240 ЕCTS ) - Master studies (1 year, 60 ЕCTS ) Industrial Management Master studies (1 year, 60 ЕCTS ) Industrial Engineering – Business Informational Systems Master studies (1 year, 60 ЕCTS ) Ph.D studies (3 years, 180 ЕCTS ) Teachers At the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Kragujevac study programs are realized by 64 techers and associates: 26 full professors 14 associate professors 11 docents 13 assistants and 27 students of Ph.D studies that era perticipating in teaching, Out of which 23 of them is employed through participating in projects of the Ministry of Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia. Students Total number of students studying on the accredited study programs at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Kragujevac is 1224, out of which: On the study program Mechanical Engineering ........................ 1152 students; On the study program Military Industry Engineering ...................................28; On the study program Industrial Management .......................................23; and FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING On the study program Industrial Engineering – Business Informational Systems ................21 student. CAD Laboratory Laboratory for Composite Materials and Engineering Software Laboratory for Automatics, Hydraulics, Electrical Engineering and Robotics Laboratory for Energetics and Process Technique Laboratory for Thermodynamics and Thermotechnics At the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Kragujevac untill now acquired their academic and professional titles: 1151 Mechanical Engineers - II degree 25 Vocational Mechanical Engineers 3084 Graduated Mechanical Engineers 126 Mechanical Engineers - bachelors 25 Masters 31 Specialists for Technical Sciences 237 Masters of Technical Sciences 121 Ph.Ds of Technical Sciences Magazines of International Character: Mobility & Vehicle Mechanics - MVM - ISSN 0350-1027 Tribology in Industry - ISSN 0351-1642 International Journal for Quality Research - ISSN 1800 – 6450 Library: Departments: The library of the Библиотека Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Kragujevac possesses over 17.000 library units (science monographs, basic and referral publications, manuals, domestic and foreign periodical publications, specialist and master papers,Ph.D dissertations, student term papers, and various standards). Information about library database is available on the Internet through electronic catalogue (COBISS OPAC catalogues and databases). Department for Production Engineering Department for Motor vehicles and Engines Department for Machine Constructions and Mechanization Department for Applied Mechanics and Automatic Control Department for Energy and Process Engineering Laboratories: Centres: Web Lab Laboratory for Metal Processing and Tribology Laboratory for Processing by Deforming and Mechanical Materials Laboratory for Motor Vehicles Laboratory for Internal Combustion Engines and Operating Materials Laboratory for Mechanical Constructions and Mechanisation Centre for Computer Technologies Centre for Technical Validity of Vehicles Centre for Computer Integrated Business Centre for Terotechnology Centre for Rational Energy Management Centre for Revitalization of Industrial Systems Centre for Traffic Safety Centre for Applied Automatics Centre for tribology THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 41 FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Centre for testing and calculation of machine elements and systems - CIPMES Centre for quality Centre for heating, air-conditioning and solar energy Centre for integrated development of products and processes and intelligent systems Regional EVRO - Centre for energy efficiency Innovative Centre for information technologies Centre for composite and new materials Centre for materials and welding Regional Centre for permanent education Centre for testing the vehicles carrying dangerous goods and diagnostics Centre for bio-engineering Centre for recycling of used PC equipment Centre for virtual production Centre for testing the vehicles carrying dangerous goods and diagnostics process, to educate young and high quality experts in the field of Mechanical Sciences, capable to be leaders in industry development of the region and beyond. The role of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is also to devise, examine and develop innovations in the field of mechanical and technical sciences as to support the development of our region through scientific and technical support. The vision of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Kragujevac is to develop itself into a modern european higher education institution recognized by its scientific and research achievements and the achievements of graduated students and postgraduates in the field of Mechanical Engineering. The intention is that the Faculty train leaders which will lead the progress of Industry in our region and the whole country, yuong experts capable for involving in cooperation with universities from all over the world. Mission, vision and goals should contribute to faster involvement of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Kragujevac with the world scientific and research trends, that secures the great benefit to development of the University of Kragujevac as well. Development basis of the Faculty represent 23 Centres and 11 laboratories on the Departments, because they enable direct cooperation with economy and scientific and research work. By using of these resources in educational process and active involvement in scientific and research work, students gain valuable experience for future professional development and work. Abstract Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Kragujevac is in the group of most prominent and prestigeous scientific-educational institutions in the field of technical sciences. Mission of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Kragujevac, as a scientific-educational institution is, with maximum and constant innovation of educational contents, implementation of contemporary methods and education techniques and through research THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 42 FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING IN KRALJEVO UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC University of Kragujevac Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Kraljevo 36000 Kraljevo Dositejeva 19 Dean Novak Nedić, Ph.D full professor e-mail:[email protected] Vice-deans For Education: Radovan Bulatović, Ph.D, docent e-mail: [email protected] For Science and Research: Ljubomir Lukić,Ph.D, associate professor mail:[email protected] For computer Science: Dragan Pršić, Ph.D, docent e-mail:[email protected] Student vice-dean: Nenad Radović 45 FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING IN KRALJEVO e- Genesis culty for Mechanical Engineering in Kraljevo fulfilled all the conditions for carrying out educational and scientific research activities as an independent organization. Assembly of the University “Svetozar Marković“ in Kragujevac, on 21st of December 1987, issues a decision about the inclusion of Faculty for Mechanical Engineering in Kraljevo into the University “Svetozar Marković“, today University of Kragujevac. Monograph of the Faculty for Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade, titled “About the Development of Education and Science of the period 1945-1973“, notes that the first degree of Mechanical study in the Centre, in Kraljevo enrolled 39 students, under the management of Professor Vladimir Šolaja, Ph.D, and proceeded with the studies until the end of the first degree of studies. There was no new enrollment of students in Kraljevo until 1970. The Faculty got the work permit from the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia, No: 612-0001872/2009-04 from 16th of February 2010, after getting approval from the Accreditation and Quality Control Comision No: 612-00-1359/2/2008-04 from 15th of May 2009, for following approved study programs: - study program for bachelor studies MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; - study program for master studies MECHANICAL ENGINEERING with modules: Heavy Machines Design and Engineering; Energy and Process Engineering; Production Technologies; Urban Engineering. The Council of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade, upon the request of Kraljevo Carriage Factory, on 26th of June 1970, has made a decision to open a Centre for part-time studies in Kraljevo, of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade. Teaching in this Centre