The University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics ( sr, Економски факултет Универзитета у Београду/''Ekonomski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu'') is one of the educational institutions of the

University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade ( sr, / ) is a public university in Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-b ...

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

. The building is located in the city center of

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, in the

Savski Venac Savski Venac ( sr-cyr, Савски Венац, ) is a Subdivisions of Belgrade, municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has a population of 39,122 inhabitants. It is one of the three municipal ...

municipality. The Belgrade's School of Economics is Serbia's leading educational institution in business and economics.

History

Initially established on 31 March 1937 as ''Economics-Commercial High School'', the Faculty of Economics was the first center of higher education dedicated to the study of economics in the

Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 unt ...

. On 7 February 1947, The Faculty of Economics was included in the composition of the University of Belgrade. Its curriculum includes courses in economic analysis and policy; marketing; accounting, auditing and financial management; trade and commerce; finance, banking and insurance; tourism and hotel industry; statistics and informatics; management and international economics and foreign trade. In its 80-year old history, around 50,000 students have graduated from the Faculty. As of 2016, the Faculty has a total of 9,206 enrolled students. Starting with the 2017–18 winter semester, the faculty offers an international bachelor studies for 30 students in cooperation with the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

and

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...

. After successful completion, students gain parallel degrees from these institutions.

Organization and resources

The Faculty has a total of six departments: * Department for Economic Theory and Analysis * Department for Economic Policy and Development * Department for International Economic Relations * Department for Business Economics and Management * Department for Accounting and Business Finance * Department for Statistics and Mathematics The Faculty includes a library with over 120,000 titles. The Faculty's Publication Center has grown into one of the leading Serbian publishers for economic literature. Its research center has implemented over 800 projects in the field of restructuring, assets valuation, privatization, investment, etc., as well as over one hundred macroeconomic projects for governments and multilateral institutions.

Notable alumni and teaching staff

Some of the school's renowned students and professors include: Rushka Bergman,

Sonja Biserko Sonja Biserko ( sr-cyr, Соња Бисерко; born 14 February 1948) is a Serbian campaigner for human rights. She is the founder and president of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia.City of Weimar Human Rights Prize award address ...

Mirko Cvetković Mirko Cvetković ( sr-Cyr, Мирко Цветковић, ; born 16 August 1950) is a Serbian economist and former politician who served as the prime minister of Serbia from 2008 to 2012 and as finance minister from 2007 to 2008, and again from ...

, Bojan Dimitrijević,

Mlađan Dinkić Mlađan Dinkić ( sr-cyr, Млађан Динкић, ; born 20 December 1964) is a Serbian economist, musician and former politician. He was the 1st Governor of the National Bank of Serbia, serving from 2000 to 2003. He then served as the Ministe ...

, Diana Dragutinović, Mitja Gaspari,

Radovan Jelašić Radovan Jelašić ( sr-cyr, Радован Јелашић; hu, Jelasity Radován; born 19 February 1968) is a Hungarian-Serbian economist who served as the Governor of the National Bank of Serbia from 2004 to 2010. He has been the CEO of Erste ...

Srgjan Kerim Srgjan Kerim ( mk, Срѓан Керим, ; tr, Sercan Kerim; born December 12, 1948) is a Macedonian diplomat, economist, former Foreign Minister and President of the 62nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly. His term of office began ...

Nikola Kljusev Nikola Kljusev ( mk, Никола Кљусев; 2 October 1927 – 16 January 2008) was a Macedonian academician and politician. Kljusev served as the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia) from January 27, 19 ...

Dragan Maršićanin Dragan Maršićanin ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Маршићанин; born 26 January 1950) is a Serbian economist and politician. He was the ambassador of Serbia to Switzerland from 2004 to 2009. He served as the Minister of Economy in 2004, only ...

Gordana Matković Gordana Matković ( sr-cyr, Гордана Матковић; born 15 March 1960) is a Serbian politician. She served as General Adviser of the former President of Serbia Boris Tadić from 2004 to 2012. Previously, she served as the Minister of Soc ...

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Slobodan Milosavljević Slobodan St. Milosavljević ( sr-cyr, Слободан Ст. Милосављевић, born 19 November 1965) is a Serbian economist and politician. Early life He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics in 1990, where he al ...

Miroslav Mišković Miroslav Mišković ( sr-cyr, Мирослав Мишковић; born 5 July 1945) is a Serbian oligarch, business magnate, investor and owner of Delta Holding. Mišković's net worth was estimated to be $2 billion in 2007, according to the l ...

Abdul Rahman Munif Abdelrahman bin Ibrahim al-Munif ( ar, عَبْدُ الرَّحْمٰن المُنِيفٌ) known by his nickname Abdelrahman Munif (May 29, 1933 – January 24, 2004) was a Saudi Arabian novelist, short story writer, memoirist, journalist ...

Milorad Nedeljković Milorad Nedeljković (3 December 1883, Knjaževac, Kingdom of Serbia – 1961, France) was a Serbian economist and Axis-collaborating politician. He graduated and got his Ph.D. from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics. He was a profess ...

Ivo Perišin Ivo Perišin (4 July 1925 – 30 October 2008) was a Croatian economist, politician and academician. He held various senior governmental posts in the Socialist Republic of Croatia in the 1970s and was mayor of Split, Croatia from 1965 to 1967. In ...

Aleksandar Pravdić Aleksandar Pravdić (born in Čačak in 1958) is a former Deputy Prime Minister in the Government of Serbia (2001-2004). He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics and until 2000 was employed as an economist in the Health ...

Toplica Spasojević Toplica Spasojević ( sr-cyr, Топлица Спасојевић; born 1956 in Svilajnac, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia), is a former president of Red Star Belgrade. He has graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics. Work experien ...

Srđan Srećković Srđan Srećković ( sr-cyr, Срђан Срећковић; born 12 April 1974) is a Serbian politician. He served as the Minister of Diaspora from 2008 to 2011, as the Minister of Religion and Diaspora from 2011 to 2012 and as Deputy Minister ...

Kori Udovički Kori Udovički ( sr-Cyrl, Кори Удовички, ; born 4 December 1961) is a Serbian politician, former Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia, and the Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government in the Government of Serbia. Prior ...

Ashagre Yigletu Ashagre Yigletu is an Ethiopian economist, politician and diplomat. Derg era politics Ashagre Yigletu was educated in Yugoslavia.Clapham Christopher. Transformation and Continuity in Revolutionary Ethiopia'. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1 ...

, Zaim Topčić and

Philip Zepter Philip Zepter ( sr, Филип Цептер / Filip Cepter, born Milan Janković; 23 November 1950) is a Serbian businessman and entrepreneur. He is the president of the Zepter International Group. Early years and education Philip Zepter was bor ...

References

External links

Official Website
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