Higher Education

Tag: Higher education

Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš

Higher education

09.September 2026 B. B.

New pressures on the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš

After months of pressure from the Ministry of Education on the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš, there was also a threat that the scientific research status of the faculty could be called into question.

University of Niš

07.September 2026 B. B.

For now, without the Faculty of Serbian Studies

The manner in which the Faculty of Serbian Studies was established was illegal, as confirmed by the temporary measure passed by the court, said the professor of the Faculty of Philosophy, Dušan Aleksić.

University

18.August 2026 Nemanja Rujevic

Serbian scientists from the West: Why the Shanghai List is (not) important

What is the significance of the famous Shanghai list? What does it measure and what does it not take into account? Two scientists present arguments about this for "Vreme".

University of Belgrade

17.August 2026 B. B.

Dean Vladan Bogdanović: Hypocritical attacks on the University of Belgrade

The fall of the University of Belgrade on the Shanghai list is the result of pressure on the University and the conditions in which scientific work takes place, says the dean of the Belgrade Faculty of Agriculture, Vladan Bogdanović.

University of Belgrade

13.July 2026 B. B.

In the first term, 700 more students were enrolled at the University of Belgrade than last year

The trend of weaker interest in teaching study programs continued this school year

Foreign private universities in Serbia

16.June 2026 Katarina Stevanović

As Vučić set out to "fix" higher education, "just because of that they will shoot him"

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, has once again announced changes to the Law on Higher Education until the end of his mandate at the price of being "shot" for it, with the aim of bringing foreign private universities to Serbia that would be partially financed from the state budget. He said earlier that he will submit his resignation in a few months

Higher education

05.June 2026 B. B.

Transferring professors to the Faculty of Serbian Studies: Threats, lawlessness and pressure from SNS

The administration of the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš wants to start the process of transferring employees from the newly formed Faculty of Serbian Studies

Vladimir Mihić (left) and Brajan Brković (right)

Nothing new in Novi Sad

04.June 2026 Nedim Sejdinovic

Dismissal of professor Mihić, verdict of activist Brković

Progressives in Novi Sad continue to "train rigour", which is actually a diminutive for the sadistic political violence carried out against critics of the regime. In the capital of Vojvodina, the resistance is fiercest and strongest, and I guess the idea is that it must be hit there the hardest.

University of Belgrade

01.June 2026 B. B.

The University of Belgrade is among 1,9 percent of the world's best universities

The Global 2000 list, published by the Center for World University Ranking, is based on the analysis of more than 80 million data.

Study at UNIRSM

17.May 2026. Matt Pearson (DW)

How much European countries charge tuition fees to foreign students

Within the European Union, there is no uniform policy on tuition fees for foreign students, and there are differences in other European countries as well.

Higher education

17.May 2026. B. B.

Milo Lompar: The University of Kosovska Mitrovica remains a key pledge

"The University of Kosovska Mitrovica remains a key pledge that must be negotiated. It is the students' agenda that is extremely important," says Milo Lompar

Universities

20.April 2026. B. B.

Prestigious European universities: Threats to academic freedom in Serbia

"When academic freedom in one country is threatened, the integrity of the European academic community as a whole is undermined", the rectors of prestigious European universities emphasize

State and Church

08.April 2026. KS

Metropolitan Irinej: We are establishing a church university, state universities experienced a "cataclysm"

The Serbian Orthodox Church confirms that it is establishing a university, and Metropolitan Irinej of Novi Sad and Bačka says that the existing state universities have experienced a "cataclysm"

Clergy of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Vučić, Porfirije

State and Church

07.April 2026. KS

The answer of the Government of Serbia to the inquiry of "Vremena": Details of the establishment of the University "Sveti Sava" only after the signing of the contract

The government of Serbia announced that the state and the church will establish a new university. However, in the response to "Vreme" from the Prime Minister's office, confirmation arrives that nothing is known yet

State and Church

03.April 2026. Katarina Stevanović

Church-State University "St. Sava": Why is it being founded right now and with what purpose

Apparently, Serbia will get a new university named "Sveti Sava", which will be founded by the Government and the Serbian Orthodox Church. When, where and for what exact purpose this new higher education institution will be established is currently unknown

A blow to education

29.January 2026 Katarina Stevanović

Professors in the crosshairs: How the Vučić regime satirizes the rebellion in education

From non-extended contracts and reduced salaries, through the police at faculties and school inspections, to awards for the most loyal, the government in Serbia has been systematically punishing teachers and university professors who stood by students and rebellious citizens for more than a year.

Higher education

08.December 2025 Katarina Stevanovic

DUNP as a demonstrative exercise: How the government gives power to universities

Why are the professors from the State University in Novi Pazar leaving and is it a demonstration exercise for other rebellious universities?

Higher education

04.November 2025 Katarina Stevanović

The academic year has begun: Will the faculties be blocked again?

As students once again fill the amphitheatres, the shadow of last year's faculty blockades still hangs in the air. The Ministry of Education warns of "blockades" and threats, and the deans say that only the provocation of the authorities could ignite the academic community again

Minister of Education Dejan Vuk Stanković

University of Niš

09.October 2025 NR

It's no joke - Serbian studies are being introduced in Niš

Minister of Education Dejan Vuk Stanković proposes the establishment of the Faculty of Serbian Studies in Niš. It would be led by proven progressive cadres

The essential question is how far the world's best universities are really accessible to the best minds, regardless of social origin?

Education

07.October 2025 B. B.

The new economy: What are the tuition fees at prestigious world universities

In both America and Britain, the most prestigious degrees are still the best ticket to the global elite

Education

26.September 2025 B. B.

Prime Minister Macut: Primary and secondary education is fully functioning

Prime Minister Đuro Macut announced that "from next week, he will start a dialogue with the universities"

From the new issue

24.September 2025 VR

Vladan Joler: Resignation due to ethical resistance

Vladan Joler, world-renowned visual artist and professor at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, resigned after 25 years of work. In an interview for "Vreme", he talks about the pressures, fake teaching, the police raid on the Rectorate and his decision to resign to show resistance

Higher education

28.August 2025 KS

When will university professors get paid?

Professors of several universities in Serbia did not receive their salaries in the usual term again. A little delay or something cooking?

Protests in Serbia

23.August 2025 KS

The deans of five faculties condemned violence against students

The deans of five faculties from Novi Sad, Subotica and Sombor condemned the verbal and physical violence that has been perpetrated against students and participants of civil protests in recent days.

Destruction of education

21.August 2025 B. B.

Đukanović again calls for the shutdown of state universities

"Our higher education can only be saved in such a way that all state universities will be shut down," determined Vladimir Đukanović

Đuro Macut: Certain quotas for admission to faculties

Higher education

26.July 2025 KS

Mazut: The biggest educational crisis in the history of Serbia

All state universities are working, said Serbian Prime Minister Đuro Macut, adding that this is the biggest educational crisis in the country's history

Protests in Serbia

23.July 2025 KS

Intervention police in front of the College of Health, students expelled

Members of the Intervention Police legitimize those gathered in front of the College of Health in Belgrade, the students claim that they were kicked out of the yard