started in the school year 1970/71 with 106 students of the first year. Republic Department for Education and Science has determined that all the conditions were fulfilled for opening and functionig of Regular Department of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering from Belgrade in Kraljevo, that began working in the school year 1975/76. - studu program for Ph. D studies MECHANICAL ENGINEERING By the end of 1981, Regular Department grows into OOUR for Construction of Heavy Machines within the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade. In the beginning of 1987, the procedure for separating OOUR for Construction of Heavy Machines from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade was carried out, and forming of Faculty for Mechanical Engineering in Kraljevo started. Teachers At the Faculty for Mechanical Engineering in Kraljevo study programs are realized by 43 teachers and assocites: Full professors ....................................................................7 Associate professors..........................................................8 Docents ................................................................................9 Foreign language teacher.................................................1 Assistants ...........................................................................18 By giving consent of the Republic of Serbia Assembly on 25th of December 1987 for the Statute of the Faculty for Mechanical Engineering in Kraljevo, the Fa- THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 46 FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING IN KRALJEVO Students Centre for Railroad Vehicles; Centre for Production Technologies and Systems; Centre for Integrated Development of Products and Processes; Centre for Examining and Combining Materials; Centre for Maintenance, quality and Technical Diagnostic; Centre for Heating Technics and Protection of Environment; Centre for Automatic Control and Fluid Technics; Centre for Applied Mechanics and Basis for Machine Construction; Regional Centre for energy efficiency, Kraljevo; Innovative Centre within which is the Innovative Centre for information technologies and other Innovative Centres. Within the scientific research and professional units there is the Faculty Library. Total number of students studying on the accredited study programs at the Faculty for Mechanical Engineering in Kraljevo is 608 , out of which: On bachelor studies Mechanical Engineering ......369 On master studies Mechanical Engineering ............70 On Ph. D studies Mechanical Engineering Машинско инжењерство ....................20 On basic grous under the old law .............................149 At the Faculty for Mechanical Engineering in Kraljevo until now their academic and professional titles gained: 919- graduated mechanical engineers; 29- mechanical engineers of the new study programs; 29- mechanical engineers of the old study programs; 2- master mechanical engineers;..................................... 30- masters of technical science; 14- Ph. Ds of technical sciences. Abstract Magazines : Faculty for Mechanical Engineering in Kraljevo belongs to the group of respectable scientific-education institutions in the field of technical sciences, whose goal is to develop new, high-quality study programs on which higher education knowledge will gain students necessary not only for further development of Kraljevo and the municipalities around it, but also for the entire Šumadija region. Kraljevo suffered a catastrofic earthquakke in 2010, in which the Faculty facilities were damaged, but also the institution of student standards. Reconstruction and rehabilitation of these facilities present the priority of the Faculty in the following period. But, at the same time, the goal is to raise the quality of education, in order for the Faculty to educate experts trained to respond to challenges of new technologies and management of contemporary methods. Faculty for Mechanical Engineering in Kraljevo is the organizer of the International Conference HEAVY MACHINERY, organized every third year, after which the Faculty for Mechanical Engineering in Kraljevo publishes conference proceedings. The Seventh Triennial International Conference HEAVY MACHINERY Proceedings Centres with laboratories Within the scientific research and professional units there are following Centres with laboratories: Centre for Construction and Transport Mechanization; THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 47 FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING IN KRALJEVO FACULTY OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC University of Kragujevac Faculty of Law Jovana Cvijića No: 1 34 000 Kragujevac Dean Prof. Predrag Stojanović, Ph.D Vice-deans - for finance: Prof. Božin Vlašković, Ph.D - for education: Doc. Milan Palević, Ph.D 51 FACULTY OF LAW Genesis Teachers Studying of law in Kragujevac started in the 19. Century, to be more precise, in the school year 1840/41, on the just founded Legal Department of the “Licej”. Law studying started again in 1972. with the opening of the Department of the Faculty of Law from Belgrade in Kragujevac. At the Faculty of Law in Kragujevac study programs are being realized by 50 teachers and associates: Full professors.................................................................16; Associate professors ........................................................9; Docents................................................................................7; assistants.............................................................................7; probationer assistants .....................................................2; teaching associates............................................................9 As an independent institution in the field higher education, Faculty of Law in Kragujevac operates from 1976. when, by joining with five other faculties, has formed University of Kragujevac. Students Since its foundation until October 1981. the Faculty was situated in the building of former Teachers Training School in Kragujevac, in the street Radoje Domanović No: 12, and since October 1981. the Faculty was moved to the new building in the street Jovana Cvijića No:1 (former Djure PucaraStarog No:1) The total number of students studying on the accredited study programs at the Faculty of Law in Kragujevac is 2121, out ow which: on bachelor studies .....................................................786; on master studies ...........................................................13; on Ph.D studies...............................................................43; on basic studies (old program) ............................. 1297 . Core activity of the Faculty is the implementation of the educational plan and program in teaching experts for higher and the highest education in the field of law and other related social sciences, organizing and conducting science and research work in the field of law and other related social sciences and implementation of professional development programs. Until now, at the Faculty of Law in Kragujevac, 4393 graduated students, masters and Ph.Ds have acquired their professional, academic and scientific titles: graduated lawyers .................................................... 4224; master of legal sciences................................................68; Ph.Ds of legal sciences .................................................101 Work permit from Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia No: 612-00-01468/2009-04, since 10.12.2009. Magazines and publications: Education at the Faculty takes place through the following accredited study programs: Bachelor studies, Master studies, Ph.D studies. THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE LEGAL JOURNAL – electronic edition ALMANACS: - Almanacs from the projects financed by MSTD, - Almanacs from counseling „Legal Days in May“. 