Rektorat Univerziteta u Prištini sa privremenim sedištem u Kosovskoj Mitrovici

The University of Priština ( sr, Универзитет у Приштини, Univerzitet u Prištini) is a

public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in state ownership, owned by the state or receives significant government spending, public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private unive ...

in Kosovo with a temporary seat in North Mitrovica. It is the post-secondary institution that emerged after the disestablishment of the Serbian-language

University of Pristina The University of Pristina ( sq, Universiteti i Prishtinës) is a public university located in Pristina, Kosovo. It is the institution that emerged after the disestablishment of the University of Pristina (1969–99) as a result of the ...

as a result of the

Kosovo War The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that started 28 February 1998 and lasted until 11 June 1999. It was fought by the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e. Serbia and Montenegro), which controlled Kosovo before the wa ...

. Despite its official name, it is also referred to as the University of Kosovska Mitrovica after its temporary relocation to North Mitrovica in 2001.

History

The original university ( University of Priština) was established in the city of

Priština Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population of ethnic Albanians a ...

SAP Kosovo The Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Socijalistička Autonomna Pokrajina Kosovo, Социјалистичка Аутономна Покрајина Косово, separator=" / ", sq, Krahina Socialiste Autonome e Kosovë ...

, Socialist Republic of Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, for the academic year 1969–70 and functioned until 1999. In 1999, it consisted of 14 faculties with around 18,000 students and over 1,300 faculty and staff members.http://prijemni.infostud.com/ecms/viewarticle.php?id=9431&ml ''Politika'', 28 August 2007 However, owing to political upheaval, war, successive mutual expulsions of faculty of one ethnicity or the other, and resultant pervasive ethnic-based polarization, currently, there are two separate, disjoint institutions, both using the same name, albeit each notated idiosyncratically, to reflect their polarized ethnic identity and divergent physical locations, separate Albanian and Serbian entities. The University of Priština headquartered in

Kosovska Mitrovica Mitrovica ( sq-definite, Mitrovicë; sr-cyrl, Митровица) or Kosovska Mitrovica ( sr-cyrl, Косовска Митровица) is a city and municipality located in Kosovo. Settled on the banks of Ibar and Sitnica rivers, the city is ...

is a Serbian entity displaced from the city of Priština in 1999, conducting education in

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, backed by the Government of Serbia (recognized by

United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) is the officially mandated mission of the United Nations in Kosovo. The UNMIK describes its mandate as being to "help the United Nations Security Council achieve an overall ...

(UNMIK) since 2002 but under the name University of Mitrovica EUA welcomes new Members
30 October 2008) having taken up physical residence in North Mitrovica, a city in the northern ethnically Serbian region of Kosovo. The other entity bearing the name of the original university is

with headquarters in

Pristina Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population of ethnic Albanians an ...

, run by Government of Kosovo. Following the end of the Kosovo War in 1999, the Kosovo Serb University of Priština relocated to Central Serbia (from 1999 to 2001 the seat was in

Kruševac Kruševac ( sr-cyr, Крушевац, , tr, Alacahisar or Kruşevca) is a city and the administrative center of the Rasina District in central Serbia. It is located in the valley of West Morava, on Rasina river. According to the 2011 census, t ...

) and around 6,000 students transferred to other universities in Serbia. From 1999 to 2001, around 2,000 students graduated from the University of Priština, 50 students was awarded Magister degrees, and 20 earned their doctorates. In 2001, the university relocated to its present-day location in

North Kosovo North Kosovo ( sr, Северно Косово, Severno Kosovo; sq, Kosova Veriore), also known as the Ibar Kolašin ( sr, Ибарски Колашин, Ibarski Kolašin; sq, Koloshini i Ibrit or ''Kollashini i Ibrit''; earlier ''Old Kolašin ...

