University of Zagreb: Statistics
Updated:
| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| #359 of 14,131 | In the World |
| #142 of 2,785 | In Europe |
| #1 of 43 | In Croatia |
| #1 of 13 | In Zagreb |
| #110 of 3,690 | For Nutrition and Food Science |
| Top50% | For 228 other topics |
Quick Review
- Enrollment
- 65,436
- Type
- Non-profit
- Funding
- Public-private
partnership - Website
- unizg.hr
- Languages
- Croatian;English
- Acceptance rate
- 56%*
* The University of Zagreb is among the institutions that don't provide data on acceptance rates. This might happen because the university has programs where applicants only need to meet admission requirements to enroll and don't necessarily compete with others.
We estimate the above acceptance rate based on admission statistics of closely ranked nearby universities with similar research profiles that do publish such data.
Acceptance rate & Admissions
| Admissions Requirements | Secondary school certificate (Svjedodžba završene srednje škole) or recognized equivalent, and entrance examination (Razredbeni ispit) |
|---|---|
| Academic Calendar | October to June (October - January; February-June) |
| Enrollment | 65,436 |
Research profile
University of Zagreb is a world-class research university with 77,033 scientific papers published and 772,729 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Science, Medicine, Computer Science, Philosophy, and Quantum and Particle physics.
University of Zagreb majors
by publication & citation count
Annual publication & citation counts
| Year | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 456 | 1234 |
| 1992 | 469 | 1325 |
| 1993 | 562 | 1496 |
| 1994 | 459 | 1408 |
| 1995 | 451 | 1715 |
| 1996 | 510 | 1813 |
| 1997 | 462 | 1915 |
| 1998 | 538 | 2060 |
| 1999 | 627 | 2394 |
| 2000 | 689 | 2526 |
| 2001 | 663 | 3006 |
| 2002 | 964 | 3641 |
| 2003 | 964 | 3967 |
| 2004 | 1178 | 4945 |
| 2005 | 1169 | 6256 |
| 2006 | 1350 | 7736 |
| 2007 | 1698 | 9055 |
| 2008 | 2279 | 10926 |
| 2009 | 2500 | 13130 |
| 2010 | 2743 | 15543 |
| 2011 | 3126 | 19014 |
| 2012 | 3221 | 22109 |
| 2013 | 3205 | 25900 |
| 2014 | 3533 | 29430 |
| 2015 | 3514 | 32573 |
| 2016 | 3832 | 35729 |
| 2017 | 3899 | 38313 |
| 2018 | 4118 | 45197 |
| 2019 | 4480 | 54442 |
| 2020 | 4628 | 69241 |
| 2021 | 5245 | 85542 |
| 2022 | 4831 | 94604 |
| 2023 | 4664 | 98976 |
Programs and Degrees
The table below displays academic fields with programs and courses that lead to Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees offered by University of Zagreb.
Note that the table provides a general overview and might not cover all the specific majors available at the university. Always visit the university's website for the most up-to-date information on the programs offered.
| Programs | Bachelor | Master | Doctoral |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Design | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Biology | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Business | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chemistry | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Computer Science | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Economics | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Engineering | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Environmental Science | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Liberal Arts & Social Sciences | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mathematics | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Medicine | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Physics | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Psychology | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Svjedodžba stručnog studija - stručni pristupnik | Metallurgical Engineering |
|---|---|
| Diploma preddiplomskog sveucilisnog studija - sveučilišni prvostupnik (baccalaureus) | Acting, Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Engineering, Agriculture, Air Transport, Animal Husbandry, Anthropology, Applied Chemistry, Archaeology, Architecture, Art Education, Art History, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Business Administration, Business Computing, Chemical Engineering, Cinema and Television, Civil Engineering, Communication Arts, Communication Studies, Comparative Literature, Computer Engineering, Conducting, Cultural Studies, Czech, Dance, Dentistry, Dutch, Ecology, Economics, Education of the Socially Disadvantaged, Electrical Engineering, English, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Studies, Ethnology, Fashion Design, Film, Food Technology, Forestry, French, Geological Engineering, German, Graphic Design, Greek, Hindi, History, Horticulture, Hungarian, Industrial Design, Industrial Engineering, Information Sciences, Information Technology, Italian, Journalism, Landscape Architecture, Latin, Linguistics, Literature, Marine Transport, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Media Studies, Medicine, Metallurgical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Music, Music Education, Music Theory and Composition, Musical Instruments, Musicology, Nautical Science, Naval Architecture, Nutrition, Painting and Drawing, Pedagogy, Petroleum and Gas Engineering, Pharmacy, Philosophy, Phonetics, Physical Therapy, Plant and Crop Protection, Polish, Political Sciences, Portuguese, Postal Services, Preschool Education, Printing and Printmaking, Psychology, Radio and Television Broadcasting, Railway Transport, Rehabilitation and Therapy, Religious Education, Religious Music, Religious Studies, Road Transport, Romanian, Russian, Sculpture, Serbocroatian, Singing, Slavic Languages, Social Work, Sociology, Spanish, Speech Therapy and Audiology, Surveying and Mapping, Swahili, Telecommunications Services, Textile Design, Textile Technology, Theatre, Theology, Town Planning, Transport Management, Turkish, Veterinary Science, Wood Technology |