52 FACULTY OF LAW Institutes and Centers: Institute for Legal and Social Sciences, Research Centers, Legal Clinic Library: Library of the Faculty of Law in Kragujevac has 15 906 books and over 30000 copies of magazines and professional publications. Abstract Faculty of Law in Kragujevac is dedicated to its goal , to, through implementing of contemporary study programs, become a regional lider in the field of higher education which prepares personell to be capable of performing the organization and management of business in the fields of state and local government, legislation and judicature, as well as being involved in and carrying out scientific work in the field of као и да се укључе и буду носиоци научноистраживачког рада у области Social Sciences and Humanities. Aspiration for the leading position in the Region, Faculty of Law in Kragujevac confirms with quality and contemporary study programs, diversity stimulating and community inclusion in the Faculty activities. Outstanding conditions for acquiring adequate knowledge and skills, enable students of the Faculty of Law in Kragujevac competitiveness in employment, and with constant education of the employees and a system for quality control, Faculty of Law in Kragujevac puts the students always in the first place. THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 53 FACULTY OF LAW FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC University of Kragujevac Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Adress: Radoja Domanovica 12 34 000 Крагујевац Dean: Dragoslav Nikezić,Ph.D, Full Professor; Vice-Deans: for Science and Research work: Aleksandar V. Teodorović, Ph.D, Associate Professor for Finance: Branislav Popović, Ph.D , Associate Professor 57 FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS Genesis Teaching Staff Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Kragujevac was founded in 1972, as a Department of Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Belgrade. Department grew in 1976. into an independent faculty of the University "Svetozar Markovic" from Kragujevac, today University of Kragujevac. The working permit of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia No: 612-00-00762/2010-04 Study programs at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Kragujevac are conducted by a total of 166 teachers and assistants: Full Professors ...............................................................26; Associate Professors .....................................................15; Docents ............................................................................32; Teachers .............................................................................1; Foreign language Teachers ............................................1; Assistants ........................................................................40; Teaching Associates .......................................................51 Education at the Faculty takes place through the following accredited study programs: 1. Bachelor studies -Mathematics 2. Bachelor studies at the Institute for Mathematics and Informatics for acquiring professional title IT Specialist 3. Bachelor studies – Chemistry 4. Bachelor studies at the Institute for Biology and Ecology for acquiring professional title Biologist 5. Bachelor studies – Physics 6. Basic vocational studies for acquiring professional title Ecologist 7. Master studies - Mathematics 8. Master studies at the Institute for Mathematics and Informatics for acquiring professional title IT Specialist – Master 9. Master studies – Chemistry 10. Master studies at the Institute for Biology and Ecology for acquiring professional title Biologist – Master 11. Master studies – Physics 12. Ph.D studies – Mathematics 13. Ph.D studies at the Institute for Mathematics and Informatics for acquiring scientific title Ph.D – IT Sciences 14. Ph.D studies - Chemistry 15. Ph.D studies – Biology 16. Ph.D studies – Physics THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE Students A total number of students, that are studying the accredited study programs at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Kregujevac is 1 348, out of which: 1. Undergraduate studies Mathematics: ...............154 2. Undergraduate studies Informatics: .................127 3. Undergraduate studies Physics: ...........................77 4. Undergraduate studies Chemestry: ..................234 5. Undergraduate studies Biology: ........................357 6. Basic vocational studies: ........................................97 7. By the old program: ..............................................114 8. Master studies Mathematics: .................................21 9. Master studies Informatics: .....................................8 10. Master studies Biology: ...........................................41 11. Phd study program Mathematics: ..........................9 12. Phd study program Computer sciences: ............13 13. Phd study program Physic: ......................................7 14. Phd study program Biology: .................................48 15. Phd study program Chemestry:: ..........................41 58 FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS Journals scientific, research and professional work, are making Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of University of Kragujevac to one of the best and most renowned scientific and educational institutions in the country. MATCH Communications in mathematical and in computer chemistry; Mathematical Chemistry Monographs; Kragujevac Journal of Mathematics; Kragujevac Journal of Science Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics was ranked in the top 10 in the country, among 200 research institutions, in 2011, and for its teaching staff and students this is an incentive for further development of educational and research activities. Institutes Institutes for Biology and Ecology; Institutes for Mathematics and Informatics; Institutes for Physics; Institutes for Chemistry; In the upcoming period the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics is planning that the centers, that are currently in development, become and grow into independent centers of the Faculty, among which the enters for the following disciplines should be particularly emphasized: Other organizational units of importance for the Faculty: Aquarium, Botanic garden; Department for General Education courses; Library; Seven (7) organizational units in the process of developing; permanent education, Environmental protection, applied mathematics and information technology Radiation and chemical mutagenesis and antioxidant protection, Preclinical testing of active substances So far a tottal of 2 619 graduates obtained their academic and professional titles at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Kragujevac:: basic vocational studies ................................16 students undergraduate academic studies...............65 students graduated under the old program........2540 students Magister ...........................................................................122 PhD under the old program..........................................71 PhD under the new program..........................................3 Summary Despite the objective difficulties that had followed the Faculty in its development, the results in educational, THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 59 FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS TECHNICAL FACULTY IN ČAČAK UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC University of Kragujevac Technical Faculty Čačak Address: Cvetog Save 65 32000 Čačak Dean Professor Jeroslav M. Živanić, Ph.D Vice-Deans - for Science and International cooperation Professor Branka Jordović, Ph.D - for Education Docent Milan Plazinić, Ph.D - for Finance and Cooperation with Economy Professor Radomir Slavković, Ph.D 63 TECHNICAL FACULTY IN ČAČAK 2. Mechatronics .............................................1 year - 60 ECTS 3. Electrotechnical and Computer Engineering - Master for remote controlling.....................................1 and a half year-90 ECTS 4. Technics and Informatics – Master program for e-learning..............1 year - 60 ECTS Genesis The Technical faculty has been founden in Čačak in 1975 as Pedagogic-Technical Faculty, where the future professors of engineering, electrotechnics and technics were educated Educational activity was expanded in 1982, when the Faculty started to educate graduate mechanical and electrical engineering. Permanent scientific research work and curriculum innovation were the reason for this institution to change its name into Technical Faculty in 1986. As a result of identifying the importance of connections between computing and informatics with other areas of technology, since 1992/1993 there are new study programs cundected: Mechatronics and Technics and Informatics, and as of school year 1998/1999. also Computer technic and Industriall Engineering The harmonization of educational and teaching process with the European Higher Education system started since the school year 2005/2006. III Phd study programs 1. Electrical and computer engineering With two modules: Electro-energetics and Modern materials and technologies in electro-technics...........................3 years - 180 ECTS • The Faculty received the working permission from the