Third Scholarship Fair

The Third Scholarship Fair organized at the National and University Library of Zagreb with the participation of very respectable Croatian and foreign institutions, presented over 70 scholarships and other forms of financial assistance available to Croatian citizens interested in university education in Croatia and abroad.

Towards the end of October, the 2007 Scholarship Fair was organized by the Institute for Education Development at the National and University Library. This was the third consecutive event of its kind, unique in terms of its nation-wide significance. The fair presented over 70 scholarships available to Croatian citizens interested in university education in Croatia and abroad. This year’s Scholarship Fair had 27 participants from Croatia and abroad and it was visited by over 6 thousand people. In addition to the University of Zagreb, the universities of Harvard and Webster were among the host of respectable foreign educational institutions that presented their programs at the fair. The main objective of the fair was to raise the awareness of the significance of scholarships and other forms of financial assistance for easier access to higher education. The fair was organized under the auspices of the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports with financial support from numerous companies and it raised a lot of interest in the media.

Zagreb is a town with one of the oldest universities in Europe. The university was founded in 1669 by Emperor and King Leopold I of Hungary and Croatia who issued a decree granting the status and privileges of a university to the Jesuit Academy of the Royal Free City of Zagreb. Two years later, the decision was ratified by the Croatian Parliament. According to that document, as of 1692, the study of philosophy in Zagreb acquired the formal and legal status of Neoacademia Zagrabiensis. Throughout its long history, the Academy was run by various institutions, but it has always maintained its continuity. In 1861, the great patron of arts and culture, Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer, proposed to the Croatian Parliament that a legal basis be established for the founding of the University of Zagreb, which was later signed by Emperor Franz Joseph. Today’s Zagreb University was opened in 1874 pursuant to the parliamentary Act of Founding. 

Currently, Zagreb University has 29 faculties, 3 academies of arts and 1 university center for Croatian studies.