HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN REPBLICA SERBIA - VISOKOŠKOLSKE USTANOVE U REPBLICI SRBIJI

English language:

There are four types of higher educational institutions in Serbia:

1. Universities
2. Higher education institutions,
3. Higher education instititutions for applied studies and
4. Academy of applied Studies.

In accordance with the Law on Higher Education, the University is an independent higher education institution that can implement academic and/or applied study programs in all three study degrees. Faculties and Art academies are integral parts of Universities that cannot operate independently of Universities, where they have the status of separate legal entities. Both Faculties and Art academies can implement academic and/or applied study programs at all three study degrees.

Higher education institution (academic studies) is an independent higher educational institution that can organize and implement only first and second cycle study programs (bachelor and master academic studies).

Higher education institution for applied studies is an independent higher educational institution that can organize study programs of the first and second cycles (basic vocational studies, master's degrees and specialist vocational studies).

The Academy of Applied Studies is an institution that integrates several Higher education institutions of applied studies.

Srpski jezik:

U Srbiji postoje četiri vrste visokoobrazovnih ustanova:

1. univerziteti,
2. visoke škole,
3. visoke škole strukovnih studija i
4. akademije strukovnih studija.

U skladu sa Zakonom o visokom obrazovanju, univerzitet je nezavisna ustanova visokog obrazovanja koja može da sprovodi akademske i/ili stručne/strukovne studijske programe na sva tri studijska stepena. Fakulteti i akademije umetnosti su sastavni delovi univerziteta koji ne mogu raditi nezavisno od univerziteta, pri čemu imaju status zasebnih pravnih subjekata. I fakulteti i akademije umetnosti mogu sprovoditi akademske i/ili stručne/strukovne studijske programe na sva tri studijska stepena.

Visoka škola (akademskih studija) je nezavisna visokoobrazovna ustanova koja može da organizuje i sprovodi samo studijske programe prvog i drugog ciklusa (osnovne i master akademske studije).

Visoka škola strukovnih studija je nezavisna visokoobrazovna ustanova koja može da organizuje studijske programe prvog i drugog ciklusa (osnovne strukovne studije, master strukovne studije i specijalističke strukovne studije).

Akademija strukovnih studija je ustanova koja integriše nekoliko visokih škola strukovnih studija