Ministry of Education of Republic of Serbia No.612-00-00348/2010-04 from the July the 2nd 2010 Teaching Staff Educational and scientific activities at the Technical Faculty are carried out by a total of 74 teachers and assistants: 22 Full Professors, 10 Associate Professors, 12 Docents, 2 Foreign language Teachers, 27 Assistants 1 Teaching Associate. The following programs at the Technical faculty are accredited: I Study program of undergraduate and integrated academic studies .............Study duration 1. Electrical and computer engineering ...............................................4 years - 240 ECTS 2. Mechatronics ........................................4 years - 240 ECTS 3. Information Technology .....................3 years - 180 ECTS 4. Idustrial Management.........................3 years - 180 ECTS 5. Entrepreneurship Management .......3 years - 180 ECTS 6. Technics and Informatics (integrated studies) .................................5 years - 300 ECTS II Master study programs 1. Electrical and computer engineering With two modules: Electro-energetics and Computer engineering .........................1 year - 60 ECTS THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE Students At the Technical faculty there are total of 993 students on undergraduate studies: Old programs .................................................441 student, Accredited study programs in graduate and integrated studies ...............................552 students Master studies ...............................................155 students Ph.D study program .......................................7 students. 64 TECHNICAL FACULTY IN ČAČAK Teaching and research activities are conducted in the Science Research Unit. 9. Laboratory for Electrothermie 10.Laboratory for Electric Machines 11. Laboratory for Electric Motor Drive 12.Mechanical Treatment Lab 13.Laboratory for Physics 14.Laboratory for Electrical Network and Installations 15.Laboratory for Mechatronics 16.Laboratory for Materials Technologie 17.Laboratory for Nano and Amorphous Materials 18.Multimedia Laboratory - e-lab 19.Laboratory for foreign languages Teaching unit consists of the following departments: 1. Department for Physic and Materials 2. Department for Information Technology 3. Department for Computer Engineering 4. Department for Electro-Technic and Electronics 5. Department for Electro-Energetics 6. Department for Industrial Management 7. Department for Mechatronics 8. Department for Technical and Pedagogical sciencis 9. Department for Mechanical Engineering 10. Department for Industrial and System Engineering 11. Department for Entrepreneurship Management Since the Faculty has been founded here graduated: 1. on undergraduate studies- ................3507 students 2. on postgraduate studies ...........................................34 3. on master studies .................................................... 121 4. on Phd studies ........................................................... 49 In the Science Research Unit are organizational included: Journals Technical faculty is publishing two international magazines: 1. Innovations Center 2. Center for professional development of employees in the field of education 3. Laboratories 4. Printing Office 5. Library 6. Computer Center 1. Mathematica Moravica and 2. Serbian Journal оf Electrical Engineering, and also 3. co-editor of domestic magazine Металургија (Metallurgy) Laboratories Summary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. The vision for development of the Technical faculty is primarily based on further improving the quality of study programs, teaching and working conditions; accreditation of new study programs; developing the cooperation with the economy and the intensification of international cooperation, to create even better conditions for research work of young staff, including PhD students, young researchers and docents. Laboratory for Information Technologies Laboratory for Modern Materials Laboratory for Material Testing Laboratory for Computer Technic Laboratory for Electronics Laboratory for Electrotechnics Laboratory for Electrical Measurement Laboratory for Pneumatic and Mechanic THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 65 TECHNICAL FACULTY IN ČAČAK FACULTY OF MEDICINE THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 68 УНИВЕРЗИТЕТ У КРАГУЈЕВЦУ UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC University of Kragujevac Faculty of Medicine Svetozara Markovića No: 69 34000 Kragujevac Dean Nebojša Arsenijević, Ph.D, full professor Council President -Professor Janko Đurić, Ph.D Advisors - for Science and Research Professor Miodrag Lukić, professor emeritus - for the study program of Integrated Academic Studies of Pharmacy Slobodan Janković Ph.D, full professor Vice-deans - for the study program of Integrated Academic Studies of Medicine: Predrag Čanović, Ph.D full professor, - for study programs of Integrated Academic Studies of Dentistry and basic professional studies: Milorad Jevtić, Ph.D, full professor, - for staff, scientific research: Aleksandar Đukić, Ph.D, full professor, For teaching reform and teaching process control: Ljiljana Mijatović, Ph.D, full professor, - for continuous medical education: Vladimir Jakovljević, Ph.D, associate professor. 69 FACULTY OF MEDICINE Genesis Students The decision for opening a Department of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade in Kragujevac was made on 17th of November 1977, and the Department began to work on 9th of December 1977, on the Day of St. Alypius The Stylite, which now is the Faculty Patron’s Day. The total number of students studying on the accredited study programs at the Faculty of Medicine in Kragujevac is 2472 , out of which: On Ph.D Academic studies ......................................364 On integrated Academic Studies of Medicine ..............................1089 On the Course Doctor of Medicine (old program – 6 years) ..............................................251 On Integrated Academic Studies of Pharmacy ...............................368 On Integrated Academic Studies of Dentistry ..................................28 On Basic Vocational Studies – Physio-therapist .......................................................204 On Basic Vocational Studies – Higher Medical Technician ...................................168 Faculty of Medicine in Kragujevac became an independent faculty, in the contstitution of the University of Kragujevac on 29th of May 1986, and in the same school year enrolled 100 students in the first year of studies. Work Permit No: 612-00-1225/08-04 At the Faculty, teaching is carried out through the following accredited study programs: Ph.D Academic studies Integrated Academic Studies of Medicine Integrated Academic Studies of Pharmacy Integrated Academic Studies of Dentistry Basic Vocational Studies: Higher Medical Technician Basic Vocational Studies: Physio-therapist Total number of students that obtained their diploma at the Faculty of Medicine in Kragujevac is 3245, out of which: Ph.Ds ................................................................................176 Masters ............................................................................261 Health specialization specialists...............................201 Higher health specialization specialists....................14 Doctor of Medicine ..................................................2558 Graduated Pharmacist .................................................28 Professional Therapist ...............................................136 Professional Nurse ........................................................86 Teachers At the Faculty of Medicine in Kragujevac the study programs are realized by 210 teachers and associates: • • • • • • • 41 full professors, 30 associate professors, 52 docents, 1 lecturer 51 assistants 32 teaching associates, 3 research associates. THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 70 FACULTY OF MEDICINE The Faculty of Medicine in Kragujevac is recognizable for:: • Continuous development of education quality by narrowing the number of students for the enrollment in the first year of studies; • Ph.D Academic Studies as the first faculty of medicine in the country that established this study program; • International magazine ''Serbian Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research'' and student bulletin ''Window''; • Remarkable scientific research work carried out through: -international science projects (FP7), -projects of Ministries of Education and Science, -scientific projects financed by the Faculty, so called “Junior projects”', • National Centre for Stem