The building on Studentski trg in Belgrade, which houses seven faculties and two institutes, will probably be closed soon because the money its tenants receive from the state is insufficient to pay for the building's ongoing maintenance costs.
They can only hold out until May.
Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry, Goran Roglić he told N1 today that they never got enough money to cover all the fixed expenses. "Problems start distinctly in 2022, when the price of electricity increased by 10 percent, and from 2022, the price increase is 100 percent for faculties," he warned.
"We don't have enough money," said Orlić. To stay at the same level as last year, the faculty lacks 27 million to pay only for electricity and heating, he said.
He also adds that "the costs of taking out garbage and water have also gone up."
He recalls that meetings were held that year with the then Minister of Education Branko Ružić and with representatives of the EPS, but they did not reach a solution.
"In 2022, the University adopted a platform related to the financing of higher education, accordingly, in April 2023, a Working Group was formed to resolve the financing of higher education," he says.
But since then there has been no progress.
"The position of all the deans of our group is that if the problem of constant costs is not solved, we will be forced to close the building." We won't be able to pay the bills, if we don't pay, the account will be blocked and the executor will come, who we are obliged to reward for their execution because they will block our account," says Rogić.
"We are spending all financial resources to cover these bills, after May I don't believe, we will hold a meeting again and make a final decision." "Whether there will be enrollment, that is a decision that will be made by the deans of all faculties," said the dean of the Faculty of Chemistry, Goran Roglić.