| Diploma diplomskog sveučilišnog studija - magistar | Acting, Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, Agricultural Business, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Equipment, Agriculture, Air Transport, Animal Husbandry, Anthropology, Applied Chemistry, Applied Mathematics, Archaeology, Architecture, Architecture and Planning, Art Education, Art History, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Biology, Biotechnology, Business Administration, Business and Commerce, Business Computing, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Cinema and Television, Civil Engineering, Communication Arts, Communication Studies, Comparative Literature, Computer Education, Computer Engineering, Conducting, Construction Engineering, Cultural Studies, Czech, Dairy, Data Processing, Dentistry, Design, Development Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education of the Socially Disadvantaged, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, English, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Management, Environmental Studies, Ethnology, Fashion Design, Film, Fishery, Floriculture, Food Science, Food Technology, Foreign Languages Education, Forest Management, Forest Products, Forestry, French, Fruit Production, Genetics, Geography, Geography (Human), Geological Engineering, Geology, Geophysics, German, Graphic Arts, Graphic Design, Greek, Heritage Preservation, Hindi, History, Horticulture, Humanities and Social Science Education, Hungarian, Hydraulic Engineering, Industrial Design, Industrial Engineering, Information Sciences, Information Technology, Italian, Journalism, Landscape Architecture, Latin, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Management, Marine Transport, Materials Engineering, Mathematics, Mathematics and Computer Science, Mathematics Education, Meat and Poultry, Mechanical Engineering, Media Studies, Medicine, Metallurgical Engineering, Mineralogy, Mining Engineering, Molecular Biology, Multimedia, Music, Music Education, Music Theory and Composition, Musical Instruments, Musicology, Natural Resources, Naval Architecture, Nutrition, Packaging Technology, Painting and Drawing, Paleontology, Petroleum and Gas Engineering, Petrology, Pharmacy, Philosophy, Phonetics, Physical Therapy, Physics, Plant and Crop Protection, Polish, Political Sciences, Portuguese, Postal Services, Preschool Education, Primary Education, Printing and Printmaking, Psychology, Publishing and Book Trade, Radio and Television Broadcasting, Railway Transport, Rehabilitation and Therapy, Religious Education, Religious Studies, Restoration of Works of Art, Road Transport, Romanian, Russian, Safety Engineering, Science Education, Sculpture, Serbocroatian, Singing, Slavic Languages, Social Policy, Social Work, Sociology, Software Engineering, Spanish, Special Education, Speech Therapy and Audiology, Surveying and Mapping, Swedish, Technology Education, Telecommunications Engineering, Telecommunications Services, Textile Design, Textile Technology, Theatre, Tourism, Town Planning, Traditional and Complementary Medicine and Therapy, Transport and Communications, Transport Engineering, Transport Management, Turkish, Vegetable Production, Veterinary Science, Viticulture, Water Management, Wildlife, Wood Technology |
| Diploma poslijediplomskog specijalističkog studija - sveučilišni specijalist | Agricultural Business, Animal Husbandry, Bridge Engineering, Business Administration, Civil Engineering, E-Business/Commerce, Economics, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Management, European Studies, Fishery, Human Rights, Hydraulic Engineering, International Relations and Diplomacy, Management, Peace and Disarmament, Private Law, Public Administration, Town Planning, Translation and Interpretation |
| Diploma poslijediplomskog sveučilišnog studija - doktor znanosti/doktor umjetnosti | Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, Agriculture, Anthropology, Applied Chemistry, Archaeology, Architecture, Art History, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Biology, Biomedicine, Biotechnology, Business Administration, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Cognitive Sciences, Computer Engineering, Contemporary History, Cultural Studies, Demography and Population, Dentistry, Economics, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Management, Ethnology, Fashion Design, Film, Food Technology, Forestry, Geography, Geological Engineering, Geology, Graphic Arts, Graphic Design, Health Sciences, History, Information Sciences, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Marine Science and Oceanography, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Medieval Studies, Metallurgical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Modern History, Naval Architecture, Neurosciences, Nutrition, Painting and Drawing, Pedagogy, Performing Arts, Petroleum and Gas Engineering, Pharmacy, Philosophy, Physical Therapy, Physics, Political Sciences, Preschool Education, Protective Services, Psychology, Rehabilitation and Therapy, Religious Studies, Sculpture, Serbocroatian, Social Policy, Social Work, Sociology, Special Education, Surveying and Mapping, Textile Technology, Theology, Town Planning, Transport Engineering, Veterinary Science, Water Management, Wood Technology |
University of Zagreb alumni
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Marina Abramović
- Enrolled in the University of Zagreb
- Studied in 1972
- Occupations
- photographerperformance artistvideo artistuniversity teacherfilm director
- Biography
-
Marina Abramović is a Serbian conceptual and performance artist. Her work explores body art, endurance art, the relationship between the performer and audience, the limits of the body, and the possibilities of the mind. Being active for over four decades, Abramović refers to herself as the "grandmother of performance art". She pioneered a new notion of identity by bringing in the participation of observers, focusing on "confronting pain, blood, and physical limits of the body". In 2007, she founded the Marina Abramović Institute (MAI), a non-profit foundation for performance art.