Cells; • Study of Urgent Medicine; • Remarkable technical equipment; • Modern library and reading rooms opened for students 24 hours a day. Abstract Faculty of Medicine in Kragujevac is one of the most respectable and prestigeous scientific-educational institutions in the field of Medical Sciences in Serbia, and based on the results of its scientific and research work and the number of published papers in international magazines of the highest ranking, it is classified, as a scientific and research institution, among the highest ranking institutions on the list of Ministries of Education and Science. The mission of the Faculty of Medicine in Kragujevac is excellence in medical education, health department and scientific and research work, as well as commitment to improvement of the health protection quality in our region and the country. THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 71 FACULTY OF MEDICINE FACULTY OF AGRONOMY IN ČAČAK UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC University of Kragujevac Faculty of Agronomy Cara Dušana, No: 34 32000 Čačak. www.afc.kg.ac.rs e-mail: [email protected] Dean Miroslav Spasojević, Ph.D, full professor Vice-deans Vice-dean for Education Aleksandar Paunović, Ph.D, associate professor Vice-dean for Finance Vladeta Stevović, associate professor 75 FACULTY OF AGRONOMY IN ČAČAK Genesis founded the Department Management in Agriculture, which, from the school year 2007/2008. changed its name into Agriculture economics department. A large number of renowned professors that once worked at the Faculty and their high competences enabled, since 1983, the beginning of writing doctoral disertations. In accordance with the needs for improvement and development of primary agricultural production, in the school year 1991/92, the Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak founded specialistic and master studies in the following fields: Ecology and Agrotechnics of Grain, Ecology and Agrotechnics of Industrial Plants, Ecology and Agrotechnics of vegetables, Pomology, Microbiology, Protection and Development of Land, and from the school year 2003/2004., the Faculty is educating specialists in the field of Protection of Plants. In accordance with the Law on higher education, the Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak had determined its fundamental goals in 2008. and created a work plan for the institution for the following period. In order to modernize current and develop new study programs, Faculty of Agronomy performed a detailed analysis and studied the current need for highly educated staff in the field of Agriculture and Food Industry. In addition, personnel and space capacities had been realistically estimated, based on what the new study programs are developed in accordance with accreditation standards for higher education institutions, which are: Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak, University of Kragujevac, is a higher education institution that started working in 10th of October 1978. Encouragement for founding the Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak was made by Municipality of Čačak and the University Svetozar Marković in Kragujevac. Based on the submitted Survey on social and economic justification of founding the Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak, the Council of Associated Labour and Social-Political Council of Serbian Assembly, determined that there was social and economic justification of founding the Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak. Municipal Assembly of Čačak, in the session held on 27th of April 1979.,has issued a Decision on founding the Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak. Personnel basis for the functioning of the Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak was given by Higher Agricultural School in Čačak, Institute for Fruit Growing in Čačak and the Institute for Small Grains in Kragujevac. In the school year 1978/79. the first generation of students of the Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak was enrolled – General stream with a purpose of educating highly qualified staff that were to gain general knowledge and skills from different areas of agriculture and to use them on their own properties, agricultural cooperatives, complexes in the area of hills and mountains of our country where fragmented properties and various agricultural production (farming, fruit growing, livestock breeding, vegetable growing etc.) are dominant. Based on perceived demands targeted by Food Industry for educated staff, the Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak in the school year 1999/2000. founds a new Department named Technology of agricultural food products. In order to provide a complete offer of knowledge in the field of agriculture, the Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak, in the school year 2002/2003., THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE Study program for bachelor studies General stream .............................................(240 ЕCTS), Study program for bachelor studies Technology of agricultural food products ................... (240 ECTS), Study program for bachelor studies Fruit sciences and viniculture .............................(240 ЕCTS) Study program for bachelor studies Zootechnics ...................................................(180 ЕCTS); 76 FACULTY OF AGRONOMY IN ČAČAK Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak possesses facilities of total area of 3.341 m2, faculty premises (amphitheater, classrooms, training rooms, laboratories, library space and reading room) with 927 places. The Institution provides 5,97 m2 gross space per student, on all levels of studies. Master studies Agronomy .............................(60 ЕCTS) Master studies Technology of agricultural food products ............................................................ (60 ЕCTS) Study program for Ph.D studies Agronomy ........................................................(180 ЕCTS) Commission for Accreditation and Quality Control of the Republic of Serbia examined the delivered documentation and made the decision for accreditation of all applied study programs and the decision for accreditation of the institution: Teachers Teaching on the study programs is realized by 57 teachers and associates in total. Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak has 32 permanently employed teachers: 6 teachers as full professors, 16 teachers as associate professors, 9 teachers as docents and 1 teacher of foreign language. 1. Certificate for Accreditation of the study program of bachelor studies General stream, No: 612-00-1440/ 4/2008-04, Belgrade, 20.03.2009. 2. Certificate for Accreditation of the study program of bachelor studies Technology of agricultural food products, No: 612-00-1440/6/2008-04, Belgrade, 20.03. 2009. In the realization of teaching 15 associates are involved: 12 associates as assistants and 3 associates in teaching. 3. Certificate for Accreditation of the study program of bachelor studies Fruit sciences and viniculture, No: 612-00-1440/8/2008-04, Belgrade, 20.03.2009. Based on the Contract of additional work, the Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak engages 9 teachers. 4. Certificate for Accreditation of the study program of bachelor studies Zootechnics, No: 612-00-1440/10/ 2008-04, Belgrade, 20.03.2009. Students 5. Certificate for Accreditation of the study program of master studies Agronomy, број: 612-00-1440/12/200804, Belgrade, 20.03.2009. At the Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak studies 494 students in total on accredited and old study programs. 6. Certificate for Accreditation of the study program of master studies Technology of agricultural food products, No: 612-00-838/2010-04, Belgrade, 19.07.2010. On the study program of bachelor studies: 1) General stream (240 ЕCTS) .............................................97 students, 2) Technology of agricultural food products (240 ЕCTS) ..........................................104 students, 3) Fruit sciences and viniculture (240 ЕCTS) .......................................35 students and 4) Zootechnics (180 ЕCTS) ......................33 students. 7. Certificate for Accreditation of the study program of Ph.D studies Agronomy, No: 612-00-1440/14/200804, Belgrade, 20.03.2009. 8. Certificate for Accreditation of higher education institution, No: 612-00-1440/2/2008-04, Belgrade, 20.03.2009. THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 77 FACULTY OF AGRONOMY IN ČAČAK On master academic studies: 6. Department for Farming and Vegetable Crops, 7. Department Fruit Production and Viniculture, 8. Department for livestock breading and Animal Raw Material Processing Technology, and 9. Department for Organizational-Economic Sciences. 