History
Faculty of Economics & Business was founded on June 17, 1920, as ''Higher School of Commerce and Transport'' with the mission of providing education in the areas of banking, home and international trade, transport, consular service, and insurance. The program lasted three years. In the academic year 1923/24 it had 1,125 students. In 1925, by the efforts of the then Minister of Education Stjepan Radić, it grew into the ''Higher School of Economics and Commerce'' with legal standing of the university faculty school. The program was extended to four years, while the school also gained authorization to conduct the nostrification processes for doctorates in economic and commercial studies. In 1947, it was transformed into the ''Faculty of Economics'' and in 1968 merged with ''School of Business'' (founded in 1956; offered a two-year program with a curriculum adjusted to the needs of the working students) into the ''Faculty of Economic Sciences'', which was then in 1982 merged with the ''Faculty of Foreign Trade'' into the present-day ''Faculty of Economics''.Organisation
Faculty of Economics & Business is divided into 17 academic departments: Demography, Economic Theory, Business Economics, Informatics, Finance, Macroeconomics and Economic Development, Marketing, Mathematics, International Economics, Organisation and Management, Law, Accounting, Statistics, Trade and International Business, Tourism, Business Languages, and Physical Education. Beside academic departments, Faculty has 11 organisational units for administrative and technical staff.Dean's Office
The management board of the Faculty of Economics & Business has five members: # Assoc. Prof. Sanja Sever Mališ, Ph.D., ''Dean'' # Assoc. Prof. Zoran Wittine, Ph.D., ''Vice Dean for Business and Infrastructure'' # Assoc. Prof. Kosjenka Dumančić, Ph.D., ''Vice Dean for Strategic Partnerships and Projects'' # Assoc. Prof. Božidar Jaković, Ph.D., ''Vice Dean for Students, Study programmes and Digitalization'' # Assoc. Prof. Zoran Krupka, Ph.D., ''Vice Dean for'' Quality ''and Internationalization'' Dean Elect for the upcoming 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic years is Assoc. prof. Sanja Sever Mališ.Study Programs
The Faculty offers following degree programs: ''Thought in Croatian:'' *University Integrated bachelor's and master's degree in Business study program (5-years; 300 ECTS) *University Integrated bachelor's and master's degree in Economics study program (5-years; 300 ECTS) *University degree Specialist postgraduate study program in various fields of Business and Economics (1-year or 1.5-year; 60 or 90 ECTS) *University Doctor's degree study program in Economics and Business (3-years; 180 ECTS) *University Doctor's degree study program in Economics and Global Security (3-years; 180 ECTS) *Professional undergraduate study program in Business with majors: ''Accounting and Finance'', ''Tourism Business Operations'', and ''Commerce Business operations'' (3-years; 180 ECTS) *Professional graduate study program in ''Economics of Entrepreneurship'', ''Economics of Energy and Environment'', ''E-business in Private and Public Sector'', ''Management and Marketing of Retail'', and ''Digital Marketing'' (2-years; 120 ECTS) ''Thought in English:'' *University bachelor's degree in Business study program (4-years; 240 ECTS) *University master's degree in Business study program with majors: ''Managerial Informatics'', ''Management,'' and ''Trade and International Business'' (1-year; 60 ECTS) *University bachelor's degree in Economics study program (4-years; 240 ECTS) *University master's degree in Economics study program (1-year; 60 ECTS) Between 1920 and 2019, more than 85,000 students graduated from the Faculty.Journals
Faculty of Economics & Business has intensive publishing activity, whether it is for the publication of journals, conference proceedings or textbooks for teaching purposes in Croatia and the surrounding area. In recent years, the number of publications published by the Faculty has been increasing. The Faculty publishes several internationally recognized scientific journals: * Acta Turistica (indexed in WoS, Scopus and other databases) * INTEREULAWEA§T (indexed in SCOPUS and other databases) * Business Excellence (indexed in EconLit and other databases) * Market-Tržište (indexed in WoS, Scopus and other bases) * Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business (ZIREB) (indexed in WoS and other databases) * Proceedings of the Faculty of Economics and Business in Zagreb (indexed in EconLit and other databases)International Accreditations
EPAS accreditation In 2006, the Faculty developed a 4-year University bachelor's degree in Business (BDiB) study program, for Croatian as well as international students. In order to reach better position in the Southeast Europe, in 2008, a strategic decision was made to accredit the study program in English with the international European Program Accreditation System (EPAS) offered by EFMD - a global, non-profit, membership-driven organisation dedicated to management development. It is recognised globally as an accreditation body for business schools, business school programmes, and corporate universities. The school obtained accreditation on February 9, 2011, as well as two re-accreditations: February 19, 2014 and February 15, 2017. AACSB Business AccreditationFacilities and student life
Faculty of Economics & Business is located at the ''John F. Kennedy Square'' inReferences
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