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Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
-
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović is a Croatian politician and diplomat who served as President of Croatia from 2015 to 2020. She was the first woman to be elected to the office since the first multi-party elections in 1990 and independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. At 46 years of age, she also became the youngest person to assume the presidency.
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Goran Višnjić
- Occupations
- stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
-
Goran Višnjić is a Croatian-American actor who has appeared in American and British films and television productions. He is best known in the United States for his roles as Dr. Luka Kovač in ER and Garcia Flynn in Timeless, both NBC television series. For ER, he and the cast were nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He is the son-in-law of Croatian film director and former head of Croatian Radiotelevision (1991–95), Antun Vrdoljak. He moved to the United States in the late 1990s.
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Rade Šerbedžija
- Enrolled in the University of Zagreb
- Studied in 1969
- Occupations
- television actoractorstage actorcomposerpoet
- Biography
-
Rade Šerbedžija is a Serbian-Croatian actor, director and musician. He is known for his portrayals of imposing figures on both sides of the law. He was one of the best known Yugoslav actors in the 1970s and 1980s. He is internationally known mainly for his role as Boris the Blade in Snatch (2000), his supporting roles in such Hollywood films as The Saint (1997), Mission: Impossible 2 (2000), X-Men: First Class (2011), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010), and Taken 2 (2012); and for his recurring role as former Soviet Army General Dmitri Gredenko in Season 6 of TV action series 24.
University of Zagreb faculties and divisions
| Academy : Dramatic Arts | Film, Theatre |
|---|---|
| Academy : Fine Arts | Fine Arts |
| Academy : Music | Music |
| Centre : Croatian Studies | Cultural Studies, Philology, Religious Studies, Serbocroatian, Social Studies |
| Faculty : Agriculture | Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Engineering, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Horticulture, Landscape Architecture, Plant Pathology |
| Faculty : Architecture | Architectural and Environmental Design, Architecture, Town Planning |
| Faculty : Catholic Theology | Catholic Theology |
| Faculty : Chemical Engineering and Technology | Chemical Engineering, Technology |
| Faculty : Civil Engineering | Civil Engineering |
| Faculty : Economics and Business | Business and Commerce, Business Computing, Economics, International Business, Management |
| Faculty : Education and Rehabilitation | Art Therapy, Behavioural Sciences, Criminal Law, Rehabilitation and Therapy, Speech Therapy and Audiology |
| Faculty : Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science, Electrical Engineering |
| Faculty : Food Technology and Biotechnology | Biotechnology, Food Technology |
| Faculty : Forestry | Forestry |
| Faculty : Geodesy | Earth Sciences, Surveying and Mapping |
| Faculty : Geotechnical Engineering | Earth Sciences, Geophysics |
| Faculty : Graphic Arts | Graphic Arts |
| Faculty : Humanities and Social Sciences | Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences |
| Faculty : Kinesiology | Physical Education, Sports, Sports Medicine |
| Faculty : Law | Law |
| Faculty : Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture | Mechanical Engineering, Naval Architecture |
| Faculty : Metallurgy | Metallurgical Engineering |
| Faculty : Mining, Geology, and Petroleum Engineering | Geological Engineering, Mining Engineering, Petroleum and Gas Engineering |
| Faculty : Organization and Information Studies | Business Administration, Information Management, Information Sciences |
| Faculty : Pharmacy and Biochemistry | Biochemistry, Pharmacy |
| Faculty : Philosophy | Archaeology, Art History, Comparative Literature, English, Ethnology, French, German, Greek, History, Humanities and Social Science Education, Hungarian, Information Sciences, Italian, Latin, Linguistics, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Phonetics, Polish, Psychology, Scandinavian Languages, Serbocroatian, Slavic Languages, Sociology, Spanish |
| Faculty : Political Science | Political Sciences |
| Faculty : Science | Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Geophysics, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Physics |
| Faculty : Teacher Education | Education, Teacher Trainers Education, Teacher Training |
| Faculty : Textile Technology | Textile Technology |
| Faculty : Transport and Traffic Engineering | Road Transport, Transport Engineering, Transport Management |
| Faculty : Veterinary Science | Veterinary Science |
| School : Dental Medicine | Dentistry |
| School : Medicine | Medicine |
General information
| Alternative names | UNIZG Sveucilište u Zagrebu |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1874 |
| Accreditation | Agency for Science and Higher Education (AZVO) |
Location and contacts
| Address | Trg Republike Hrvatske 14 Zagreb, 10000 Croatia |
|---|---|
| City population | 767,000 |