5) Agronomy (60 ЕCTS) и Technology of agricultural food products (60 ЕCTS) ...............................................14 students, On Ph.D studies: 6) Agronomy (180 ЕCTS) ...........................8 students. Laboratories According to the old study programs: At the Faculty there are 14 laboratories: 7) Basic studies .........................................179 students, 8) Specialist studies ...................................18 students, 9) Master studies ...........................................2 students 10) In the process of realization of Ph.D dissertation ................................4 students. 1. Laboratory for biology, 2. microbiology, 3. chemistry, 4. biochemistry, 5. instrumental analysis, 6. food technology, 7. agro chemistry, 8. soil science, 9. motors and tractors, 10. farming and vegetable crops, 11. fruit production, 12. livestock breading, 13. milk technology and 14. plant protections. Diplomas of the Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak until now got: 11) 12) 13) 14) 1174 students ...........................on bachelor studies, 88 students ..............................on specialist studies, 39 students ...........................on master studies and 25 ..........................................................................Ph.D’s Departments 1. Department for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 2. Department for Food Technology, 3. Department for Mathematics, Physics, and Technical Sciences, 4. Department for Biology, Microbiology Biotechnics and Protection of Plants and Products, 5. Department for Land and Mechanization, THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE Library Library fond consists of 12.112 library units relevant for research of scientific and expert disciplines from the fields of biotechnical sciences. Students have at their disposal adequate reading room and informatics laboratory that has 21 place and is equipped with computers connected to the academic network ad internet 78 FACULTY OF AGRONOMY IN ČAČAK Magazines of international character and science conventions: Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak publishes the magazine: Acta Agriculture Serbica, which has international editorship and review and exchanges with 12 international magazines. The Faculty organizes science conventions with international participation: Counseling on Biotechnology, Counseling for agriculture and local development and Gatherings of students of Agronomy. Abstract Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak adopted a vision for further development. As a significant and recognizable institution in the field of agriculture and food technology, the Faculty intends to take a leading place in the development of education and science in Central Serbia and in a wider, regional space. The vision the Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak is included in defining all the aspects for development of contemporary education and scientific work which is compatible with faculties of agronomy in European Union. The vision is based on constant need for development of teachers and teaching associates and enlarging the competences and skills of students. Achievement of the developmental vision of the Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak is followed by student and teacher mobility as one of the fundamental conditions for acquiring additional knowledge and familiarizing with contemporary scientific methods and new technologies that can be applied in our surroundings and contribute to improvement of primary agricultural production and food industry in Serbia. THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 79 FACULTY OF AGRONOMY IN ČAČAK TEACHERS TRAINING FACULTY IN UŽICE UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC University of Kragujevac Teachers Training Faculty in Užice Trg Svetog Save 36 31000 Užice website: www.ucfu.kg.ac.rs Dean Krstivoje Špijunović, Ph.D, full professor for specific scientific fields of Pedagogy, Didactics, Methodologies Vice-deans For studies of the second and third degree: Radmila Nikolić, Ph.D, full professor for specific scientific fields of Pedagogy, Didactics, Methodologies. For Science and Research: Snežana Marinković, Ph.D, full professor for specific scientific fields of Pedagogy, Didactics, Methodologies. for education: Branko Popović,m.a., docent for specific artistic fields of Performing Arts and Movie and TV culture. 83 TEACHERS TRAINING FACULTY IN UŽICE Assistant professors .........................................................2 Docents................................................................................ 8 Senior lecturers ................................................................2 Assistants ............................................................................9 Associates.............................................................................2 Genesis Teachers Training Faculty in Užice, as a part of the University of Kragujevac, is one of six faculties of this kind in Serbia and a successor of eighty-year long tradition of teacher education in Užice. The Faculty was founded on 1st of July, 1993. with the promulgation of the Law for Establishment of Teachers Training Faculties and for elimination and alteration of Pedagogical Academies and Higher Schools activities(“Official Gazette RS”, No: 49/93). With this legislation 6 Teachers Training Faculties were founded in Serbia and with it the aspiration of a large number of theorists and practitioners to raise the education of teachers on the higher education level was realized. The Faculty started to work in the school year 1993/94. Working permit no: 612-00-00890/2009-04 since 2nd of November 2009. issued by the Ministry of Education with which the following study programs have been accredited: Students The number of students studying at Teachers Training Faculty in Užice is 768, out of which: The number of full-time students on accredited study programs is 469, out of which: Professor of I – IV grade studies ..............................377 Teacher at pre – school institutions...........................92 The number of students studying under the Old Law: ..................................................................206 The number of students enrolled on Master studies: 1. Professor of I – IV grade studies ..........................84 2. Teacher at pre – school institutions .......................9 1. Basic academic studies for acquiring professional title Professor of I – IV grade studies; 2. Basic academic studies for acquiring professional title Teacher at pre – school institutions; 3. Master academic studies for acquiring professional title Professor of I – IV grade studies; 4. Master academic studies for acquiring professional title Teacher at pre – school institutions. 5. Teachers Training Faculty in Užice received the Decision about the accreditation of the study program: Ph.D – Methodology of Class Teaching. At the Teachers Training Faculty in Užice, graduated 2431 students in total: 1. Professor of I – IV grade studies – 2060; 2. Teacher at pre – school institutions – 371 At the Faculty 6 Master thesis were defended. Library, magazines and publications: The Faculty in its composition has a library with a fund of 43 827 books that are available for students. Staff At Teachers Training Faculty in Užice study programs are realized by 34 teachers and associates: Full professors .................................................................11 THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE Until now 148 publications were published by Teachers Training Faculty. 