University of Zenica ( Bosnian: ''Univerzitet u Zenici'') is a

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

located in

Zenica Zenica ( ; ; ) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and an administrative and economic center of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Zenica-Doboj Canton. It is located in the Bosna (river), Bosna river valley, about north of Sarajevo. Th ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

. The university was founded in 2000, when faculties in Zenica decided to separate from the

University of Sarajevo The University of Sarajevo ( Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: ''Univerzitet u Sarajevu'' / Sveučilište u Sarajevu / Универзитет у Сарајеву) is a public university located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the larges ...

History

The college of metallurgy was established in 1950 and has been transferred to Faculty of Metallurgy in 1961 as an outside faculty of the

. From there more faculties were added and enrollment increased, until an independent University was created by the Parliament of

Zenica-Doboj Canton The Zenica-Doboj Canton (; hr, Zeničko-dobojska županija; sr, Зеничко-добојски кантон) is one of 10 cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The cantonal seat is the City of Zenica. ...

in 2000. The University is member of the

Balkan Universities Network The Balkan Universities Network or Balkan Universities Association (BAUNAS) is an association of universities in Southeast Europe. In its present form the body was created after the breakup of the SFR Yugoslavia and the end of the Yugoslav Wars. A ...

Faculties

* Faculty of Metallurgy and Technology * Faculty of Mechanical Engineering * Faculty of Philosophy * Faculty of Economics * Faculty of Law * Medical Faculty * Faculty of Islamic Pedagogy * Polytechnic Faculty

Institutes

* Institute "Kemal Kapetanović"

Graduate promotion

The University hosts annual promotion ceremony for all graduate students of both BA and MA study programme. The ceremony is held every October in

Arena Zenica Arena "Husejin Smajlović" (before: Arena Zenica) is a multifunctional indoor sports venue located in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. History Construction The construction began in February 2007 and was completed on March 20, 2009. Total constru ...

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