. After moving back to Kosovo only 6,500 students continued their education at the university. In 2004, the university had 10 faculties with about 8,000 students and enrollment quota of 1,200 students. In August 2007 it had 9,320 students, over 700 faculty and about 200 staff members. Its enrollment quota was 2,726 students. About 45% were from Kosovo, 30% from Serbia, 25% from

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. There was also a smaller number of students from

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and

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. The university is a member of the Conference of the Universities of Serbia (KONUS) and European University Association and has established cooperations with the

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and numerous institutions worldwide (France, Russia,

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, Norway,

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, Ireland, UK.). As of 2011 there were 10,264 students, 730 faculty, and 320 staff members. For 2018–19 school year, a total of 1,013 students enrolled on the first year of studies at the university.

Organization

Faculties

The academic year runs from 1 October through 30 September, organized in two semesters, with 30 weeks of teaching per year. There are 10 faculties within the university, of which six are located in North Mitrovica, three in Leposavić and one in

Zvečan Zvečan ( sr-Cyrl, Звечан) or Zveçan ( sq-definite, Zveçani) is a town and municipality located in the Mitrovica District in Kosovo. As of 2015, it has a population of 16,650 inhabitants. It covers an area of , and consists of a town and ...

Notable alumni and faculty members

Radmila Bakočević Radmila Bakočević ( sr-Cyrl, Радмила Бакочевић, ; born January 5, 1933), is a Serbian operatic soprano who had a major international opera career that began in 1955 and ended upon her retirement from the stage in 2004. During he ...

, Yugoslavian opera singer * Ljuba Brkić, president of Jeunesses Musicales Serbia * Izudin Čavrković, Bosnian-Serbian trumpeter * Vladimir Koh, Serbian violinist * Vojna Nešić, Serbian-Bosnian composer * Peko Nikčević, Montenegrin sculptor * Jasmina Novokmet, Serbian conductor * Marko Savić, Serbian pianist and piano teacher *

Haris Silajdžić Haris Silajdžić (; born 1 October 1945) is a Bosnian politician and academic who served as the 5th Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2006 to 2010. He was the 3rd Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzeg ...

, President of Bosnia and Herzegovina, former professor of Arabic *

Milenko Stefanović Milenko Stefanović (19 February 1930 – 25 July 2022) was a Serbian classical and jazz clarinetist. He was a prizewinner in the international competitions in Moscow, Munich, Geneva and Prague, and achieved an international career as a soloist. ...

, European

clarinetist This article lists notable musicians who have played the clarinet. Classical clarinetists * Laver Bariu * Ernest Ačkun * Luís Afonso * Cristiano Alves * Michel Arrignon * Dimitri Ashkenazy * Kinan Azmeh * Alexander Bader * Carl Baerma ...

Sanja Stijačić Sanja Stijačić (born 14 November 1965) is a Serbian flutist and Associate Professor of Flute at the University of Pristina (Kosovska Mitrovica) and University of East Sarajevo. Education Sanja Stijačić was born in Šabac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugos ...

, Serbian-Bosnian-Montenegrin flutist *

Jovan Šajnović Jovan Šajnović (1924–2004) was a renowned Yugoslavian conductor and university professor. Education Šajnović started to study music with eminent Yugoslav musicians - Emil Hajek (piano), Ljubica Marić ( composing) and Mihajlo Vukdragovi� ...

, Yugoslavian conductor *

Tomislav Trifić Tomislav Trifić ( sr-cyr, Томислав Трифић; born 4 March 1949) is a Serbian graphic artist and dean of the University of Pristina Faculty of Arts, in North Kosovo, Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), o ...

, Serbian graphic artist *

Andrijana Videnović Andrijana Videnović (born 1 September 1964) is a Serbian theater and movie actress and Associate Professor of Diction at the University of Priština Faculty of Arts, in North Kosovo. She is married to Dragan Jovanović Danilov. Selected filmogr ...

, Serbian theater and movie actress *

Jorgovanka Tabaković Jorgovanka Tabaković ( sr-cyr, Јоргованка Табаковић; ; born 21 March 1960) is a Serbian politician who has been the governor of the National Bank of Serbia since 2012. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), she has ...

, Serbian politician and the current Governor of NBS * Goran Rakić, politician and the current Deputy Prime Minister of

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

* Igor Simić, deputy in the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo

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