84 TEACHERS TRAINING FACULTY IN UŽICE The Faculty is publishing the following editions as well: Edition Paths of Pedagogy Edition Master and Ph.D works Magazine Proceedings (classified in the category М-52) Abstract The vision of the Teachers Training Faculty in Užice is: To develop into a modern higher education institution, which, as a member of the University of Kragujevac, will be recognized and involved in the University space of Serbia and the unitary higher education space of Europe; To become an institution respected and recognizable by its accomplishments and individual achievements of its students and teachers, through intensive cooperation with related faculties in Serbia and international cooperation with related faculties in Europe and the World. THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 85 TEACHERS TRAINING FACULTY IN UŽICE FACULTY OF EDUCATION IN JAGODINA UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC University of Kragujevac Faculty of Education in Jagodina Milana Mijalkovića No: 14 Jagodina Dean Sretko Divljan, master, full professor Vice-deans - for education Violeta Jovanović, Ph.D, full professor - for science and research and publishing activities Ilijana Čutura, Ph.D, docent 89 FACULTY OF EDUCATION IN JAGODINA Genesis Faculty of Education in Jagodina has a tradition in educating teachers since Male Teachers Training School (founded in 1898 in Jagodina) and Pedagogy Academy. The Faculty was founded by the Law of Founding Teachers Training Faculties and Canceling and Alternation of Pedagogy Academies and Higher Schools Activities (1993), under the name of Teacher Training Faculty in Jagodina, as one of six teachers training faculties in Serbia. Within the University “Svetozar Marković”, today University of Kragujevac, the Faculty started working on 1st of October 1993, and from 2000 realizes specialist master and Ph.D studies in the field of didactic-methodical sciences. By the decision of the Council of the University of Kraujevac, in 26th of June 2006, Teachers Training Faculty in Jagodina changed its name into Faculty of Education in Jagodina. Work permit: 612-00852/2009 since 18th of January 2009, Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia. -Accredited study programs: 1. Bachelor study program for acquiring professional title Professor of I-IV grade studies 2. Bachelor study program for acquiring professional title Teacher in pre – school institutions 3. Bachelor study program for acquiring professional title Teacher in pupils’ dormitories 4. Master study program for acquiring professional title Professor of I-IV grade studies – master 5. Master study program for acquiring professional THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 90 title Teacher in pre – school institutions – master 6. Master study program for acquiring professional title Teacher in pupils’ dormitories – master Staff At the Faculty 50 teachers and associates are employed: 3 full professors, 6 associate professors, 11 docents, 4 foreign language teachers, 24 assistants and 2 teaching associates. At the Faculty 6 teachers from other faculties are engaged 4 full professors, 1 associate professor and 1 docent. Students At the Faculty of Education in Jagodina there are: Professor of I-IV grade studies: ..............692 students Teacher in pre – school institutions: .....287 students Teacher in pupils’ dormitories: ...............126 students Professor of I-IV grade studies – master : ......................................................107 students Teacher in pre – school institutions – master : .........................................................52 students Teacher in pupils’ dormitories – master : .........................................................13 students Studying under the old program: - Professor of I-IV grade studies: 237 on bachelor, -34 on master and -42 specialist studies. FACULTY OF EDUCATION IN JAGODINA tions, celebrating significant anniversaries, promotions of new books, organization of literary meetings, workshops, lectures and other forms of cultural activities. The library has a well equipped reading room with 50 seats in which students can use a wealthy reference collection (lexicons, dictionaries, encyclopedias) and literature from almost all fields. At the Faculty of Education in Jagodina acquired their diploma: On accredited study programs – bachelor studies .......................................631 students On accredited study programs – master studies ..............................................9 students On the old program ...................................1517 students masters: .............................................................................15 Ph.Ds: ...................................................................................2 Abstract Magazines and publications Faculty of Education in Jagodina its development vision rests upon one century tradition of constant investing in knowledge and the quality of education and contemporary trends and tendencies of European education. Faculty of Education in Jagodina is the publisher of the magazine for language, literature and pedagogy sciences “Uzdanica”, which was categorized by the Ministry for Science and Technological Development as a magazine of the rank M52. The Faculty is the publisher of many monographs of Faculties’ teachers and associates, as well as Almanacs from national and international science conferences held at the Faculty. Some of those Almanacs are: Development of Teacher Education – from selection to practice (2010), Respecting Diversity in Teaching Young Learners (2009) etc. The vision of the Faculty implies creation of modern higher education institution famous and recognized in Serbia and Europe, that can be seen in the following: -Development of education based on contemporary scientific facts concerning knowledge, needs of the society and needs of students; -Investment in the quality of scientific and research work and participating in domestic and international scientific and research projects; -Professional development of teaching staff and strengthening the motivation of employees in performing professional duties; -Stimulation of students for efficient learning, participation in research and permanent development of professional knowledge and skills; - Continuous improvement of quality and development of new study programs for bachelor, master and Ph.D studies; - Development of cooperation with other educational institutions, domestic and foreign. Library Faculty Library possesses a fund of necessary books and other publications: 12 614 titles, that is 35 700 books and 52 magazines, that is 3 458 copies. A special place holds the legacy of Sreten Adžić, and the collection Old and Rare Books, consisting of 38 titles. The library is a full member of the library-information system COBISS.SR. Still in progress is the electronic editing of library fund, which started in July 2006. Beside the principal activities, the library also deals with cultural-educational activities like: book exhibi- THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 91 FACULTY OF EDUCATION IN JAGODINA FACULTY OF PHILOLOGY AND ARTS UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC University of Kragujevac Faculty of Philology and Arts Jovana Cvijića Street b.b. www.filum.kg.ac.rs Е-mail: [email protected] Dean Slobodan Štetić, full professor Vice deans for Science and Research : Dragan Bošković, Ph.D, associate professor for Inernational Relations and Faculty Development: Anđelka Pejović, Ph.D, associate professor 95 FACULTY OF PHILOLOGY AND ARTS Genesis • The Department of Applied Arts The Faculty of Philology and Arts started working in 1996, as an Educational section of Belgrade Faculty of Philology, with two departments: Serbian language and literature and English language and literature. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The Educational section of Belgrade Faculty of Music was formed in 1998, and the Educational section of Belgrade Faculty of Applied Arts in 1999. As an independent institute, the Faculty of Philology and Arts in Kragujevac was founded by Serbian Government Order 05, number 612-5261/2002. on April the 18th, 2002. Graphic Design – bachelor studies Graphic Design – master studies Wall Painting – bachelor studies Wall Painting – master studies Interior Architecture – bachelor studies • The Department of Music 1. Music Pedagogy – bachelor studies 2. Music Pedagogy – master studies 3. Music in Media – bachelor studies 4. Music in Media – master studies 5. Accordion – bachelor studies 6. Accordion – master studies 7. Piano – bachelor studies 8. Flute – bachelor studies 9. String Instruments – bachelor studies 10. Solo Singing – bachelor studies The Faculty started working on June the 1st, 2002. The study programs of the Faculty are held on all leves of the studies, including: • The Department of Philology Teachers 1. Serbian Language and Literature – bachelor studies 2. Serbian Language and Literature – master studies 3. English Language and Literature – bachelor studies 4. English Language and Literature – master studies 5. French Language and Literature – bachelor studies 6. French Language and Literature – master studies 7. Spanish Language and Hispanic Literature – bachelor studies 8. German Language and Literature – bachelor studies 9. Ph.D studies in Philology THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE Study programs on the Faculty of Philology and Arts in Kragujevac are realized by 172 teachers and associates: Full professors ...................................................................8 Associate professors .......................................................17 Assistant professors .......................................................61 Foreign language teachers .............................................2 Teachers of profession – oriented subjects .............. 1 Assistants ..........................................................................43 Probationary assistants ...................................................1 Senior Lecturers ................................................................1 Lecturers ...........................................................................21 Senior Arts associates.......................................................2 Arts associates ................................................................... 4 Teaching associates – 10 96 FACULTY OF PHILOLOGY AND ARTS Students 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. The total number of students on accredited study programs on the Faculty of Philology and Arts in Kragujevac is 1781, including:: Music in Media – master studies.............................4 Accordion – bachelor studies................................19 Accordion – master studies ......................................4 Piano – bachelor studies ...........................................8 Flute – elementary studies........................................7 String instruments – bachelor studies ................27 The Department of Philology – 1114: 1. Serbian Language and Literature – bachelor studies ........................................................263 2. Serbian Language and Literature – master studies...............................................................14 3. English Language and Literature – bachelor studies .........................................................391 4. English Language and Literature – master studies..............................................................40 5. French Language and Literature – bachelor studies..........................................................115 6. French Language and Literature – master studies ..............................................................10 7. Spanish Language and hispanic Literature |– bachelor studies ........................................................163 8. German Language and Literature ........................118 9. Ph.D studies in Philology ........................................86 Studying under the old Law as graduates....................................................................328 So far, academic and profession – oriented titles on the Faculty of Philology and Arts of the University of Kragujevac have obtained:: - graduate students .....................................................934 - doctors ..............................................................................2 Journals and publications 1. Heritage: journal of literature, art, and culture 2. Serbian language, literature, art: an international scientific conference proceedings 3. Modern studies of language and literature: a scientific conference of Serbian young philologists proceedings 4.Course books and monographies The Department of Applied Arts – 179: 1. Graphic Design – bachelor studies........................58 2. Graphic Design – master studies ...........................10 3. Wall Painting – bachelor studies............................48 4. Wall Painting – master studies..................................7 5. Interior Architecture – bachelor studies .............56 Departments The section of philology The Department of Music – 182: Department for Anglistics Department for Germanistics Department for Hispanistics Department for Romanistics Serbian language department Serbian literature department 1. Music Pedagogy – bachelor studies ...........................................................79 2. Music Pedagogy – master studies.................................................................3 3. Music in Media – bachelor studies .......................31 THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 97 FACULTY OF PHILOLOGY AND ARTS The section of music String instruments department Accordion, flute, and solo singing department Piano department Music theory, solfeggio, and orchestral conducting department Media music department Chamber music department Solo singing department The section of applied arts Graphic design department Interior Architectur department Wall Painting department Abstract The vision of the Faculty of Philology and Arts in Kragujevac is manifested in reaching a high-quality level of study programs, teaching processes, scientific researh, artistic, and professional work, through permanent improvement of all activites, which will enable the Faculty to become a recognizable, modern, and attractive higher education institution of the region, equivalent to other similar profile and capacity institutions, the one which enjoys confidence of students, employers, founders, and the whole society. At the same time, the foundation and accreditaion of new academic programs is planned, above all, the bachelor and master studies of the Italian language, the master studies of Serbian as a foreign language, the bachelor and master studies of Literature and Culture, and the doctor studies of the Serbian language and literature. THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 98 FACULTY FOR HOTEL THE DECISION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FACULTY FOR HOTEL MANAGEMENT AND TOURISM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC (“Official Journal of the Republic of Serbia”, No: 29/2011) THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE 1. The Faculty for Hotel Management and Tourism in Vrnjačka Banja is being established as an Institution for higher education in form of legal entity within the University of Kragujevac. 2. The seat of the Faculty for Hotel Management and Tourism (in further text: Faculty) is in Vrnjačka Banja , Street Vojvodjanska, b.b. 3. The Faculty performs the activities of higher education and develops scientific research and expert work within the frames of educational-scientific field of social sciences and humanities, in accordance with the Law on Higher Education. 4. The regulations for public services and the Law on Higher Education are applied to the establishment, organization and work of the Faculty. 5. The means for establishment and commencement of work of the Faculty are provided in accordance with the Law. 6. The Faculty will start its work and the implementation of the study programs from the school year 2011/2012, after acquiring a work permit in accordance with the Law on Higher Education. 7. The managing body of the Faculty is the Faculty Council. Until the forming of the Faculty Council in accordance with the Law on Higher Education, its duties will be performed by the Temporary Faculty Council consisting of: 100 FACULTY FOR HOTEL MANAGEMENT AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT AND TOURISM 1) Stevo Janošević, PhD, professor at the Faculty of Economics, University of Kragujevac; 2) Veroljub Dugalić, PhD, professor at the Faculty of Economics, University of Kragujevac; 3) Branislav Popović, PhD, professor at the Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics, University of Kragujevac; 4) Miodrag Mićović, PhD, professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Kragujevac; 5) Saša Obradović, PhD, professor at the Faculty of Economics, University of Kragujevac; 8. Temporary Faculty Council: 1) will issue the Statute of the Faculty; 2) will issue the annual activity program of the Faculty; 3) will perform other activities of the Faculty Council, in accordance with the Law. 9. Until the election of the Dean of the Faculty in accordance with the Law on Higher Education, his responsibilities will be performed by Acting Dean. Professor Radoslav Senić is nominated as the Acting Dean of the Faculty. 10.The Faculty will issue general acts within 30 days from the day this decision enters into force. 11. Faculty Council, Dean of the Faculty and professional bodies of the Faculty will be formed in accordance with the Law on Higher Education, within six months from the day this decision enters into force. THE MIRROR OF REMINISCENCE Student Parliament of the Faculty will be formed after the elections for the members of the Student Parliament are held, in accordance with the Law on Higher Education. 12.This decision will enter into force on the eight day from the day of the publishing in the “Official Journal of the Republic of Serbia”. 101 FACULTY FOR HOTEL MANAGEMENT AND TOURISM